Took the car down to the Saab dealership because things were getting much worse. By yesterday evening the whole car was jerking!
Turns out 2 of the screws bolting the engine to the car body had snapped and the whole engine was see-sawing around. How disconcerting is that!
Damage 120 EURO.
Thanks for all your comments.
-- Shuaib
The model is a 9-3 convertible 2.0l 1997. Never had a chance to figure
> out if it was a ditch or not. Based on your assessment, what kind of
> costs would I be looking at?
>
> Cheers
>
> > Shuaib Rabbani wrote:
> >
> > > Yesterday I drove over, what I though at the time, was a small ditch
> > > in the road.
> >
> > So at the time you thought it was a small ditch - what did it > > turn out to be?
> >
> >
> > > Some minutes later, the gear stick started behaving strangely. Each
> > > time I now attempt to change gear, while grabbing the gear knob and
> > > pressing the clutch down causes the gear stick to jerk backwards > > > slightly.
> > >
> > > Once I have changed gear and released the clutch the symptoms go until
> > > I shift upwards again.
> >
> > It would help if we knew the model/year, but it sounds like you
> > have either damaged the gear linkage rubber coupling, or bent
> > the gear linkage. You'll need to take a look, but where you look
> > depends on the model/year.