SAAB Complaints

WIFE WAS DRIVING ON HWY US 202 SB AND SUDDENLY THE CAR DIES WITHOUT ANY WARNING. SHE ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED BY THE TRAFFIC BEHIND HER. LUCKILY SHE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO THE SHOULDER. HE CAR WAS TOWED TO A DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE DIRECT IGNITION MODULE.*AK

THE VEHICLE HAS A FUEL LEAK. THE FITTING THAT GOES ON THE FUEL PUMP IS CRACKED. WHEN THE VEHICLE LEAKED IT WOULD RUN ALONG THE GAS LINE WHICH WAS NEAR THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE HEAT FROM THE EXHAUST COULD CAUSE A FIRE IF CONTACT WAS MADE. *AK *SC

CONSUMER RECEIVED NHTSA RECALL 99V109000 CONCERNING AIR BAG MODULE. AFTER HAVING THE ECM REPLACED AND INSTALLED A COVER OVER THE ECM SRS LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE CAUSE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED. *AK

THE EXPERIENCE LEAKING HEAD GASKET REPEATED PROBLEM. THE ENGINE OVERHEATING AND BRAKE PROBLEMS. *BF THE BRAKES SQUEALED WHEN STOPPING, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS, THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS HARD TO CLOSE, THE BATTERY LIGHT HAD RUN BAD, THE HEAT OPERATION WAS INOPERATIVE, THERE WAS AN OIL LEAK, SEAT COVER LEFT LOWER CRACKED, FLUID LEAKED UNDER THE VEHICLE/OVERNIGHT COOLANT LEAK, OVER HEATING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, THE TURN SIGNAL ASSEMBLY, LEAKING DISTRIBUTOR SEAL, BROKEN TURN SIGNAL, AT A CERTAIN POSITION THE SEAT WOULD NOT OPERATE FORWARD, THE ANTENNA WOULD NOT PROPERLY RETRACT, LEFT FOG LIGHT INOPERABLE, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW FRONT AND REAR FOR PROPER RUBBER ALIGNMENT, LEAKING CRANK PULLEY SEAL, OIL LEAK FROM THE TRANSMISSION, FOUND A LACK OF FUEL PRESSURE, SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE TAILPIPE, THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS WEARING ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE, THERE WAS A LOOSE HOSE CLAMP IN THE POWER STEERING HOSE, THE BATTERY FAILED, ONE TAIL LIGHT WAS INOPERATIVE, THE ALTERNATOR BELT WAS WRAPPED AROUND THE CHASSIS, THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE AFTER START UP, OIL LEAKED THROUGH THE VALVE COVER, AND THE TANK CLUTCH LEAKED FLUID. *SC

NOT A FAILURE, BUT MISLEADING INFORMATION TO CONSUMERS WHICH MIGHT LEAD TO PROBLEMS. I WAS SOLD DUNLOP SP SPORT FM901 TIRES FOR MY SAAB 9-3 (I AM FAIRLY SAFETY CONSCIOUS) AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE SNOW LEGAL BY JUST TIRES, A GOODYEAR OWNED DEALER. RECENTLY, I CHECKED INFLATION AND LOOKED FOR THE M&S RATING ON THE SIDEWALL--NOT THERE. I LOOKED ON THE DUNLOP WEB SITE...IT SHOWED THAT THE TIRES RATED A "5" FOR SNOW ON THEIR 1-10 PERFORMANCE SCALE (INDICATING TO A REASONABLY INTELLIGENT PERSON THAT THEY WOULD BE AVERAGE, I.E., WHAT ONE WOULD EXPECT FOR AN ALL- SEASON TIRE). JUST TO BE SURE, I SENT A WEB-BASED INQUIRY TO DUNLOP. GOODYR CAME BACK TO TELL ME THEY WERE NOT M&S BUT THAT THEY DID SCORE A 5 RATING. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT HAVING ANY SNOW RATING, NOT TO MENTION A 5, FOR A TIRE WHICH IS NOT M&S RATED IS DANGEROUS AND MISLEADING. I KNOW THAT THE DEALER WILL DENY THAT THEY TOLD ME THE TIRES WERE RATED, SO ALL I CAN DO IS TO POINT OUT THE PROBLEM TO NHTSA AND CONSUMER OUTLETS. HOPE YOU CAN CONVINCE GOODYEAR-DUNLOP TO STOP THE MISLEADING PRACTICE. THANKS. *AK

A REOCCURRING ERROR WILL DISPLAY ON THE SAAB INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DISPLAY INDICATING A WHEEL LOCK ERROR. THIS ERROR SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY. SAAB HAS REVIEWED THE VEHICLE MORE THAN FOUR TIMES, EACH TIME REPLACING PARTS; THESE PARTS HAVE BEEN: A NEW KEY, A NEW STEERING WHEEL COLUMN, AND TWO NEW SOLENOIDS IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE SAAB DELEARSHIP HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS POSSIBLY A FAULTY SOLENOID BUT IS UNABLE TO DO ANYTHING BUT TO KEEP REPLACING PARTS. *AK

CAR FAILED AT 70 MILES/HOUR ON EXPRESSWAY. JUST STOPPED. CAUSE WAS DIAGNOSED AS DIRECT IGNITION CASSETTE-WEB SEARCH SHOWS THIS TO BE A COMMON SAAB PROBLEM. WAS QUITE TERRIFYING AND DANGEROUS TO LOSE POWER ON EXPRESSWAY-DEFINITE SAFETY HAZARD. *AK

VEHICLE LOST POWER. FUEL LEAKED FROM THE VEHICLE. IT HAD TO BE TOWED. FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED. MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT WARRANTY WAS IN EFFECT. *AK

1999 SAAB DID NOT COME WITH BRACKET ON REAR DECK TO ANCHOR CHILD SEAT</A>. OWNER MANUAL STATED UPON REQUEST WOULD INSTALL FREE. *BF VEHICLE DID NOT COME WITH BRACKET ON REAR DECK TO ANCHOR A CAR SEAT. *TC

COMPLAINT RECEIVED VIA E-MAIL." I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CAR. THE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE DID NOT DEPLOY YET THE PASSENGER SIDE DID. IT WAS A TOTAL FRONT COLLISION IN WHICH I HIT A FORD ECONOLINE VAN IN THE REAR END AND WAS DRIVING AT THE SPEED OF APPROX 50 KPH. NO ONE WAS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED. I WAS DRIVING AND BELTED YET MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. ALL THE MECHANICS THAT SAW THE CAR AND HEARD OF THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT TO OFF. THERE WAS OVER $17,000 IN DAMAGE TO THE CAR AND I WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. A GM ENGINEER CAME OUT AND CHECKED OUT THE BLACK BOX ON THE MY CAR, IT WAS ALSO FAULTY AND WAS UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIS COMPUTER." PLEASE SEND COPY OF THE PICTURES YOU E-MAILED BACK WITH YOUR COMPLAINT FORM. *JB