Ownership Cost for 2008 Saab 9-3 Aero
Estimated: $42252 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2317 | $1112 | $973 | $881 | $788 | $6071 |
| Insurance | $1668 | $1726 | $1787 | $1849 | $1914 | $8944 |
| Fuel | $2000 | $2060 | $2132 | $2217 | $2317 | $10726 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1873 | $1073 | $1005 | $2291 | $9005 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $708 | $708 | $708 | $708 | $708 | $1049 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10433 | $7990 | $7365 | $7435 | $9029 | $42252 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2004 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT | DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE STOPPED AT A YIELD ATTEMPTING TO TURN LEFT THE VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE REAR BY ANOTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING 30MPH. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE; HOWEVER INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED TO THE HEAD, UPPER BACK AND KNEE. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THE BACK AND HEAD INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED DUE TO THE HEAD REST BEING TOO HARD. NO POLICE REPORTS WERE FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE CRASH SCENE. |
| 2008 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | WHILE ACCELERATING ON A FREEWAY ON RAMP, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND STUTTER. TRYING TO MERGE WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC, POWER WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE ENGINE OPERATED NORMALLY WHEN NOT ACCELERATING. THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND WOULD ONLY MAINTAIN A SPEED OF APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR MORE CAUSES MORE STUTTERING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON BRIEFLY AND THEN WENT AWAY. THE PROBLEM RESOLVED ITSELF AFTER PULLING OVER AND SHUTTING DOWN AND RESTARTING THE ENGINE. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN THE NEXT DAY UNDER THE SAME CONDITIONS... NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE AND MODERATE TO HEAVY ENGINE LOAD FOR ACCELERATING. TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER WHO REPLACED THE COIL PACK FOR CYLINDER #6. THE PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED, BUT THERE ARE STILL OCCASIONAL STUTTERS, JUST NOT CONSTANT STUTTERS THAT CAUSED THE LOSS OF POWER. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON MESSAGE BOARDS AND THE PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO MY CAR. MANY OTHERS HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH THE COIL PACKS AND SOME REPORTING THE SAME CYLINDER #6. *TR |
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