Bugger. Anyone know about Saab CIMs?

Jan 18, 2015 3 Replies

Seems the 9-3 Aero has sprung a known and expensive fault on us.



Got the dreaded 'stability control failure - contact service' error on a drive through mid Wales this afternoon.



Doing a bit of Googling, this generally points to a failure of the CIM behind the steering wheel... new ones are HFM?! and swaping them appears to require access to the Saab TECH2 kit.



Does anyone know if I can get some codes out of the car with aa generic OBDII reader? - hopefully, we have a fault in a sensor somewhere, rathe than requiring a refurbished CIM with all the hassle that entails (ie. taking to a Saab specialist as my local man doesn't have TECH2).


I would doubt it - OBD is a fairly basic subset of fault codes, mainly emissions-related.

Somebody on UKSaabs will know of somebody with a Tech2 not a million miles away.

Panic over.

Seems it threw a hissy fit yesterday - most likely the steering wheel angle sensor. All OK this morning.

Weird.

Sometimes I hate modern cars.

Gah!

Fecking Saabs. I knew there was a reason not to buy one.

It's back again. If it needs a CIM, it'll have cost more in non-routine repairs in 2 months than the 156 Wagon did in the last 5 years.

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