Saab 9-3 Electrical Problems
468 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 12 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2006. Best year: 2002.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
TL * THE CONTACT OWNED A 2001 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DRIVER DIED AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE SPEED WAS 40-...
DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET GOING IN A FORWARD, STRAIGHT MOTION.
TAKATA RECALL, AFTER GETTING A NOTICE I LOOKED ONLINE CALLED EVERY SINGLE DEALER IN MY AREA THEY ALL SAID THEY DON'T WORK ON SAABI HOPE EVERYTHING IS GM FINALLY I FOUND ONE MOST OF THEM SAID SUB WENT BANKRUPT SO IN A FEW YEARS THE CAR SH...
I WAS DRIVING AT ABOUT 15 - 20 MPH TRYING TO ENTER HWY I-75. UPON ROUTINE BRAKING,THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.AFTER I HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME,THE SECOND AIRBAG DEPLOYED. I AM HURT. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALLED BECAUSE ...
TAKATA RECALL DRIVER IN FRONT WAS IN MOTION AND CAME TO AN ABRUPT STOP AT THE YELLOW SIGNAL LIGHT. I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP IN TIME. THERE WAS A DIRECT IMPACT FRONT END COLLISION TO MY CAR. THE FORCE OF COLLISION ACTIVATED MY PASSENGER AI...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, SMOKE EMITTED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE BATTERY COMPARTMENT. THERE...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH WHILE THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE SEAT BELT VIOLENTLY SEIZED ACROSS THE CONTACT'S CHEST CAUSING HER TO LOSE CONSCIOUSNESS. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHE...
VEHICLE LEFT ROADWAY AT 35MPH AND STRUCK A TREE. AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY, DRIVER SUFFERED FACIAL AND TEETH DAMAGE. *TR
TWO ITEMS: 1. THE SEATBELT FAILED TO CATCH WHEN PULLED FORWARD AND WOULD UNRAVEL AND NOT RETURN. THE SEATBELT FAILS TO STOP THE PASSENGER SHOULD THERE BE A SUDDEN STOP. 2. BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAVE SH...
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013, I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT WHICH DESTROYED THE FRONT END OF MY CAR. THE CAR WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. IN SPITE OF THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, MY AIRB...
SAAB 9-3 REAR ENDED A DODGE SPRINTER VAN AT ~5MPH AND PASSENGER AB DEPLOYED. PASSENGER SEAT WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY. VEHICLE NORMALLY DISPLAYS SEAT BELT WARNING WHEN SEAT HAS A HEAVY BAG (OR PASSENGER) IN IT AND WARNING WAS NOT DISPLAYED....
WHILE DRIVING AT 11:30 PM ON A SMALL (PAVED) COUNTRY ROAD WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON, MY WARNING SYSTEM INDICATED "LEFT HIGH BEAM FAILURE. I CONTINUED DRIVING AND ABOUT A MINUTE LATER I NOTICED SPARKS ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. I PULLE...