Hi, i am looking for buying a 9-5 SE 2000 or 9-5 2000 with 60 000 km. They are the same price. Witch engine is the best? The V6 or I4. What is the reliability of these cars?
Thanks!
I4, no doubt.
they don't use the V6 anymore. For a reason.
I own a 9-5 SE 2000 (V6). When I bought the car I had a slight preference for the V6 over the I4. The V6 seemed a little smoother me but it may be my experience with previous 4 cylinder engines. Previous 4 cylinder engines seemed just fine during the test drives and initial owning period but after awhile they seemed noisy and weak. MY V6 experiences were more pleasant so I went for the
9-5 SE V6.In the 3 years I have owned the car, I've had the following done under warrantee
and then normal maintenance to replace tires and brakes and rotors and a headlight bulb. I also have an interior backlight on one of the panel controls that needs replacement whenever I bring the car in for service again.
So is this good, bad, or normal? PS I have 43,000 miles or roughly 68,000 km on it.
I've had a '94 900 with the V6 since new. Wished I had the i4 only due to the maint cost. Nice motor, but damn if a timing belt every 30,000 miles doesn't get a bit pricey. 151K miles on it now.
NWW
Same MY, 4 cyl. Starter replaced.. I think it must have been a bad run of starters... anybody with a 2000 MY 9-5 want to comment?
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Ditto, and that's a known problem as well.
not mine.
about right, I suspect, depending on how you drive.
Interior backlights ought not to go out, but then again, they will fail as well.
Roughly normal, afaik.
Harvey
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