Help! Steerling lock malfunction
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Hi everyone- the day before we are due to go away had the following message flash up on the dash
"Steering wheel malfunction" contact service. We can't move the car from where it is.
For reference is a 2010 Saab 93- Sportswagon.
Done a bit of reading about a failed CIM? And the need for Tech 2 so can't take it to any old garage...
I will have to get it recovered but after advice of where too and any guesses as to the solution- we are based in North Derbyshire, thankyou for your help in advance!!
Edited to add. Have seen the typo in the title. What a fail.
"Steering wheel malfunction" contact service. We can't move the car from where it is.
For reference is a 2010 Saab 93- Sportswagon.
Done a bit of reading about a failed CIM? And the need for Tech 2 so can't take it to any old garage...
I will have to get it recovered but after advice of where too and any guesses as to the solution- we are based in North Derbyshire, thankyou for your help in advance!!
Edited to add. Have seen the typo in the title. What a fail.
Edited by Mopey on Wednesday 31st October 18:27
Is Glossop too far away?
Saabtec have got a good reputation & I`d be surprised if they couldn`t help out:
http://saabtec.co.uk/
Saabtec have got a good reputation & I`d be surprised if they couldn`t help out:
http://saabtec.co.uk/
The plot thickens...
So got it taken on a flat bed to a saab specialist to deal with the issue.
Using Tech II they identified the CIM needed dealing with- so replaced my 60 plate car with a used 08 CIM and programmed the keys to my car- solved the steering problem.
Upon me collecting the vehicle I noticed the fuel light was on with refuel now which was weird since we had put £60 in the week before which was plenty- thought nothing of it= went down to local petrol station, put £40 in and then went to start the car, nothing. Flat battery.
The guys kindly come and jump the car and take it back up to the garage- turns out the alternator is not charging the battery? Unfortunate co-incidence.
So new alternator-fine, battery is charging.
pick the car up later and lo and behold fuel light is on and it's still saying it's empty. DTE shows as blank and average per mile is reading 99.9 MPG.
They sent me home to see if it clears, but on a nearly forty mile trip it's still showing the same issues...
Anyone ever had this before?
Somehow it must be something has gone wrong in setting the car back up? Or pairing an older CIM to a newer car? Something somewhere is buggered and since the fault developed when they were fixing the other stuff- how does that work? I am loathed to pay out on something that was not there prior to me dropping it off.
It's a bit weird eh?
So got it taken on a flat bed to a saab specialist to deal with the issue.
Using Tech II they identified the CIM needed dealing with- so replaced my 60 plate car with a used 08 CIM and programmed the keys to my car- solved the steering problem.
Upon me collecting the vehicle I noticed the fuel light was on with refuel now which was weird since we had put £60 in the week before which was plenty- thought nothing of it= went down to local petrol station, put £40 in and then went to start the car, nothing. Flat battery.
The guys kindly come and jump the car and take it back up to the garage- turns out the alternator is not charging the battery? Unfortunate co-incidence.
So new alternator-fine, battery is charging.
pick the car up later and lo and behold fuel light is on and it's still saying it's empty. DTE shows as blank and average per mile is reading 99.9 MPG.
They sent me home to see if it clears, but on a nearly forty mile trip it's still showing the same issues...
Anyone ever had this before?
Somehow it must be something has gone wrong in setting the car back up? Or pairing an older CIM to a newer car? Something somewhere is buggered and since the fault developed when they were fixing the other stuff- how does that work? I am loathed to pay out on something that was not there prior to me dropping it off.
It's a bit weird eh?
Edited by Mopey on Friday 2nd November 17:30
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