Engine Knocking Noise Problems of SAAB 9-3

At approximately 75,000 miles, driving on the interstate around 70mph, oil light begins flickering. After slowing down to 60 the light stopped flickering and instead stayed on. From the time I was able to slow down to pull off the road a knocking sound could be heard from the engine progressively getting louder. The car was then taken home and inspected. Removing the oil pan revealed that the oil pick-up tube was clogged and the pan was caked with burnt oil. A local mechanic estimated $3,000 to repair the internal damage. Called SAAB, they said the car was beyond any warranty and that it was my fault for not turning the car off immediately after seeing the light. Furthermore after researching this issue, I spoke with 3 SAAB representatives who claimed to know nothing of this oil sludge issue and were not able to bring it up as it does not have a recall number, a fourth one was able to pull up a record based on my v. I. N. Showing that this known oil sludge problem was "repaired" back in 2006 under the name "special policy" which was good for 8 years after the in service date so long as all records of the car were kept. According to this report my argument was pointless considering I was approximately 5 months out of warranty and did not have the required service logs.

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Leased 2003 SAAB 9-3 arc on 9/26 and this is my second complaint (10051379) and I still have not heard from SAAB customer care regarding their fixing the loud right rear rattling/knocking noise. I have called numerous times with no call back. I now have two more problems. . . The car hesitates, sputters and almost stalls. . . The dealer increased the idle and that was the fix. . . I do not feel safe when starting off from a stop or driving in stop and go traffic. Also the transmission is shifting hard between gears between 10 and 30 mphs. . . It started a few days ago and is becoming more prevalent as each day passes. . Both these problems along with the loud rattling/knocking noise from right rear that dealer says is normal tell me that this car has problems that SAAB doesn't want to deal with and that is not right.

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