9-5 second hand values

[Simon]

How come the second hand value of 9-5's seems to be so low?

There are 2 R reg (late 97/early98) 9-5s in Loot. One £4995 and the other £4495. No mileage in ads so obviously been to the moon & back. Talk about scary depreciation!!

At those prices I might be tempted to buy one myself!

Simon.


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[V.J.S]

Wow, new forum, I got to post here too :smile:

What was the year when 9-5 was first released? Usually when a new model is introduced, it takes a year or so for the manufacturer to sort out/fix most the "children's diseases", I can remeber that at least in Finland Saab was calling some of the 9-5's in for some brake/steering modifications due to bad quality parts from subcontractors (at least that was the "official" explanation), and probably you all can remember (still makes me smile maliciously...) the "Elk test"-catastrophy on the A-series Mercedes :smile: I don't know better, but this could be one reason, why early 9-5's value isn't that great...And yes, I'd be tempted to buy one at those prices!!

[V.J.S]

BTW, to the moon and back it would about 610k miles, nothing that a Saab couldn't handle, or what :smile:

[Simon]

That's true about early cars, I remember something about A-arms? breaking?

Simon.

[Simon]

Just noticed on the Saab website that the
9-5 Turbo SE was 'What Car' used car of the year 2001.

Simon.

[Lui]

Here in the states, the Saab 9-5 is rated right up there with the Lexus (toyota) and Honda as far as reliability, according to Consumer Reports.

[Sparky]

They apparently have trouble with the on board computer (or SID?). Wouldn't be a big deal bit it controls the radio etc.

[murphwiz]

The niggles on the early 9-5's are with the LCD's!
The SID and ACC panel both loose pixels, my SID was replaced under warranty by the previous owner, think every early 9-5 has had at least one SID!
My ACC panel occansionally looses a few symbols, but as this doesn't affect its working, I'm ignoring it!

Another batch of prblems was with the Turbos, blowing blue smoke due to ineffective cooling, I would think all were replaced under warranty, there is a Technical Bullitin about it!

[mr saabman]

The niggles on the early 9-5's are with the LCD's!
The SID and ACC panel both loose pixels, my SID was replaced under warranty by the previous owner, think every early 9-5 has had at least one SID!
What do you call early? as you know mine's a 1999 and you know my SID problems murphwiz :-? but after all It's made by Nokia not the best reputation for there LCD displays :o So on the subject of the 9-5 being a good car it is and I'm sure in the future someone will will find a way to fix/recondition the SID unit to a satisfactory condition.At the end of the day how many problems has the 9k got and people still love and buy them,so long live the 9-5 :lol:

[murphwiz]

Early.... anything pre todays date it seems :lol: :o :-?

so long live the 9-5
And so say all of us! :lol: 8)