Have you talked to a service advisor or manager at a GM dealership that services Saab vehicles?

 

Most are shying away from doing any work on Saab. There is still one remaining Saab dealership, but it is downtown and an absolute pain in the ass to get to. I have 3 Chevy dealerships within a 7 mile radius of my house, so I was hoping that was an option.

Only reason I'm asking here is because the letter does not include Saab in the non-recall recall of the throttle body. It includes every other truck/SUV/van released with a V8 engine, but not the Saab. So I currently have zero leverage for anyone to do this work. I would think this truck should be covered too, seeing as it is a TBSS clone with the same issues as the TBSS.

 

All Saab warranty service, including recalls, was delegated to Spyker when they sold Saab.

When Saab failed, GM stepped in to support the warranties of cars sold under their ownership.

That said, they did not bring that warranty service in house. Given that the majority of Saabs covered under this are 9-3s and 9-5s, for which GM dealers have no experience, parts, tools, etc., they turned the warranty support over to Saab Parts (which is, itself, now owned by the Swedish government).

Saab Parts NA have a finite list of authorized service centers (which is not all former Saab dealers) listed on their website.

http://www.saabparts.com/en-us/usa/the-company/service-centers/find-service-centers/

 

Z -- You're best bet might be to just call one of your Indy Saab service centers about the issue and see what they say about it.

Just as an aside, you can get the ACDelco 217-2422 throttle body with TPS for $100 from Amazon...

 

You average indy Saab shop will have a harder time dealing with the Trollblazer than a Chevy dealer working on a 9-5, its not a real Saab.

 

Yeah, I knew it was cheap, but free is cheaper. I'll call down there today/tomorrow and see if it goes anywhere.


EDIT - Holy crap! Someone installed this and it fixed the code for their TPS and a Stabilitrak issue. Here's hoping I can kill two birds with one $100 stone. PS - I despise Stabilitrak... Why design a system that is impossible to accurately troubleshoot...

 

The Stabilitrak "issue" is usually caused by the steering position sensor on the GMT360.

While I don't know if this would work with Saab, I know for a fact that if you paid for replacement of a recalled part for Chevrolet that they'll reimburse you (ie: the window module in the door, for instance).

I know this is sort of off-topic (and you might have addressed this in the past on 'tech), but would you buy the Aero if you had to do it over again -- or would you stick with a TBSS?

 

The Stabilitrak "issue" is usually caused by the steering position sensor on the GMT360.

The issue is caused by a big variety of issues. My Stabilitrak problem is only when I exceed 55mph, and it locks up the driver-front wheel. Speed sensors have been checked and were fine. Steering wheel position sensor is my next attempt. I've heard of all kinds of things triggering Stabilitrak, including low brake fluid (how random is that).

I know this is sort of off-topic (and you might have addressed this in the past on 'tech), but would you buy the Aero if you had to do it over again -- or would you stick with a TBSS?

I don't see enough difference in the Saab vs. the TBSS for me to favor one over the other. The Saab comes LOADED (3SS trim) and is AWD only, whereas the TBSS can be had with cloth seats and minimal options (1SS), and can be 2WD or AWD. So while the TBSS has more configurations, they are basically the same truck with only cosmetic differences. So overall, I'd take the Saab over the TBSS for pricing reasons alone - Saabs are at least $3-5K cheaper when compared to a 3SS TBSS with similar mileage. Also, the Aero is much more rare than the TBSS, but no one seems to care about them being rare since Saab is gone.