This deal is profitable. The price is 8.9 percent below the fair price.
Low price: $4904
Fair price: $6033
High price: $7161
MPG: 17 mpg city / 25 mpg hwy
Interior Color: Beige\/Black
Color: Burgundy
Dealer: M & A Motors
Mileage: 70,582
Year: 2005
Ownership Cost for 2005 Saab 9-3 Aero
Estimated: $39744 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$2152
$1033
$904
$818
$732
$5639
Insurance
$1565
$1620
$1676
$1735
$1796
$8392
Fuel
$1696
$1747
$1808
$1880
$1965
$9096
Maintenance
$2763
$2061
$1111
$1003
$2291
$9229
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$629
$629
$629
$629
$629
$932
Total Ownership Costs
$9782
$7670
$6888
$6912
$8492
$39744
Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Class: Cabriolet/Convertible
Displacement CC: 2000
Displacement CI: 122.0474881894
Displacement L: 2
Doors: 2
Make: SAAB
Manufacturer: SAAB CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Manufacturer Id: 1137
Model: 9-3
Model Year: 2005
Other Engine Info: 9-3 High Output
Plant City: Graz
Plant Company Name: Saab
Plant Country: Austria
Transmission Speeds: 5
Transmission Style: Automatic
Turbo: Yes
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
MY 2002 SAAB 9-3 STALLED IN TRAFFIC AND COULD NOT BE STARTED AGAIN. THE DIRECT IGNITION MODULE HAD BURNT OUT SUDDENLY, AND SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING OUT OF THE CONNECTOR WHEN I TRIED TO START THE CAR. THE MODULE FAILED WITH NO WARNING AT ALL, AND I WAS LUCKY TO HAVE BEEN IN HEAVY, BUT SLOW TRAFFIC. THE MODULE WAS REPLACED AND THE CAR IS RUNNING. THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 50,000 MILES ON IT, SO THE SUDDEN FAILURE OF SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT IS SURPRISING AND DISCONCERTING. I HAVE LITTLE FAITH THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, WITHOUT ANY WARNING.*AK
2005
SUSPENSION:REAR:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO MY RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2005 SAAB 9-3 AT AROUND 75,000 MILES. I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN IT SNAPPED, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND AS NOTHING APPEARED BROKEN TO MY UNTRAINED EYE AND THE VEHICLE STILL OPERATED FINE. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FRONT END NOISE AND THE BROKEN SPRING WAS DISCOVERED. NOT A BIG DEAL AS THE REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER A SERVICE BULLETIN AND NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, A FEW DAYS AGO MY RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO APPARENT CHANGE IN HOW THE VEHICLE HANDLED, BUT AFTER MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRONT SPRING THE SOUND WAS FAMILIAR AND THEREFORE I HAD MY HUSBAND INSPECT IT. APPARENTLY, THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE REAR SPRINGS, JUST THE FRONT SPRINGS AND I'M WONDERING WHY BOTH FRONT AND REAR ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS SERVICE BULLETIN. *KB
