https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 New NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for the SAAB 9-3. en-us Sun, 18 Oct 2026 04:35:36 GMT https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2154866 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT Hello, I know the Takata airbag has to be replaced on my car. However now I do live abroad, in Gothenburg Sweden in Europe. How do I get the replacement done? Should I go to GM here in Europe? Thanks https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2117861 Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked and shut off, the contact attempted to start the vehicle, and the vehicle failed to start. The contact also noticed a fuel odor coming from the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The man https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2043109 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2001 Saab 9-3. The contact stated that the vehicle was overheating while driving. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. A mobile independent mechanic diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 05V399000 (Electrical System) and 06V126000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2043110 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2001 Saab 9-3. The contact stated that the vehicle was overheating while driving. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle failed to start. A mobile independent mechanic diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 05V399000 (Electrical System) and 06V126000 (Fuel System, Gasoline). The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2020911 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2008 Saab 9-3. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 14V318000 (Seat Belts) and 16V063000 (Air Bags); however, the parts to do the recall repairs were not yet available. The local dealer was contacted; however, the dealer declined to service the vehicle. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repai https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2012410 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The driver's side, side air bag deployed spontaneously. There was no apparent reason or cause, ie no side impact of any kind, no door slamming or other provocation. The car was parked in a garage for six hours before I sat in the car, closed the door, then BLAM! Temperature was moderate, where as the car is often parked on a city street in direct sun. Air bag deployment was a loud bang followed by https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2012411 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The driver's side, side air bag deployed spontaneously. There was no apparent reason or cause, ie no side impact of any kind, no door slamming or other provocation. The car was parked in a garage for six hours before I sat in the car, closed the door, then BLAM! Temperature was moderate, where as the car is often parked on a city street in direct sun. Air bag deployment was a loud bang followed by https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2012412 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT The driver's side, side air bag deployed spontaneously. There was no apparent reason or cause, ie no side impact of any kind, no door slamming or other provocation. The car was parked in a garage for six hours before I sat in the car, closed the door, then BLAM! Temperature was moderate, where as the car is often parked on a city street in direct sun. Air bag deployment was a loud bang followed by https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-2007509 Mon, 15 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT Retractor won't pull driver side seat belt back in https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1959038 Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT The contact owns a 2010 Saab 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 11V015000 (Fuel System, Other) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that the fuel gauge failed to accurately provide fuel level in the vehicle. The contac https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1942883 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT The radiator exploded, spewing fluids everywhere, overheating my vehicle without warning when I was driving 45 mph, almost causing a multi-car crash. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1942884 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT The radiator exploded, spewing fluids everywhere, overheating my vehicle without warning when I was driving 45 mph, almost causing a multi-car crash. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1915738 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 GMT  The contact owns a 2005 Saab 9-3. The contact stated that the front passenger's side seat belt failed to latch. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the failure was related to NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V318000 (Seat Belts). The vehicle was not repaired. There was no further information provided. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1874497 Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT 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 starts again. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1873841 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT The soft top is faulty and the rear lights are as well. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1873842 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMT The soft top is faulty and the rear lights are as well. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1816761 Sat, 04 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT Constant random recurrence of error codes P2122 and P2138 (either together or on their own) which results in the car switching to low power mode, with very low acceleration which makes it very dangerous to merge into traffic, pull out of stops, red lights, etc. Technically supposed to require changing the throttle pedal sensor, but changing it does not solve the issue, which is electrical. This is https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1804575 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMT ******* DELETE VOQ ******* THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING MARKED FOR DELETION BECAUSE THE CONSUMER PLACED THE REQUEST*DJR ******* DELETE VOQ ******* https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1772783 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT unexpected and unrequested deployment of driver side seat air bag. i was driving the vehicle at a speed of 0-5mph attempting to back the vehicle into a parking spot when the driver seat air bag deployed. a report was made with the local police department. no indicator or failure lights were present, the vehicle is able to be inspected at this time for further information. It is unknown about any o https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1771216 Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMT Warning message that airbag is not working. Loud hissing sound immediately in front of dashboard, as if air is escaping. We cannot drive the car for fear of the airbag inflating. We are going to have to towed to a repair shop to be fixed and will keep all paperwork. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1759982 Wed, 28 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT Driver seat belt fails to retract. When retraction failure occurs, it is obvious to the seat occupant immediately. If a crash were to occur with a seat belt in this condition, the result could increase the risk of injury to the driver. The seat belt retraction failure has been reproduced and confirmed. No warning lamps but, the seat belt showed earlier symptoms of not working properly, by not https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1749926 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT driver side seat belt not retracting, there is a recall but does not include this vin number. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1747735 Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 GMT I left my home with my daughter in the afternoon to go to the bank and hardware store. I drove to the bank to make a deposit. We had to wait for quite awhile in the drive-through line at the bank, so I turned off my engine a couple of times rather than having the car idle. After making the deposit at the bank, I pulled out of the bank lot and began driving to the hardware store. I had driven for https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1729989 Sun, 28 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT TODAY, SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE CAR, AN AIRBAG DEPLOYED. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT IN MOTION, AND THERE WAS NO IMPACT. THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT. I WAS SEATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS UNOCCUPIED AND ITS SEAT BELT WAS UNFASTENED, HOWEVER A LAPTOP AND SOME OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WERE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1722419 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT AIRBAG MALFUNCTION CONTACT SERVICE https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1722420 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT AIRBAG MALFUNCTION CONTACT SERVICE https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1722421 Mon, 25 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT AIRBAG MALFUNCTION CONTACT SERVICE https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1721115 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT I WAS DRIVING MY 2003 SAAB 9-3 SE CONVERTIBLE TO THE NEARBY PUBLIX SUPERMARKET. THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT OR HIT. I PARKED IT IN THE LOT WITH THE TOP DOWN AND WENT INTO THE STORE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES. IT WAS A WARM DRY DAY IN FLORIDA ABOUT 85 DEGREES. I CAME OUT AND PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION AND TURNED IT TO START THE CAR, AND THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG EXPLODED FOR NO KNOW https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1716484 Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT HAD TO HAVE VALVE JOB DONE DUE TO BAD /DEFECTIVE/INFERIOR INTAKE VALVES, FROM MANUFACTURER. HAD TO HAVE ALL INTAKE VALVES REPLACED, WITH MODIFIED/UPGRADED INTAKE VALVES. OBTAINED PO300 - RANDOM MISFIRE CODES, HAD ROUGH IDLE, CHECKED ENGINE COMPRESSION, HAD 45PSIG IN CYLINDER NUMBER 4. ENGINE HAD 72862MILES, ON IT, THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BY SAAB/GM. https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3 https://plaincars.com/make/saab-9-3#complaint-1712607 Fri, 11 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT IT HAPPENED TO ME TWICE.. WHILE DRIVING THE GAS GAUGE WILL DROP TO EMPTY AND WHEN PRESSING ON THE GAS IL JUST REV THERE BE A CUT OFF DUE TO THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR IN WHICH IT'S A COMMON IN ALL SAABS I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS ISSUE HASN'T BECOME A RECALL. IT'S DANGEROUS THE CUT OFF IS AROUND 2-3 SECONDS. I ALMOST CAUSE AN ACCIDENT DUE TO THE LOST OF POWER. I WAS ENTERING THE FREE WAY AND AN 18 WHEELER