SAAB Complaints

ENGINE HEAD GASKET WENT, AND COST ABOUT 1600 CANADIAN. MANUFACTURER DECLINED ANY ASSISTANCE.*AK

THE TONNEAU COVER WILL NOT OPEN WHEN THE CONVERTIBLE TOP IS UP, CONSUMER MUST ASSIST WITH HAND PRIOR TO USING CONTROL UNIT, CONTROL UNIT MUST BE REPLACED,TSB ISSUED #8111923 ABOUT CONVERTIBLE TOP MALFUNCTION. *MJS

SAFETY ALERT COMES ON AND NEEDS DEALER SERVICE IF BATTERY DISCONNECTED. CANNOT TELL IF AIRBAG WORKS - REQUIRES DEALER SERVICE TO CORRECT EACH TIME. *AK

STARTED AUTOMOBILE AND WENT 2 CAR LENGTHS AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. SHUT ENGINE DOWN AND OPENED HOOD. CAUSE OF SMOKE WAS A CABLE THAT WAS ON FIRE. NOT HUGH, BUT LIKE BIC LIGHTER FLAMES. ABOUT 3 TO 5. BLEW OUT FIRE. WENT INTO OFFICE GOT SOME BOTTLED WATER. CAME BACK. RESTARTED AUTO. GOT OUT AND LOOKED AT ENGINE. FIRE AGAIN. PUT OUT WITH WATER. NOTHING ON ELECTRONIC INFOR DISPLAY INDICATED FIRE. CALLED DEALER AND MECHANIC ADVISED TO HAVE CAR TOWED IN, WHICH I DID. AT FIRST SAAB REP DID NOT EVEN WISH TO PAY FOR CAUSE OF PROBLEM, THE ELECTICAL HARNESS. FINALLY DID, BUT THIS IS A FIRE. I HAVE DROVE CARS FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS. THEY (SAAB) SHOULD NOT TAKE A FIRE LIGHTLY. I THINK THEY SHOULD RECALL THE CAR AND INVESTIGATE WHY IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THEY ELECTED EASY WAY OUT. THEY SHOULD PROVIDE ME WITH A NEW REPLACEMENT AND HAVE THEIR ENGINEERS GO THROUGH TO FIND OUT CAUSE AND MAKE REMEDIES. WHY DOES IT TAKE A LOSS OF LIFE TO GET ACTION? MY DEALERSHIP PEOPLE MENTIONED THAT THIS IS THE 4TH ELECTRICAL HARNESS THAT HAS NEEDED REPLACING AND THIS IN ONLY ONE DEALER. I KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST FIRE THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAS SEEN. DO THE PUBLIC A SERVICE AND TAKE SAAB TO TASK. AS MY NEW WEB PAGE STATES, A FIRE SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I CAN ONLY THINK YOU WILL AGREE. *AK

ON TWO OCCASSIONS, IT WAS NECESSARY TO BRING THE SAAB TO A QUICK STOP ON THE FREEWAY. ON 3/25/00, I NEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY STOP, GOING 65 MPH AND THE CAR SEEMED TO ALMOST SLIDE, NOT GRIPPING THE ROAD. I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 25 YEARS, AND HAD TO MAKE EMERGENCY STOPS IN THE PAST, AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE THE SAAB 9-3'S SHOULD BE CHECKED FOR ABILITY TO STOP IN AN EMERGENCY. ALSO, MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE ACCIDENT. *AK

THE DEALER IN LITTLE ROCK, AR. INDICATED THAT THIS TYPE OF A PROBLEM IS COMMON BECAUSE OF THE DESIGN OF THE LOWER CONTROL ARM. ANY PROBLEM THAT CAUSES THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE IS NOT COMMON. HAD I BEEN TRAVELLING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL AND MY FAMILY WOULD BE WONDERING WHAT HAPPEND. MAJOR SUSPENSION PARTS, SUCH AS THE FRONT LEFT LOWER CONTROL ARM, SHOULD NOT BREAK. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING ONGOING PROBLEM WITH BRAKE FAILURE. PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

REAR WHEEL WELLS RUSTED FROM INSIDE, CAUSING THEM TO CRACK.FROM INSIDE OUT, OFFERING NO SUPPORT FOR REAR AXLE WHICH WAS REAL CLOSE TO FALLIN GLOOSE FROM CAR. *AK

WHILE IN REVERSE GEAR JUMPS INTO NEUTRAL . VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED UNDER RECALL 95V068000. HOWEVER, THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. DEALER HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

RECALL 99V109000; RECALL REPAIRS ON VEHICLE WERE DONE. BUT AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON, INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG SYSTEM. ALSO OWNER HAD THE RECALL ITEM BEFORE THE RECALL CAME OUT. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK