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Saab 9-5

Every Saab 9-5 model year on file, 1994 to 2012. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years50630 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years161994 to 2012

Recall campaigns9Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins2,249Summed across model years

By model year

The 1999 model year drew the most complaints, 118, 23% of the model's total

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

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

Components

Electrical system leads the Saab 9-5 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system

243

Engine and cooling

Airbags

Fuel system

Brakes

Powertrain

Tires

Lighting

Equipment

Structure

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Saab 9-5 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 9-5 by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Investigations	Bulletins
2012	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	126
2011	Sedan	9	0.0	45	0	0	124
2010	Sedan	2	50.0	10	0	0	523
2009	Sedan	2	0.0	7	1	1	454
2008	Sedan	20	0.0	56	2	1	189
2007	Sedan	17	0.0	41	2	1	173
2006	Sedan	23	0.0	48	2	1	156
2005	Sedan	11	18.2	23	2	0	112
2004	Sedan	19	10.5	48	2	0	83
2003	Wagon	47	2.1	1,175	4	0	81
2002	Sedan	53	15.1	204	6	1	63
2001	Sedan	82	4.9	373	4	1	55
2000	Sedan	102	5.9	324	3	1	58
1999	Sedan	118	5.1	536	2	1	40
1998	Not decoded	1	0.0	100	0	0	10
1994	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	0	2

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saab 9-5

16V-063 Feb 3, 2016
Upon deployment of the driver's frontal air bag, excessive internal pressure may cause the inflator to rupture
Airbags · 114k vehicles
08V-160 Apr 9, 2008
Saab is recalling 57,389 my 2002-2008 9-5 series vehicles for failing to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no.…
Seats · 57k vehicles
07V-087 Mar 7, 2007
On certain passenger vehicles, the fuel pump retaining tabs holding the fuel lines were damaged during production
Fuel system · 94k vehicles
06V-410 Oct 26, 2006
Certain passenger vehicles equipped with b308 6-cylinder gasoline engines may experience overheating and burnout of the isolated gated bipolar…
Electrical system · 5,078 vehicles
05V-399 Sep 14, 2005
Certain passenger vehicles equipped with b205/b235 4-cylinder gasoline engines and b308 6-cylinder gasoline engines may experience overheating and…
Electrical system · 103k vehicles
03V-006 Jan 13, 2003
On certain passenger vehicles, if an owner changes their wheels/tires between summer and winter using a steel wheel in the winter and an alloy…
Wheels · 71k vehicles
02V-006 Jan 4, 2002
Steering knuckle castings on certain passenger vehicles may have been contaminated during the casting process
Steering · 2,601 vehicles
01V-168 May 18, 2001
Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles fail to comply with requirements of fmvss no. 208, "occupant crash protection." the air bag alert…
Airbags · 43k vehicles
98V-139 Jun 23, 1998
Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
Equipment · 39k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.