2004 SAAB 9-3

just one year with car ready to let it go

Comfort Rating: 3 Performance Rating: 3 Interior Rating: 2 Reliability Rating: 3 Safety Rating: 4 Technology Rating: 1 Value Rating: 2

bough the saab from a kid for $700 a year ago and with 174k miles (yeah too many miles but i needed a car asap) i test drove it and was impressed looks like last owners took good care of the car, at first i didnt research it much but went with the reviews here within the whole year i had to replace the headlights got them cheap at amazon...left control arm, resonator,radio with speakers,front brakes and rotors,spark plug coils,wheel balance,battery,disable the alarm as it was going off random times at night,sway bar links. from all the work it had i wanted to get rid of the vibration at speeds over 70 my local mechanic said problem is the tires ok changed the tires , but nothing did a balance, nothing, alignment! nothing and was told to just get new rims...im like naaaaah i leaving it like that for the fact that now 194k its getting ready to die the engine vibrates most of the the time and sometimes i dont feel the engine at all sometimes it wanna go fast sometimes not. shocks and struts are stiff and a little soft sometimes but no really i hate the banging sound door locks dont work only with key fob passenger door locks has to be fixed so it will open from the inside tried fixing it twice but it keeps braking a couple a month ago got an air bag malfunction warning its a recall dealer said will replace at no cost once the part become available well i dont wanna drive it if i get in accident and the air bag wont go off then its gonna be on saab? heck cant cause they not in market brakes pad and rotos are not too worn but a few times i pressed the brakes hard on high speed to come into full stop and the car keeps going a few more feet no i didnt hear the tiers sky my guess its the calipers cruise control doesnt work wipers dont go all the way down anyways for all these stuff to get fixed i quoted about $5000 i should just get another car and a brand thats still in the market chevrolet,honda,mazda,acura,lexus,nissan,audi