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Jim - 04 Aug 2005 21:11 GMT

Can anyone tell me where to buy in the UK (or have repaired) the SID display
on my 2002 9-5 Aero?

So far it is missing one vertical but presumably will get worse.

TIA

Jim

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Peter Wilkins - 05 Aug 2005 00:44 GMT

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:11:58 +0100, "Jim" <jim@nomail.thanks.com> wrote

>Can anyone tell me where to buy in the UK (or have repaired) the SID display
>on my 2002 9-5 Aero?
>
>So far it is missing one vertical but presumably will get worse.

Isn't it still under warranty? Both my displays failed around 3 years
old and were replaced under warranty.

If not, I think there is an Internet site that tells you how to fix it
yourself. Just a sec. No, sorry, can't find it, but you can check
with

http://www.saabclub.co.uk/

There are a number of references there in the saab forums, including
people who will fix it for you.

Oh, this site has something:

http://www.mitt-eget.com/saab/faq_electrical.shtml

and this

http://www.saabcentral.com/techhelp/95_index.php

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Peter Wilkins

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Pooh Bear - 05 Aug 2005 01:10 GMT

> Can anyone tell me where to buy in the UK (or have repaired) the SID display
> on my 2002 9-5 Aero?
>
> So far it is missing one vertical but presumably will get worse.

You can't repair an LCD unless it's simply the driver chip at fault (
theoretically replaceable ).

Sorry.

Graham

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Peter Wilkins - 05 Aug 2005 03:33 GMT

>> Can anyone tell me where to buy in the UK (or have repaired) the SID display
>> on my 2002 9-5 Aero?
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
>Sorry.

Graham, it's not the LCD or the electronics that fail (usually), it's
the physical connections of the cable between the LCD and the
electronics that go bad. Repair is possible.

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Pooh Bear - 05 Aug 2005 03:40 GMT

> >> Can anyone tell me where to buy in the UK (or have repaired) the SID display
> >> on my 2002 9-5 Aero?
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> the physical connections of the cable between the LCD and the
> electronics that go bad. Repair is possible.

I'm surprised that would affect just one 'vertical' but I confess I'm not totally
sure what the OP meant by that now.

Modern Saabs seem to have so many problems that older ones didn't btw.

Graham

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Peter Wilkins - 05 Aug 2005 12:39 GMT

>> >> Can anyone tell me where to buy in the UK (or have repaired) the SID display
>> >> on my 2002 9-5 Aero?
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>I'm surprised that would affect just one 'vertical' but I confess I'm not totally
>sure what the OP meant by that now.

The problem with the display is usually the mating of the flexible
cable to the connectors. If one connection goes bad, you can lose a
row either horizontal or vertical, if several go bad, you lose more,
until the display becomes unreadable.
I had an identical problem with my Garmin GPS. I pulled the GPS
apart, undid the cable connectors, cleaned everything, put it back
together and the LCD display was back again in full. It's a bit more
difficult to do the Saab SID display yourself, but instructions on how
to do it are on the Internet.

>Modern Saabs seem to have so many problems that older ones didn't btw.

Yes, you are right! I just paid $A900 to have a leaking air
conditioning hose on my 9-5 replaced: The Saab dealer said they had
to dismantle virtually everything in the system to get the hose out,
so most of the cost was in labour. After looking, I almost believe
them.

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Peter Wilkins

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