2009 Saab 9-3 owner complaints

Takata recall--it's been 9 months since I was notified of the recall, and called my local dealer. But I've received no further word. I love this car, however, I am very concern, since my wife uses this car ever day to go to work. If, god forbid, someone hits the car and the air bag implodes and she is injured or dies, you will be sued. When is the problem going to be fixed? Very concern owner and husband!!!!!

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 saab 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The air bag warning indicator was illuminated. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 140,000. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

It is public information that takata's airbags carry a very high risk since the inflator propellant degrades to the point of braking the steel housing and throwing it to the occupant causing severe injuries or death. In spite of all these facts, the manufacturer has not initiated a recall and does not provide answers after several calls to their customer office. My vehicle has a takata airbag according to NHTSA's database, the inflator must be replaced.

Takata recall I have been aware of my vehicle's recall for greater than 6 months and my manufacturer has not yet presented a safe solution.

Takata recall--it's been 5 months since I was notified of the recall, but I've received no further word. Saab's are no longer being manufactured and sold as new cars, and therefore I expect I'm at the bottom of the list. But I just put a great deal of maintenance into the car, it has 60,000 miles and I'm not in the market for a new car. However, I'm terrified to take a passenger or drive the car myself. When I want to know will my cincinnati or columbus, oh dealer have a new airbag to install.

Takata recall - it has been over six months since this recall was issued, and the parts are still not available to fix a potentially life threatening condition. It is difficult to drive a vehicle that may kill me if I am involved in an accident. When will the replacement air bags be available? Why is the manufacturer not mandated to fix this problem within a reasonable amount of time? I personally think that six months is more than sufficient time to have this issue rectified.

Takata recall: gm announced this recall 6 months ago. Still no remedy and no communication. My children are about to start learning to drive - I don't want to risk their lives by allowing them to drive the saab - I need a new airbag. Sorry if this is the wrong form - I followed the safer links.

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2009 sabb 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags). The part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

Tl* takata recall. The contact owns a 2009 saab 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available. Updated 10/05/16*lj *tr

The intake valves are worn on the engine this started around 80,000 miles and has progressively gotten worse. The car will not start on very cold days. If it does, it idles very rough and hard. Date below is an estimate of when this started.

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 saab 9-3. The contact stated that while driving at 65 MPH, the engine stalled while all the warning lights illuminated. The failure occurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 76,000.

My saab has fallen victim to the, now well known, well documented ,soft valve issue. While gm owned saab they somehow allowed non-hardened valves to be placed into saab engines that are now failing at astronomical rates. There is no excuse for engines to fail at 50-60m miles. The cost of repair to consumers is $2,500 and there is no choice otherwise the engine does not start unless it's 70-80 degrees outside. The government needs to take action and hold gm accountable for this as they rightfully did for the seat belt recall. Human safety is important but so is knowingly producing an engine that fails not allowing customers to be a productive member of society.

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 saab 9-3. While driving at 65 MPH, the vehicle stalled and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was not able to restart and was towed to the contact's residence. The contact stated that the check engine warning light illuminated intermittently. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000. ...updated 09/28/15 *bf updated 11/22/2017*cn

The driver side and passenger seat belt retractor fails to retract. The driver side has some retraction left and passenger side has none left. I found the recall notice from june 2014 however it only mentions the convertible model while my vehicle is the station wagon. The recall should be expanded to cover other models that have the same issue. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 saab 9-3. While the vehicle was parked, the seat belt retractor was fractured. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 14v318000 (seat belts). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

The cylinder valves are all having to be replaced though the car only has 77k miles. I have now researched and learned that this was a problem on the 2007,2008, and 2009 saabs and nothing has been done to recall the cars. The resulting problem is that the car will not start when cold and the compression during a cold start is half of what it should be. The valves are faulty and the repair is $4000 at my local dealer, who is authorized to work on saab. This is a manufacturing issue and is not being recognized as such.

I have owned my 2008 saab 9-3 for about a year now and I have had an ongoing rough running issue that seems to be getting worse. When I start my car up in the morning it runs very rough. Ihave gotten it diagnosed and it is misfiring dramatically like 6000 on one cylinder and 1081 on another . I have done some research and had this problem diagnosed, several times, as having bad intake valves. After doing more research on this problem, I have come to find this is a rather common issue with this specific year make and model. This is concerning because I have had this repair quoted at over $2500.00. I am very familiar with manufacturer recalls and have been told by multiple dealerships to submit a complaint in order for this problem to be covered under a manufacturer recall due to faulty part

Upon starting after sitting, the brakes have a greatly increased pedal effort and a correspondingly greatly reduced braking effect. This combined with the relatively high idle for this model of engine, (v-6), at start up combines to creates a situation where the car is very difficult to stop when driving away from first start-up.

During routine under hood inspection, brake fluid reservoir cap was observed to have split into multiple pieces. This damage, apparently heat related, compromised the ability of the braking system to maintain pressure and could result in loss of braking, crash, and bodily injury. Vehicle was removed from service pending receipt of replacement part. *tr

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 saab 9-3. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact heard a rattling sound near the front passenger side of the vehicle. The contact self-diagnosed the vehicle and stated that the front coil spring was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 44,000.