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Saab 9000

Every Saab 9000 model year on file, 1985 to 1998. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years13618 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years141985 to 1998
Recall campaigns13Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins117Summed across model years
By model year

The 1993 model year drew the most complaints, 29, 21% of the model's total

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

0102030198519871989199119932919951998
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Powertrain leads the Saab 9000 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Powertrain
29
Electrical system
25
Brakes
23
Engine and cooling
21
Fuel system
19
Airbags
10
Speed control
9
Seat belts
9
Lighting
6
Seats
6
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Saab 9000 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 9000 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1998Hatchback10.06109
1997Hatchback60.0351018
1996Hatchback1010.0280117
1995Hatchback80.0520119
1994Hatchback1414.3804117
1993Hatchback296.9161518
1992Hatchback195.395407
1991Hatchback812.540123
1990Sedan714.370124
1989Hatchback1435.7127323
1988Hatchback1216.7150334
1987Hatchback520.071123
1986Not decoded366.7300233
1985Not decoded0NoneNone002
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Saab 9000

  • 99V-109 May 6, 1999
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Airbags · 26k vehicles
  • 98V-139 Jun 23, 1998
    Vehicle description: passenger vehicles
    Equipment · 39k vehicles
  • 95V-067 Mar 29, 1995
    Moisture can follow the electrical harness and enter the pressure switch connector causing corrosion and malfunction of the switch
    Brakes · 12k vehicles
  • 94V-126 Jul 8, 1994
    During low energy frontal impact collisions, the front crossmember can contact the metal tubing portion of the cooler hose assembly; and/or the…
    Engine and cooling · 12k vehicles
  • 94V-108 Jun 9, 1994
    Number of brake light switches have an oval-shaped piston which can get stuck under certain conditions
    Lighting · 9,747 vehicles
  • 94V-084 May 2, 1994
    One of the bulbs in each of the brake light lower outboard lamp assemblies may not have been properly wired, resulting in improper tail light…
    Lighting · 59 vehicles
  • 94V-029 Feb 3, 1994
    Fuel filler and tank ventilation hoses may develop cracks under the securing hose clamps, resulting in fuel leakage
    Fuel system · 5,824 vehicles
  • 91V-002 Oct 2, 1991
    Improper assembly could cause the ball of the gear selector arm not to be properly fixed to the socket on the end of the gear selector cable; gear…
    Powertrain · 250 vehicles
  • 90V-001 Nov 2, 1990
    Abrasion on the printed circuit card in the combination neutral safety/backup lamp switch operated by the automatic transmission gear selector may…
    Electrical system · 24k vehicles
  • 89V-191 Nov 6, 1989
    Routing of the throttle kickdown cable could allow chafing to occur between the cable and any one of three steel brake fluid lines near the valve…
    Brakes · 14k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.