# Saab 92-X starting trouble

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/saab-92-x-starting-trouble/25538>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 25, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saab-92-x-starting-trouble/25538 "2009-01-25T21:16:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mflory4404](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@mflory4404](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mflory4404)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saab-92-x-starting-trouble/25538/1 "2009-01-25T21:16:40Z")

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A friend owns a Saab 92-X, 2006, 2.5 liter engine. She tells me that she has an intermittent problem in starting the car - sometimes it fires right up, other times it takes a long time to crank. Any ideas? The Saab dealer told her to keep on cranking it - couldn’t find anything wrong, but had her buy new spark plugs - didn’t fix it. Car has 30,000 miles.

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/saab-92-x-starting-trouble/25538/2 "2009-01-26T01:53:39Z")

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Since the only thing about that car that is actually Saab is the nameplate, I wouldn’t be too surprised if the dealership has little working knowledge of the car’s intricacies.

The vehicle is really a Subaru Impreza (albeit with a Saab insignia on it), and the Saab dealer is undoubtedly not very experienced with this model–of which they sold very few examples. A Subaru dealership or a foreign car mechanic who specializes in Subarus will be far more familiar with this car than a Saab dealer.