1995 SAAB 900 Complaints

THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE PROBLEM IS THE LATEST IN A LONG SERIES OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR. IT WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $800 TO REPAIR THIS PROBLEM. WE HAVE NOT HAD THE AIR CONDITIONER REPAIRED YET. THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH REPLACEMENT WAS $500. THE MASTER CYLINDER WAS REPLACED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP HAD JUST PASSED OUR CAR FOR INSPECTION THE PREVIOUS DAY. (THEY DID NOT BELIEVE US WHEN WE TOLD THEM THAT THE BRAKE FAILURE LIGHT WAS LIT.) THESE CARS ARE CALLED SAAB FOR A REASON WE SOB A LOT EVERYTIME WE GET A REPAIR BILL. DT

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING THERE IS VIBRATION COMING FROM UNDERNEATH VEHICLE. SHIFT LEVER LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASH PANEL, AND THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK

THE ENGINE ON VEHICLE FAILED AND IS NOW RENDERED USELESS. CONSUMER WAS LATER INFORMED THAT THIS WAS A KNOWN FAULT WITH THESE VEHICLES AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. THE DEALER HOWEVER, DID NOT INFORM CONSUMER OF THE DEFECT WITH THE ENGINE IN THESE VEHICLES. *JG

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE DASH LIGHTS ARE CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND NOTHING WAS REMEDIED. MAIN COMPUTER MAY BE THE REASON FOR THE MALFUNCTION. ALSO, BRAKES ARE FAILING AND AIRBAGS DO NOT WORK. *JG

WHILE DRIVING, CONSUMER COMMENTED THAT THE DIGITAL INDICATOR PANEL FELT HOT, CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE WHILE AT DINNER, THEN RETURNED, THE POWER ASSIST BRAKES FAILED AND THEN THE COOLANT LOW LIGHT, HEADLAMP OUT AND WASHER LOW INDICATORS ILLUMINATED, THE NEXT MORNING CONSUMER RAISED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED A FIRE HAD OCCURRED, THE UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES HAD MELTED, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING BELOW THE HOSES WERE BARE COPPER, THE BATTERY, POWER STEERING RESERVOIR, PLASTIC ENGINE COVER, BATTERY CABLES, VACUUM HOSES AND COOLING FINS ON THE ELECTRICAL COOLING MOTOR HAD ALL MELTED, THE HOOD INSULATION WAS ALSO DAMAGED, THERE WAS ADDITIONAL FIRE DAMAGE UNDER THE PLASTIC ENGINE COVER, IT IS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE. *SLC

CLUTCH BECAME INOPERABLE WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING. ALSO, THERE WAS A SMALL COMPARTMENT FIRE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

BRAKES LIGHT PORTIONS OF THE TAILLIGHT MELT AND DEFORM. WHILE THE OPTICS OF THE TAILLIGHT LENS IS DEGRADED THERE IS ALSO INTERNAL DEFORMATION THAT MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE BULB, WHEN IT BURN OUT. THE DEFORMATION OF THE LENS CAUSES IT TO BE NEARER TO THE HEAT OF THE BULB CAUSING CONTINUED DEFORMATION. ULTIMATELY THE LENS WILL CONTACT THE BULB AND PROBABLY CAUSE IT TO BREAK. WHEN THE BULB BURNS OUT OR BREAK THE ENTIRE TAILLIGHT ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. ALL DUE TO DESIGN FLAW THAT MANIFESTS ITSELF WHENEVER THE BRAKE LIGHTS ARE ON FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

REAR GLASS WINDOW IS ATTATCHED TO CANVAS CONVERTIBLE TOP BY SILICON TYPE GLUE ONLY. FAILURE OF THIS GLUE HAS ALLOWED WATER TO ENTER CAR AND POSSIBILITY OF WINDOW FALLING OUT. DEALER INFORMS ME IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 95-98 CONVERTIBLES.

VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF IT. WHILE APPLYING BRAKES, WHICH DRIVER JUST HAD FIXED, CAR ONLY SLOWED DOWN BUT WOULD NOT STOP.

I EXPERIENCED A CATASTROPHIC MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 38,324 MILES. THE CAUSE WAS A SEIZED BEARING/BUSHING THAT SUBSEQUENTLY CAUSED THE CLUTCH CABLE TO BREAK WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO SHIFT GEARS (I WAS ACCELERATING AWAY FROM A STOPLIGHT ON NJ STATE HIGHWAY 46E AT TIME OF FAILURE). REPAIR COST WAS ~$1K, BUT UPON COMPLAINING, THE DEALERSHIP PROVIDED THE PARTS (GOODWILL) AND I PAID THE LABOR: $600 OUT-OF-POCKET. THEIR RECEIPT COPY INDICATED THAT THE PARTS WERE BEING REPORTED AS A WARRANTY REPAIR.*AK