SAAB 9-5 Complaints

557 consumer complaints on file.

#8023588December 3, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATE WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH WITHOUT ANY INDICATION VEHICLE STALL CONSUMER PULL VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICE SMOKE COMING FROM ENGINE SOON AFTER ENGINE WAS ON FIRE IN RESULT OF TOTAL LOST OF VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#769868November 18, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THE CAR STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING, LOSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKES. EACH OCCURANCE HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH. DT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8021962October 30, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING 60MPH VEHICLE STALLED W/O WARNING CAUSING POWER STEERING AND BRAKE FUNCTIONS TO FAIL. CHECKED BY DEALER WHO CAN NOT DUPLICATE PROBLEM OR DETERMINE CAUSE. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8019772September 30, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING SMOKE STARTING COMING FROM THE ENGINE.VEHICLE STALLED OUT.HAD VEHICLE SERVICED,FIRE WAS A RESULT OF A PROBLEM WITH IGNITION CASSETTE. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018681September 16, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER
GAS GAUGE FUEL INDICATOR IS INOPERATIVE, AS A RESULT THE DRIVER IS UNABLE TO TELL HOW MUCH GAS IS IN THE TANK RESULTING IN THE VEHICLE RUNNING OUT OFF GAS AND LEAVING DRIVER STRANDED.*AK *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8018714September 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STALL OUT AND WILL START RIGHT BACK UP. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#766714September 4, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BUCKLE IS INBOARD OF THE CENTER PASSENGERS STRAP. SO, WHEN THE CENTER PASSENGER IS BUCKLED, THE PASSENGER BEHIND THE DRIVER CAN NOT ACCESS THEIR BUCKLE, OR, WHEN THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE PASSENGER IS BUCKLED, THE STRAP AND BUCKLE INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF THE CENTER SEATBELT, AND CAUSE IT TO TWIST. THE REAR SEAT BELT LAYOUT IS THE SAME ON THE 1999 2002 WAGONS. WE COMPARED THEM TO SAAB 9-5 SEDANS. THE SEDAN SEAT BELTS ARE ARRANGED WITH THE BUCKLE ANCHORS INSTALLED IN THE OPPOSITE POSITIONS OF THE WAGON, SO A BELT NEVER OVERLAPS A BUCKLE AT ANY TIME. DESIGN PROBLEM - NO ACCIDENT INVOLVED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#567257September 3, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
CONSUMER STATED THE REAR BUCKLE ASSEMBLIES FOR THE REAR SEAT BELTS APPEAR TO BE THOSE FROM A 9-5 SEDAN, THE REAR SEAT SAFETY BELTS OVERLAPS, MAKING THEM DIFFICULT TO LATCH AND UNLATCH, WHEN THE REAR SEAT BUCKLE IS LATCHED, ITS HIP BELT COVERS THE BUCKLE FOR THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BELT, WITH THESE 2 BELTS BUCKLED, THE CENTER BELT HAS A SHARP TWIST WHERE IT CROSSES THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BUCKLE, ADDITIONALLY, WHEN INDIVIDUALLY BUCKLED WITH THE SHOULDER STRAPS FLAT, THE REAR CENTER AND DRIVERS SIDE HIP BELTS HAVE A TWIST IN THEM.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#566317August 21, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
NOXIOUS TERRIBLE SMELL --SUE TO A POORLY DESIGNED CATALYTIC CONVERTER---REPLACED CATALTIC CONVERTER W/NEW DESIGN NOTHING HELPED--SULPHUROUS SMELL THAT IRRIATES WIFE'S LUNGS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764070July 11, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
ON HIGH SPEED SIDE IMPACK (IMPACT BY 4000+ LB CAR ON PASSENGER DOOR), THE FUEL SYSTEM LEAKED. ACCORDING TO THE WRECKER SERVICE, THE PROBLEM WAS THE FUEL PUMP "BROKE OFF". IN ADDITION, THE FUEL CUT OFF SWITCH WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE AFTER THE COLLISION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#762436May 29, 2002
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WEBBING
THE SEATBELT HAS NOT ADJUSTMENTS AND IF I CRASH I WILL BE DECAPAITATED AND SAAB HAS NO FIX SEATBELT SITS AT/AROUND MY NECK WITH NO WAY TO ADJUST IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008545April 24, 2002
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL
