Hey Y'all.Just bought a Saab Viggen

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Chicketa23

Discussion Starter · Aug 29, 2015

Hi,
I just joined this forum because I just bought a 2000 9-3 Viggen. It is my very first car and I am very excited to get it on the road. It is parked in the drive way and ever since I bought the car, I go and sit in it everyday. haha. Anyway, the car was originally bought in Flordia then brought to London Ontario. It has been a part of 1 family since the car was bought in 2000, until I found the ad on kijiji. I have some work to do on it before it will be "road safe" but I am hoping that it will be worth it. I have been doing some searching and had to go to the scrapyard with my Boyfriend to find extra parts that may be in better condition than what I have currently. We brought back small things like; light switches, heated seat switches etc... I have realized that in having a rare car, parts can be difficult to find

.... I just ordered a flex pipe from rockauto.com. From what I see so far, my water pump may be leaking as well. I picked up a power steering line from the scrap yard that is in better shape then what I have.

Question to all members: My display in pretty much going dead in my car. I can barely see what station the radio is on. Is anyone else having this problem?

any advice would be great!
Thank you!!!

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saabhutter

· #2 · Aug 30, 2015

Welcome! I'll be honest, that's a pretty strange choice for a first car (albeit a cool one). Sounds like you have a burnt out SID - very common. From what I remember, you can send the unit in to be fixed for fairly cheap.

Oh yeah, go Sens!

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Chicketa23

Discussion Starter · #3 · Aug 30, 2015

The reason why I bought the car was because it was affordable but the body and motor is in great shape. I was thinking of getting a used one from amazon....

haha I'm a sens fan too

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Dave 2 93s

· #4 · Sep 10, 2015

Hi
Just wanted to say hello, and share a snippet of info I read only yesterday.
Did you know...
in 2000. 804 Viggans were imported to the US.
245 Convertibles.
138 3Door.
421 5Door.
On the scale of things, it's not a huge amount to begin with. Then add 15 years to a car that was rapid in it's day, and can still hold it's own today.
You would imagine that quite a few could of fallen by the wayside. So your rare car, might of turned into a rare collectable.
Parts shouldn't be too much of a problem. There are a lot of 95 parts that are compatible.
Bye for now
Dave

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