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I agree, new parts are becoming a huge problem for the SAAB owners. I recently had to replace the ignition coil pack and 3 months ago the price was $350 with plenty of stock and last month the price was $500 and everyone was scrambling to find inventory. They only last for 5 or so years or about 80,000 miles, so they are in constant demand. The alternators and throttle bodies also die around the 100,000 or 10 year time frame. This is GM engineered failure at its best. Nothing is engineered to last forever in these cars!
The SAAB parts business was just sold to the Swedish gov't and they are planning on starting up production again. Unfortunately replenishing the world inventory will probably take many months if not years. I guess there are close to 1500 needed parts and 1000 different manufacturers for these.
For me, I'm planning on selling my SAAB 9-5 for an Audi A6 at the end of the year. The only question is will the value go up or down as new parts dry up and used parts become high in demand...
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Jeff C
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