2002 Saab 9-5 Estate reviews

Saab 9-5 Estate Vector sport estate 2002

A rough noisy engined car that rolls around on bends, has iffy build quality and no real torque for its size. Trading on past glories it’s probably no surprise Saab went into receivership as whilst their competitors were dramatically improving their cars, Saab chose to carry on claiming that their’s were based on aircraft design!! We bought our Saab when it was about 3 years old (24k on an 02 plate) with the comfort pack and it’s now got 138k on clock. The auto box is flaring and surging all the time, particularly when travelling on bendy/hilly roads and you’re on and off the throttle. Motorway driving is ok, but for what was a £27k car this is just completely unacceptable; I don’t know whether to go for a replacement gearbox or just carry on driving till it grinds to a halt. On the plus side it’s roomy and comfortable particularly on our trips to Scotland and the comfort pack is good. Having said that and given the gearbox problems, I don’t know if the winter mode will be working if we get snow this year! I agree with one of your correspondents who said garages seem to think £450 is reasonable for a service on a 9year old Saab - they’re all chancers! Oh yeah, and the sat nav has been pretty poor as it never seems to recognise postcodes that have been in existence for ages!