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Saab 9-2X

Every Saab 9-2X model year on file, 2005 to 2006. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years1212 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22005 to 2006
Recall campaigns8Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins235Summed across model years
By model year

The 2005 model year drew the most complaints, 111, 92% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

030609012020051112006
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Airbags leads the Saab 9-2X complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Airbags
54
Fuel system
41
Suspension
17
Engine and cooling
12
Structure
7
Steering
3
Tires
2
Powertrain
2
Brakes
2
Lighting
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Saab 9-2X model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Saab 9-2X by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2006Hatchback1010.01671128
2005Hatchback1110.927843107
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saab 9-2X

  • 20V-003 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 112k vehicles
  • 20V-002 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 128k vehicles
  • 20V-001 Jan 2, 2020
    Inflators may explode due to propellant degradation occurring after long-term exposure to high absolute humidity, temperature and temperature cycling
    Airbags · 259k vehicles
  • 17V-016 Jan 10, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 63k vehicles
  • 16V-359 May 25, 2016
    In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after…
    Airbags · 146k vehicles
  • 16V-358 May 25, 2016
    In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the front air bags, these inflators may rupture due to propellant degradation occurring after…
    Airbags · 302k vehicles
  • 15V-323 May 28, 2015
    Affected vehicles are equipped with a passenger side frontal air bag that may be susceptible to moisture intrusion which, over time, could cause…
    Airbags · 432k vehicles
  • 11V-464 Sep 6, 2011
    Front lower control arms may break at the hanger brackets due to corrosion if the hanger bracket is exposed to salty and humid environments such…
    Suspension · 318k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.