ON TWO OCCASIONS VEHICLE HAD ROLLED BACKWARD WHILE PARKED WITH EMERGENCY PARKING BRAKE ENGAGED. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564966April 5, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING VEHICLE, CONSUMER BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE FREQUENCY OF NOXIOUS FUMES COMING THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE FROM THE EXHAUST, WHEN CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP TO REPORT THE PROBLEM HE WAS GIVEN A SERVICE BULLETIN WHICH IDENTIFIED THE EMISSION AS HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND THE BULLETIN FURTHER STATED THERE WAS NO WAY TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, THE MANUFACTURER HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM BUT HAS FAILED TO DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION.(LAWYER, JEFFREY MILLER ON BEHALF OF CLIENT)*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757636February 1, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE IMPACT WAS FRONT END - I HIT A STEEL AND CEMENT POLE AT 25 MPH AND THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. MY HEAD CRASHED THE WINDSHIELD AND I SUSTAINED A SEVERE HEAD INJURY WITH AMNESIA, LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS, APHASIA, LEFT SIDED WEAKNESS, FRACTURED RIBS, AND SEVERE POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME. MY SEATBELTS CAUSED 4 BROKEN RIBS ON THE RIGHT. IF THE AIRBAG HAD DEPLOYED ACCORDING TO MY DOCTOR I WOULD HAVE NOT SUFFERRED THESE INJURIES. I CONTACTED SAAB CORPORATE OFFICE AND REPORTED THE INCIDENT AND THEY WERE NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8002569January 22, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM
THERE IS A VERY STRONG POLLUTED SMELL OF FUMES COMING FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. ODOR HAS CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8002195January 15, 2002
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:TORSION BAR
FRONT SUSPENSION IS NOISY DUE TO BOLTS NOT PROPERLY TORQUED TO SWAY BAR. PERIODICALLY, BOLTS WILL BE TIGHTENED. HAS HAPPENED SIX TIMES. CURRENTLY, STEERING IS STARTING TO JERK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756043December 26, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
I HAVE A PROBLEM ON MY 9-5 2001 SE WAGON 6 CYL, HEADLIGHTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#754558November 14, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
AFTER BRINGING IN TO DEARLER MANY TIMES FOR "ENGINE LIGHT" AND BEING TOLD IT WAS NOTHING I PROCEEDED WITH MAINTENANCE.DUE TO LATE OIL CHANGE DEALER CLAIMS, AFTER OIL CHANGE, AND COMPLAINT FROM ME THAT THERE WAS A FLUTTER SOUND IN THE SYSTEM; THEY OFFER TO REPAIR FOR APPROX 3500 WITH NO GUARANTEE. MY CAR IS NOT ABUSED AND IS NEW. AFTER DISCUSSING WITH OUTSIDE REPAIR IT SEEMS THIS IS A PROBLEM DUE TO THE OIL USED BY SAAB. APPARENTLY THERE ARE PRESENTLY SIX OTHER VEHICLES AT OUTSIDE REPAIR SHOPS CHANGING OIL BRAND AND FLUSHING FOR PERFECT RESULTS. THOSE OUTSIDE SOURCES CHARGE APPROX $350. PERSONALLY I HAVE ONLY OWNED NEW VEHICLES OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. ALL FIRST QUALITY: HONDA, BMW, VOLVO, JAGUAR, SAAB,
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752821October 2, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
I HAVE HAD 4 SIDEWALL FAILURES IN 10 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR. I HAVE BEEN LUCKY IN THAT ALL THESE HAVE BEEN AT LOW SPEEDS. HOWEVER, THE FAILURES ARE INSTANTANOUS, WHICH WOULD BE A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGH SPEEDS AND MOST LIKELY RESULT IN A LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR. THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE RELATED TO THE TIRE, RIM AND SUSPENSION SET UP ON THIS MODEL. (TIRESIZE: 225-45ZR17)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#752697September 28, 2001
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT
THE RETENTION CLIPS FOR THE RIGHT SIGNAL/PARKING LIGHT ASSEMBLY BROKE OFF WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT 55MPH. THE ASSEMBLY FELL OUT OF THE SOCKET AND WAS RETAINED BY WIRING HARNESS. UPON NEXT VISIT TO DEALER WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM CAUSED BY PLASTIC FAILURE WHICH EXISTS IN SAAB 9-3 MODELS. FIRST TIME THEY HAVE SEEN ON 9-5 MODEL. SAAB WILL NOT REPLACE ASSEMBLIES. DEALER SUGGESTED CHECKING OTHER ASSEMBLY WHICH I DID AND FOUND PLASTIC BROKEN ON THIS ASSEMBLY AS WELL. IN ADDITION, THE BRACKET WHICH HOLDS THE SCREW TO RETAIN THE LAMP HAS BROKEN AS WELL. THIS IS A PREMATURE FAILURE OF REQUIRED SAFETY EQUIPMENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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