This deal is profitable. The price is 19.6 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $1274
Fair price: $1860
High price: $2445
MPG: 21 mpg city / 28 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Gray
Color: Steel Gray Metallic
Dealer: Diamond Jim's Motorcars
Mileage: 131,260
Year: 2001
Ownership Cost for 2001 Saab 9-3 Base
Estimated: $33353 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$984
$472
$413
$374
$335
$2578
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1592
$1640
$1697
$1765
$1844
$8538
Maintenance
$2763
$1660
$736
$225
$2291
$7675
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$219
$219
$219
$219
$219
$324
Total Ownership Costs
$7986
$6437
$5730
$5410
$7791
$33353
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Hatchback/Liftback/Notchback
Displacement CC: 2000.0
Displacement CI: 122.04748818946
Displacement L: 2.0
Doors: 5
Make: SAAB
Manufacturer: SAAB CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1137
Model: 9-3
Model Year: 2001
Other Engine Info: Standard Output
Plant City: Trollhattan
Plant Company Name: Saab Automobile AB (Line A)
Plant Country: Sweden
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: w/Dual air bags
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Turbo: Yes
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
CONSUMER 2000 9-3 SAAB ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *TS ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THE IGNITION CASSETTE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, HOWEVER ONE MONTH LATER THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE IN THE MAIL REGARDING THE SAME PROBLEM HE HAD FIXED THE PREVIOUS MONTH. *JB
2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 55MPH, THE OIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THERE WAS A VERY LOUD NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. IT WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THE VEHICLE THREW A ROD. AFTER TWO MONTHS, THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE OIL PAN CAUSING THE OIL TO BECOME VERY THICK, CAUSING OIL STARVATION TO THE ENGINE. THE MECHANIC DETERMINED THE VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW ENGINE.
