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Rang my local Saab specialist last week after the ignition switch started playing up. Now, considering they specialise in these vehicles, I was surprised that the service dept. took so long to reach a quote of £390 + the dreaded vat-the switch itself was £128+. As this seemed a bit pricey to me I asked if they would give me the part number so that I could see if I could locate a switch a little cheaper and then they could fit it for me only to be told that "we are not allowed to release that information, sir" WHY?-can I invade Russia with the switch number? To cut a long story short I went on a mission to repair my motor on a budget. A seller on Fleabay was selling genuine, boxed, switches at less than £50 all in so I rang to see if he could confirm that the switch was correct for my car-only to be told that there was only 2 variations fitted in the last 9 years and he knew straight away which one fitted mine-didn't even need the Reg. number. Took the car yesterday to my local garage and it has just been delivered back to my front door-along with a bill for £50. So-one phone call and the car is fixed for less than £100 compared to over £400 and travelling costs if I had gone to a certain "specialist" in MK. How do they get away with it and how many people get ripped off every day?
