Saab 9-3 Transmission Problems
46 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 10 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2003. Best year: 2011.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
AT 65 MPH, THE GEAR SHIFT KNOB, SHIFT COVER AND ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE CAR - THE BASE-METAL STICK SHIFT WAS ALL THAT REMAINED, AND THUS THE SAFETY LATCH THAT PREVENTS CAR FROM BEING SHIFTED INTO REVERSE, INSTEAD OF A FORWARD MOVING ...
SEVERAL MONTHS AGO I HAD PLACED MY 2004 9-3 SAAB IN PARK AND LEFT THE CAR RUNNING TO GET OUT AND TURN OFF MY SPRINKLERS. WHILE OUT OF THE CAR THE VEHICLE ROLLED UP THE DRIVEWAY AND HEADED TO WARDS MY GARAGE NARROWLY MISSING MY HOUSE. I ...
SUDDEN ACCELERATION. I HAVE A 2003 SAAB 9-3 ARC, BOUGHT ON 9/03, AROUND 13,000 MILES, YESTERDAY I WENT TO OFFICE AND STOPPED IN THE RIGHT POSITION TO PARK IN FRONT OF THE WALL, I STEPPED ON BRAKE, PUSH THE GEAR TO "P", ALL OF A SUDDEN TH...
WHEN CHILD PUT KEY IN IGNITION WITHOUT DEPRESSING CLUTCH, VEHICLE STARTED UP, ROLLING BACKWARD .*AK *JB
at about 98,000 miles the starts to fail transmission fails Also when the car gets too cold in the winter it refuses to start and it is not a battery issue. the cylinders get to cold to start. When the warm weather comes back around it s...
ECU IN CAR BECOMES COMPLETELY FRIED BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION IT IS MOUNTED FROM THE FACTORY BECAUSE OF HEAT SOAK
HAD BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH A VERY ROUGH IDLE. THEN WHEN PUTTING CAR INTO REVERSE FROM A COLD START THE BRAKES WOULD BE INOPERABLE (BRAKE WOULD NOT PRESS DOWN). THROWING CAR INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR WAS ONLY WAY TO STOP CAR. VERY SCARY WH...
1. NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS MANUAL SHIFT MODEL 2. SHIFT HANDLE AND ASSEMBLY "FLEW OFF" WHILE DRIVING CAUSING IT TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT IN TRAFFIC 3. DEALERSHIP "GLUED" THE SHIFTER BACK ON. *TR
CAR INSTRUMENTATION PANEL TURNS OFF WHILE DRIVING. CAR "ACTS" AS IF IT WAS OFF WITH THE RED CIRCULAR ALARM FLASHING, CONSOLE LIGHTS OFF, CLOCK OFF, YET I AM DRIVING AT 50 MPH AND THE BRAKES, STEERING ARE PERFORMING AS IF I WAS DRIVING D...
CAR DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. SECOND TIME THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR THE SAME ISSUE. THIS TIME THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS. *TR
I OWN A 2006 SAAB 9-3 AERO SPORT COMBI. TWO WEEKS AGO, AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR 24 HOURS, I STARTED THE VEHICLE AND PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT IN REVERSE. THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING OUT OF THE DRIVE WAY. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS R...
THE SHIFT NOB FLEW OFF - EXPOSING ONLY A SMALL METAL BAR TO HOLD ON TO AND SHIFT- THIS HAPPENED WHILE IN TRAFFIC AND MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SHIFT UNTIL PULLING OVER AND RE-ATTACHING THE NOB. *TR