SAAB Complaints

AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT COMES ON EVERY 6 MONTHS. THE DEALER CONTINUES TO REPLACE THE CLOCK SPRING AND WITHIN THE NEXT 6 MONTHS THE WARNING LIGHT IS BACK ON AGAIN. *AK

THERE IS NO INTERLOCK ON MANUAL TRANSMISSION TO PREVENT THE CAR STARTING IN GEAR. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING DOWN HILL IN LOW GEAR AND APPLYING BRAKES THEY STARTED SMOKING. VEHICLE LOST BRAKE POWER. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

RECALL 94V029000, FUEL SYSTEM. MANUFACTURER STATES THAT THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THE RECALL OR THE WORK WAS ALREADY DONE. DEALER. ALSO INDICATES THAT THE PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE. SOMEONE DID THE WORK AND DID NOT REPORT IT. DEALER CANNOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, AND IS CHARGING THE CONSUMER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE, CAUSING CHECK ENGINE/TRANSMISSION INDICATOR LIGHTS TO FAIL. QCAW

MY LAST TWO AUTOMOBILES HAVE BEEN SAAB TURBO'S. MY 1993 SABB TURBO 9000 AND MY PRESENT 1995 TURBO 9000 BOTH DEVELOPED TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. MY FIRST ONE AT APPROX. 49,000 MILES AND PRESENT ONE AT 59,000 (APPX.) MILES. A PARTNER OF MINES ALSO HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH HIS SABB TURBO IN THE 60,000 MILE RANGE. SEVERAL MECHANICS HAVE TOLD ME THAT SABB HAD AND HAS PROBLEMS WITH THERE TURBO TRANSMISSIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND IF THERE HAVE BEEN ANY RECALL PROBLEMS ON THESE CARS.

WHILE TRAVELING AT 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST ALL POWER. TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT PLASTIC COVERING THE WIRING HARNESS WAS DETERIORATING AND CAUSED THE PROBLEM.

WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON COLLISION WITH AN SUV, BOTH TRAVELING AT 35 MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG. THE SAAB HAS BEEN TOTALLED. *AK

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A HEAD-ON 35MPH CRASH. BOTH VEHICLES, TRAVELING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS WERE BOTH TRAVELING AT 35MPH. DRIVER FRACTURED STERNUM AND THE FRONT END WAS FORCED BACK INTO THE ENGINE.

MANUAL TRANSMISSION HANDLES POORLY IN REVERSE. VEHICLE WILL SOMETIMES SLIP OUT OF REVERSE WITHOUT WARNING. ALSO THERE IS A CRUNCHING NOISE DURING OPERATION OF TRANSMISSION. DEALERS ARE UNABLE TO CORRECT PROBLEM.