SAAB 9-3 Complaints

1,407 consumer complaints on file.

#10944644January 12, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10944270January 11, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL: WAS NOTIFIED FEB 2016 BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO GET THIS FIXED! THERE IS NO WAY TO REMEDY THIS PROBLEM. I AM STILL WAITING TO HEAR WHAT TO DO ABOUT GETTING THE AIRBAGS REPLACED AND IN THE MEANTIME, DESPITE PAYING FOR INSURANCE, COSTS, ETC, HAVE LIMITED MY USE OF THE CAR. NO WORD FROM ANYONE; NO ONE IS WILLING TO FIX IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10944335January 11, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL-- I HAVE HEARD NOTHING AS TO WHEN THIS WILL BE PERFORMED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10939594January 4, 2017
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS) AND STATED THAT THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A SPECIFIC DATE FOR WHEN THE PART WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT EXPERIENCING A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10939743January 4, 2017
ENGINE
I HAVE OWNED MY 2008 SAAB 9-3 FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW AND I HAVE HAD AN ONGOING ROUGH RUNNING ISSUE THAT SEEMS TO BE GETTING WORSE. WHEN I START MY CAR UP IN THE MORNING IT RUNS VERY ROUGH AND RECENTLY THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN TURNING ON AND OFF WITH CYLINDER MISFIRE CODES. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND HAD THIS PROBLEM DIAGNOSED, SEVERAL TIMES, AS HAVING BAD INTAKE VALVES. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH ON THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE COME TO FIND THIS IS A RATHER COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS SPECIFIC YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. THIS IS CONCERNING BECAUSE I HAVE HAD THIS REPAIR QUOTED AT OVER $2000.00. I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH MANUFACTURER RECALLS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD BY MULTIPLE DEALERSHIPS TO SUBMIT A COMPLAINT IN ORDER FOR THIS PROBLEM TO BE COVERED UNDER A MANUFACTURER RECALL DUE TO FAULTY PARTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938970January 1, 2017
AIR BAGS
TAMARA RECALL NO REPLACEMENT YET
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938884December 31, 2016
ENGINE
INTERMITTENT CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. COMES ON FOR A WHILE AND THEN GOES OFF. CANNOT LINK IT TO ANY VEHICLE ACTIVITY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10938798December 30, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937906December 28, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V630000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE. UPDATED 02/22/2017*CT UPDATED 02/27/17 *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937583December 27, 2016
AIR BAGS, SEAT BELTS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 14V318000 (SEAT BELTS) AND 16V063000 (AIR BAGS) HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUES. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE AND PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT. UPDATED 02/21/17*LJ UPDATED 03/01/17.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937507December 26, 2016
ENGINE
UPON ATTEMPTING TO START THE ENGINE, SOMETIMES IT RUNS VERY ROUGH AND THEN STALLS. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO START THE ENGINE RESULT IN STALLS OR, FINALLY, RESULT IN THE ENGINE RUNNING VERY ROUGH AND THEN GRADUALLY SMOOTHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937189December 23, 2016
SEAT BELTS
DRIVER SEAT-BELT IS NOT RETRACTING, AND OPERATED DEFECTIVELY SIMILAR TO RECALLED SAAB CONVERTIBLES AND OTHER RECALLED GM MODELS. DRIVER THEREFORE HAS NO WORKING SEATBELT AND WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. GM INSTALLED THE DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT IN MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HAS BEEN AN ISSUE SINCE 2015. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10937191December 23, 2016
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS, SUSPENSION
BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WHILE DRIVING, SNAPPED IN HALF, AND DISLOCATED FROM VEHICLE, 6 MONTHS APART. WAS DRIVING AT 30 MPH, AND THE PASSENGER FRONT SPRING SNAPPED IN TWO. HAD NO FOREWARNING, BEFORE IT EXPLODED APART. THE PASSENGER-SIDE COIL-SPRING SNAPPED OFF THE VEHICLE, IN TWO+ PLACES, AND WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE HIGHWAY. METAL SHOWED A CLEAR SNAP. THE METAL APPEARED CORRODED AND AS IF THE METAL WAS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO WORK LONG-TERM. SIX MONTHS LATER, THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT-COIL-SPRING SNAPPED AND DISLODGED IN THE EXACT SAME MANNER, AND WHEN THE FAILED PIECE WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE HIGHWAY, IT SHOWED THE SAME CLEAR SNAP LINES, AS ITS PREDECESSOR. BOTH INSTANCES CAUSED THE CAR TO LOSE CONTROL. CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT WITH SUB-PAR METALLOIDS THAT LIKELY WILL KILL SOMEONE IF THEY ARE TRAVELING FAST. PLEASE RECALL AS ITS THE SAME DEFECT THAT APPEARS IN 2003 - 2006 SAAB MODELS. IN 2010, GENERAL MOTORS OFFERED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON ABOUT 66,000 2003 - 2006 SAAB 9-3 VEHICLES TO COVER THE COST OF REPLACING FRONT SPRINGS THAT BREAK DUE TO CORROSION. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON FOR SAAB 9-3 MODELS, BUT IS NOT COVERED BY GM SPECIAL COVERAGE #15917 BECAUSE THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY APPLIES TO 2003-2006 VEHICLES. HTTP://WHEELS.BLOGS.NYTIMES.COM/2010/04/02/PROBLEMS-SPRING-UP-FOR-2003-6-SAAB-9-3S/?_R=0. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937193December 23, 2016
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE REAR SIDE DOOR WINDOW HAS HAD ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ISSUES, WHICH LED UP TO ITS CURRENT STATE - THE WINDOW IS INOPERATIVE. I HAVE NOT HAD IT REPAIRED BECAUSE IT IS LIKELY TO RE-OCCUR, DUE TO POOR FIT, AND FAULTY ALIGNMENT. ' WINDOW RATTLES OR SQUEAKS. ' WINDOW BINDS. ' WINDOW HAS SLOW OPERATION. ' WINDOW FITS POORLY OR IS MISALIGNED. CURRENTLY, REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW INOPERABLE, AND FITS THE FOLLOWING GM COMMUNICATION (NHTSA ID NUMBER: 10054243 MANUFACTURER COMMUNICATION NUMBER: PI-0018-B GENERAL MOTORS: THE WINDOWS, FRONT AND REAR, WOULD BIND, POOR FIT, MISALIGNMENT, MAKES RATTLE OR SQUEAKING NOISES, MOVES SLOWLY AND IS INOPERATIVE. MODEL 2008-2014 VEHICLES AND TRUCKS. IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS DEFECT?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937118December 22, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE IN MARCH 2016 FROM GM AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPLACE. THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE SAFETY RISK FOR ME AND MY PASSENGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10937145December 22, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS TO DO THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10936703December 21, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10936327December 19, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. UPDATED 01/31/2017*CT UPDATED02/02/17.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10935979December 17, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL. I HAVE A 2007 SAAB 9-3 WITH A RECALL FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. I CALLED GM SAAB AND THE DEALER AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THIS IS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE SO EVERY TIME I AM DRIVING I COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE AIRBAG KILL ME. IN SOME CARS IT IS FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AND YOU COULD JUST HAVE THE PASSENGER SIT IN THE BACK BUT MINE IS FOR THE DRIVER SIDE. PLEASE GIVE ME SOME HELP IN THIS SITUATION BECAUSE THEY WON'T REPAIR IT AND THEY WON'T TAKE THE CAR IF I TRADE IT IN FOR A NEW CAR. ALL I HAVE IS A DANGEROUS AIRBAG ON THE DRIVER SIDE EVERY TIME I DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10935287December 14, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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