SAAB Complaints

I WAS DRIVING MY GAS GAGE NEEDLE WENT ALL THE WAY DOWN,& ONLY COMES UP WHEN I ACTUALLY START THE VEHICLE. THANKS LET ME KNOW PLEASE WHO WILL FIX THIS, IF THERE'S A RECALL I CALLED THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE AND THEY SAID THERE'S NO RECALLS AT THIS TIME HOFFMAN SAAB HARTFORD ,CT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD BANGING NOISE THAT CAME FROM THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS BROKEN ON TOP OF THE STRUT ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO BE DRIVEN TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR WAS THE VEHICLE REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103000.

WHEN THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE IS APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES F OR LESS, THERE IS A STRONG RAW FUEL SMELL IN THE VEHICLE FROM COLD STARTUP. THE PROBLEM DISSIPATES AFTER THE VEHICLE COMES UP TO OPERATING TEMPERATURE. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT AS A LEAKING FUEL LINE UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THE COST OF THIS REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $700. THIS ISSUE APPEARS TO BE COMMON IN BOTH THE SAAB 9-2X AND ITS SUBARU EQUIVALENT, THE IMPREZA WRX. BOTH MODELS WERE BUILT BY SUBARU. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE 2002 AND 2003 SUBARU WRX, BUT NOTHING HAS BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THIS VEHICLE. *TR

DURING COLDER STARTS, THE ENGINE WILL TAKE MUCH LONGER THAN IT SHOULD TO START. EITHER IT WILL TRY AND CRANK UNTIL IT DOES OR IT WILL CRANK AND STALL. USUALLY A FEW TRIES AND IT WILL CLEAR UP ONCE THE ENGINE IS WARM. I THINK THIS MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH THE INTAKE VALVES BEING WARN OUT PREMATURELY. MANY OTHER SAAB OWNERS IN THE SAME FEW YEARS AND MILEAGE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SAAB 9-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE WOULD REMOVED THE KEY OUT OF THE IGNITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT TURN OFF. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE IGNITION SWITCH WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP ILLUMINATED SPORADICALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE FOR THE AIR BAG WARNING LAMP . THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED FOR THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

I WAS DRIVING THE CAR WHEN SUDDENLY THE CAR WHEN DEAD WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT.I WAS LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AND THERE WAS A GAS STATION RIGHT NEAR BY. IT DID NOT START UP NORMALLY AND WAS VERY SLUGGISH. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC WHEN THIS HAPPENED BUT FORTUNATELY NOT HEAVY TRAFFIC AND IN THE RIGHT LANE. IT WAS VERY SCARY. THEY TOWED MY SAAB TO A SAAB DEALER FOR ME WHO HAD TO INSTALL A NEW IGNITION. THIS HAPPENED ABOUT 4-5 YEARS AGO ON MY SAAB 2003 9-5 STATION WAGON WHICH WAS BUILT BY GM. I BELIEVE IT WAS BUILT ON THE SAME PLATFORM OF ONE OF THE CADILLACS THAT IS UNDER RECALL. *TR

FOR THE WINTER A RAW FUEL SMELL FILLED THE ENGINE AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN COLD WEATHER ON A COLD STARTUP. MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT AS A LEAKING FUEL LINE UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. THIS PROBLEM APPEARS TO BE QUITE COMMON AFFECTING BOTH SAAB 9-2X AND ITS SUBARU EQUIVALENT THE WRX (BOTH MODELS BUILT BY SUBARU). THERE WAS A RECALL ISSUED FOR 02-03 WRX'S, BUT IT APPEARS NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO FIX THIS HAZARDOUS ISSUES IN LATER MODELS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR, FUEL PUMP, AND THE TWICE UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 51,108.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 SAAB 95. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED TO REPAIR THE DIRECT IGNITION CASSETTE. THE FAILURE RECURRED MULTIPLE TIMES AFTER IT WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 48000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 SAAB 9-5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS TRAVELING 55 MPH WITH HER PURSE ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE SEAT. THE CONTACT PROCEEDED TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE WATER BOTTLE THAT WAS IN HER PURSE TOPPLED OVER AND STRUCK THE IGNITION SWITCH, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION OR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95,000. *TR