SAAB 9-3 Complaints

1,407 consumer complaints on file.

#10839801March 4, 2016
AIR BAGS
TAKATA RECALL CANT TRUST MY CAR IF I HAVE TAKATA AIRBAGS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10838086February 24, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, STEERING
SAAB 9-3 2002 FREQUENTLY WILL NOT START EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NEW BATTERY AND NEWER ALTERNATOR- MAY BE IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10836946February 18, 2016
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER STRUT WAS BENT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE STRUT WAS REPLACED BUT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE WOULD RECUR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STRUTS NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10836717February 17, 2016
AIR BAGS
TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART OR REMEDY FOR THE RECALL REPAIR WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS 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
#10836469February 16, 2016
ENGINE
I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT I MOVED TO NEW YORK AT ABOUT 75K MILES - AND I NOTICED A PROBLEM RIGHT AWAY. ROUGH IDLING STARTED, AND WOULD EVEN TURN ON, THEN RIGHT BACK OFF. THE PROBLEM WAS NOT AN ISSUE AGAIN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, SO I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE IT TO 83K MILES. NOW THAT IT IS WINTER TIME, EVEN THOUGH IT IS GARAGED IT WILL NOT START IF IT IS UNDER 45 DEGREES. I HAD IT CHECKED OUT WITH A CERTIFIED SAAB MECHANIC AND HE CONFIRMED BY WAY OF COMPRESSION TEST THAT IT IS INDEED THE DREADED INTAKE VALVE PROBLEM. THE ESTIMATE FOR REPAIR IS $2,230!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10836497February 16, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SAAB 9-3. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE, IT IDLED ROUGHLY. ADDITIONALLY, THE VEHICLE WOULD SOMETIMES TAKE A LONG TIME TO START. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10825910February 12, 2016
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE INTAKE VALVES ARE BAD ON THIS CAR AND IT HAS 100K MILES ON THIS. THIS IS A $2000 PLUS JOB THAT COMES OUT OF POCKET. IT SEEMS TO BE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SAABS AND IT APPEARS THERE ARE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ON HERE. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND PAID FOR BY GM, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT PROPERTY BUILD THIS ENGINE IF SO MANY ARE FAILING. MY CAR WILL TURN OVER AND NOT START IN THE COLD WEATHER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10824602February 6, 2016
ENGINE
CAR WENT INTO "LIMP-HOME" MODE. UPON MECHANIC INSPECTION, FAILED COMPRESSION TEST AND HAD BAD INTAKE VALVES. OUT-OF-POCKET FIX, CAR RUNNING FINE NOW. KEPT ALL PARTS REPLACED, EDGES OF VALVES ARE AS SHARP AS A KNIFE. SIMILAR EXPERIENCE AS DOCUMENTED BY OTHER SAAB OWNERS AT LINK BELOW. HTTP://WWW.SAABCENTRAL.COM/FORUMS/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=329066
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10824221February 4, 2016
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO START WHILE THE BATTERY WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V399000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 186,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10824229February 4, 2016
SUSPENSION
WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET AT 30 MPH I HEAR A BANG! I START TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE STEERING WHEEL I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND PULLED OVER SAFELY ONCE I GAINED CONTROL WHEN I GET OUT THE CAR TO INSPECT IT MY PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT SPRING IS BROKEN IN TWO AND MY PASSENGER SIDE TIRE IS BLOWN. I COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BADLY INJURED OR KILLED! SAAB YOU NEED TO DO A RECALL THIS IS LIFE THREATENING!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10822436January 26, 2016
ENGINE
HARD/ROUGH START ESPECIALLY IN COLD TEMPERATURES. MECHANIC SAID #4 CYLINDER IS MISFIRING. CONFIRMED TO BE LOW COMPRESSION DUE TO PREMATURELY WORN INTAKE VALVES. #1 CYLINDER/INTAKE VALVE IS NOT FAR BEHIND #4. BECAME A SERIOUS PROBLEM WHEN ENGINE STALLS WHEN SITTING IN TRAFFIC. ALSO VEHICLE ENGINE HAS STALLED/SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN PARKING LOTS, REDLIGHTS, 4 WAY STOPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10821348January 21, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
ENGINE VERY ROUGH WHEN STARTING AFTER COLD NIGHT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET FOR THESE CAR MODELS AND YEARS, AND THE OFFICIAL REASON IS IMPROPERLY HARDENED (DEFECTIVE) INTAKE VALVES. EVENTUALLY THE CAR WILL NOT RUN. REPAIR IS ABOUT $2500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10817361January 2, 2016
SEAT BELTS
THE REAR CENTER 3-POINT SEATBELT LOCKS WITHOUT ANY OCCUPANT AND THEN FAILS TO RELEASE. IF I DO NOT UNBOLT THE SEAT BELT FROM THE FLOOR, THE RETRACTOR CONTINUES TO TIGHTEN AND BEGINS TO CRUSH THE SEATBACK CUSHIONING. I HAVE NOT HAD MORE THAN A FEW PASSENGERS USE THE CENTER SEAT, BUT THE BELT RETRACTION MECHANISM SHOULD NOT FAIL AFTER BEING USED LESS THAN A DOZEN TIMES OVER THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816874December 29, 2015
SEAT BELTS
MUCH LIKE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V318000 (GM RECALL NUMBER 14222), THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME THE BELT IS PULLED OUT. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE BELT WOULD NOT BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE DRIVER TO RETRACT, SINCE IT IS TOO LOOSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10816415December 28, 2015
SEAT BELTS
RECALL 14222/15027. RECEIVED SAFETY RECALL NOTICE TO REPLACE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT MECHANISM. UPON MAKING SERVICE APPOINTMENT WITH LOCAL GM DEALER THEY STATED THEY DO NOT HAVE A TECHNICIAN TO DO IT. I TRIED CALLING THE 800 NUMBER ON THE RECALL NOTICE AND GOT A RECORDING THAT THE NUMBER WAS NO LONGER IN SERVICE. HOW CAN I FIND OUT WHO CAN PERFORM THIS RECALL SERVICE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809960December 14, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
I HAVE A 9-3 SAAB EVERYTIME I STOP AND TURN CAR OFF WHEN I GET BACK IN A PUT KEY IN I GET A STEERING WHEEL LOCK CONTACT SAAB DEALER IT WON'T EVEN LET ME TURN THE KEY I HAVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT YEARS AND NOW IT'S DOING THIS I HAVE TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY AND RECONNECT FOR THE COMPUTER RESET AND RESTART ME CAR CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THIS THANK YOU ..... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10809091December 8, 2015
SEAT BELTS
SEATBELT RETRACTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE COMPLETELY UNSPOOLED AND WILL NOT RETRACT UNDER NORMAL USE EFFECTING DRIVER'S SAFETY IN EVENT OF A CRASH. WHILE CONVERTIBLE AND PASSEGER SIDE RETRACTORS SEEM TO BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY WE ARE TOLD OUR CAR IS NOT COVERED AND IT IS $550 TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WHEN SO MANY SAABS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE CAR WAS PARKED WHEN IT UNSPOOLED AND WOULDN'T RETRACT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IN OPERATING THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808697December 7, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SMOKE EMITTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO FLAMES VISIBLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 158,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807509November 30, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807295November 28, 2015
ENGINE
ROUGH COLD START. COMPRESSION ON CYLINDER 4 TO LOW.INTAKE VALVE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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