SAAB Complaints

A RECALL WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR SAAB DIRECT IGNITION CASSETTE FAILURES FOR MODEL YEARS 2000 THROUGH 2002. MY 2004 SAAB 9-5 ARC, WHICH HAS 46,180 MILES ON IT, HAD TO HAVE THE DI CASSETTE REPLACED TODAY DUE TO FAILURE. MY MODEL YEAR SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS RECALL DUE TO THE LIMITED (LESS THAN REASONABLE) LIFE OF THE PART. *TT

2006 - SAAB 97X - IN SEPTEMBER, 2010 FUEL GAUGE INDICATED LOW LEVEL FUEL AND COMPUTER SHOWED 60 MILES TO EMPTY. ON THE WAY TO THE GAS STATION CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. CALLED FOR SERVICE AND HAD FUEL PUT IN THE CAR. STILL DID NOT START. FINALLY, WAS PUSHED OFF THE ROAD BY LOCAL POLICE. CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN AND HAD TO BE TOWED TO SAAB DEALER. SAAB DEALER CLAIMS I RAN OUT OF GAS. NOW HAVE ISSUES WITH FUEL GAUGE WHEN FILLING UP. AFTER REFUELING, NEEDLE ON GAUGE GOES TO EMPTY AND 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' AND 'LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT' COMES ON. AFTER DRIVING FOR A WHILE, FUEL NEEDLE WILL GO BACK AND FORTH FROM EMPTY TO FULL. IT WILL EVENTUALLY SETTLE DOWN AND 'LOW LEVEL FUEL LIGHT' AND 'CHECK ENGINE LIGHT' TURN OFF. NOT SURE IF FUEL LEVEL IS ACCURATE. I HAVE TO KEEP RESETTING TRIP ODOMETER TO ESTIMATE WHERE MY FUEL LEVEL IS. I'VE CALLED THE SAAB DEALER ASKING ABOUT ANY RECALLS ON THIS. THEY SAID NO BUT BRING IT IN FOR THEM TO LOOK AT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A MINIMUM $800. FIX ? PLEASE HELP ! *TR

BECAUSE OF IMPROPER DESIGN, REAR WIRE HARNESS FOR REVERSE LIGHTS ARE BEING SEVERED CAUSING THE REVERSING LIGHTS NOT TO WORK. THIS SAME DESIGN FLAW CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE FAILURE OF BRAKE LIGHTS AND ELECTRONIC TRUNK RELEASE/LOCK. *TR

SAAB 9-3, 2008, CLUTCH FAILED AT 22,000 MILES. SAAB SAID IT WAS NOT WARRANTIED AND IT WAS DUE TO DRIVER. WE PAID $1,300 FOR THE REPAIR. CLUTCH FAILED AGAIN AT 33,000 MILES. THIS TIME SAAB PAID FOR THE REPAIR AND DEALER SAID IT WAS DUE TO FAULTY PARTS IN THE ENTIRE CLUTCH SYSTEM. WE WANT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FIRST CLUTCH REPAIR. *TR

DEFECTIVE FUEL GAUGE ON 2006 SAAB 9-7X (BASICALLY SAME AS GMC ENVOY) RESULTED IN CAR STALLING WHILE FUEL GAUGE STILL SHOWED GAS WAS ABOVE THE RESERVE LIMIT. *TR

LESS THAN 100 MILES AFTER THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY ENDED, AFTER FILLING THE GAS TANK, THE GAUGE DROPPED TO "EMPTY" AND THE GAS LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER DRIVING FOR SEVERAL MILES THE GAUGE STARTED FLUCTUATING BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY, AND SEEMED TO BE ACCURATE AFTER A WHILE. THIS CONTINUED FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT EVENTUALLY STOPPED FLUCTUATING AND NOW ALWAYS SHOWS EMPTY, REGARDLESS OF THE AMOUNT OF FUEL IN THE TANK. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO SECURE THE SEAT BELT BUT THE SEAT BELT WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE CONTACT HAD PREVIOUSLY NOTICED THAT THE SEAT BELT WAS SLOW WHEN RETRACTING BEFORE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 10V043000 (SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR) BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000.

APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO MY RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE ON MY 2005 SAAB 9-3 AT AROUND 75,000 MILES. I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY GARAGE WHEN IT SNAPPED, BUT COULD NOT DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND AS NOTHING APPEARED BROKEN TO MY UNTRAINED EYE AND THE VEHICLE STILL OPERATED FINE. OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR FRONT END NOISE AND THE BROKEN SPRING WAS DISCOVERED. NOT A BIG DEAL AS THE REPAIR WAS COVERED UNDER A SERVICE BULLETIN AND NO DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, A FEW DAYS AGO MY RIGHT REAR COIL SPRING SNAPPED AS I WAS TRAVELING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. THERE WAS NO APPARENT CHANGE IN HOW THE VEHICLE HANDLED, BUT AFTER MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE FRONT SPRING THE SOUND WAS FAMILIAR AND THEREFORE I HAD MY HUSBAND INSPECT IT. APPARENTLY, THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN FOR THE REAR SPRINGS, JUST THE FRONT SPRINGS AND I'M WONDERING WHY BOTH FRONT AND REAR ARE NOT COVERED BY THIS SERVICE BULLETIN. *KB

I HAVE A 2004 SAAB 9-3. TODAY, I EXITED MY CAR AND WHEN I CLOSED THE DOOR, THE ADHESIVE HOLDING THE GLASS TO MY SIDE VIEW MIRROR FAILED(THE MIRROR/GLASS FELL TO THE GROUND). THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS CONCERN BECAUSE I USE MY MIRRORS ALL THE TIME WHILE DRIVING AND MAKING SAFE LANE CHANGES. I NOW HAVE A DRIVERS SIDE MIRROR(GLASS) THAT IS NO LONGER THERE. I FEEL THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. MANY PEOPLE HAVE CERTAIN MEDICAL ISSUES THAT WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO COMPLETELY TURN THEIR NECK/TORSO TO THE LEFT TO VIEW ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHILE TRYING TO MERGE. IF A PERSON WITH SAID PROBLEM LOST THE ABILITY TO VIEW THEIR MIRROR THEY WILL BE FORCED TO BLINDLY MERGE INTO LANES THAT THEY CANNOT BE SURE ARE CLEAR AND SAFE. FURTHERMORE, I LOOKED INTO REPLACING THE MENTIONED MIRROR AND CAME UPON THIS WEBSITE. (HTTPS://WWW.INTERNETGLASSNETWORK.COM/SSL/SAAB/9_3.HTM) YOU CAN CLEARLY READ THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

MY SAAB CONVERTIBLE ONLY HAS 59000 MILES ON IT AND MY SEAT BELT SYSTEM DOES NOT WORK. SAAB AND ITS DEALERSHIPS REFUSE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY CLAIM IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND ONLY SELECTED VINS WERE COVERED FOR RECALLS-EVEN THOUGH THE PART IS THE SAME (DEFECTIVE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR). AS I UNDERSTAND, BY FEDERAL LAW, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COVER THE REPAIRS OF THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM FOR TEN YEARS DESPITE THEIR CRAPPY VEHICLE WARRANTY. MY MECHANIC SAYS HE HAS HAD THE SAME SITUATION WITH OTHER CUSTOMERS. I NEED SOME HELP! *TR