2007 SAAB 9-3 Complaints

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. VIN TOOL CONFIRMS PARTS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WAS UNAVAILABLE. 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. UPDATED 07/12/16*LJ UPDATED 08/02/16.*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 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 MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

IT APPEARS I TOO HAVE BEEN STRUCK WITH THE MISFORTUNE OF HAVING WHAT I HAVE TERMED " MORNING SICKNESS" IN COOLER WEATHER. I CURRENTLY HAVE ONE - HUNDRED AND FORTY- EIGHT THOUSAND MILES ON THIS VEHICLE. I JUST HAD IT DIAGNOSED LOW COMPRESSION IN TWO OF THE CYLINDER'S, ONE CYLINDER HAS 150 PSI?, THE OTHER HAS 175. I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE 200 PSI? USUALLY IT DOES NOT LAST LONG ( OF ROUGH RUNNING) OF COURSE DEPENDING ON OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE. I HAVE RECORDED A TEMP . OF FIVE ABOVE F., AND THE CAR STARTED FINE, BUT TOOK A WHILE FOR IT TO " CLEAR OUT ", GENERALLY NO MORE THAN A MINUTE OR TWO. I SEE I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, THOUGHT I'D SHARE WITH OTHERS AND MAYBE SOMETHING COULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. I GUESS I FEEL I AM LUCK, THAT WITH ALL MILES I HAVE ON THE VEHICLE, THAT I HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR, QUESTION IS HOW MUCH FARTHER CAN I GO BEFORE I NEED TO SOMETHING??

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3 THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS); HOWEVER, THE PART NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE 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.

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.

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.

THIS IS FOR A 2007 SAAB 9-3 SEDAN (NON-CONVERTIBLE). THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT RETRACTOR DOES NOT TO RETRACT PROPERLY AND FULLY. THE AUTOMATIC TENSIONING SYSTEM CABLE IN THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEATBELT RETRACTOR COULD HAVE BROKEN. IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH, THE SEAT BELT THAT HAS NOT RETRACTED MAY NOT PROPERLY RESTRAIN THE SEAT OCCUPANT, INCREASING THEIR RISK OF INJURY.

NOTICED A CLUNKING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR WHEN GOING OVER BUMPS. TOOK CAR TO MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING WAS CORRODED AND BROKEN. THE CORROSION OCCURRED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPRING AND THE BROKEN PIECE WAS STICKING OUT OF THE STRUT ASSRMBLY AND WAS POSSIBLY A TIRE PUNCTURE HAZZARD. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THIS WAS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS MODEL SAAB BUT IS NOT COVERED BY GM SPECIAL COVERAGE #15917 BECAUSE THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY ONLY APPLIES TO 2003-2006 MODELS. WHY NOT GM??

THE FRONT COIL SPRINGS AND STRUT BEARINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE BOTH COIL SPRINGS CRACKED/BROKE. THERE IS A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH OTHER SAAB MODEL YEARS RECALL 15917 AND THIS SHOULD BE EXPANDED TO COVER MODEL YEAR 2007 AS WELL SINCE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRING.