Safety Score
58
Average
Recalls
3
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (3)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-18 | 10V043000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | 14,126 | — | Details |
| 2004-05-11 | 04V226000 |
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | 31,335 | — | Details |
| 2003-12-10 | 03V514000 |
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER | 1,658 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-10 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | Retractor won't pull driver side seat belt back in |
| 2022-06-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Constant random recurrence of error codes P2122 and P2138 (either together or on their own) which results in the car sw… |
| 2021-03-29 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | ******* DELETE VOQ ******* THIS COMPLAINT IS BEING MARKED FOR DELETION BECAUSE THE CONSUMER PLACED THE REQUEST*DJR … |
| 2020-04-14 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | CALLED DEVOE AUTOMOTIVE IN NAPLES TO HAVE RECALLED SEATBELT FIXED, IT JUST FAILED TO RETRACT. I SENT A PICTURE OF THE … |
| 2018-08-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT WITHOUT WAR… |
| 2018-01-12 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG MALFUNCTION LIGHT |
| 2017-10-27 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I HAVE A RECALL ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT. IT WAS BROKEN AND IS UNSPOOLED. |
| 2017-07-15 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL - GM DEALERS ADVISE MY CAR NOT AFFECTED BUT ON RECALL WEBSITES MY 2004 SAAB 9-3 AERO IS SHOWN TO HAVE A … |
| 2016-10-24 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | FRONT DRIVER SEAT BELT RETRACTOR HAS FAILED WHEN I WENT TO FASTEN MY SEAT BELT. |
| 2016-08-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, WITHOUT ANY WARNING THE CAR ENGINE STALLS. NO WARNING AT ALL!! ONCE IT STOPS, IGNITION KEY WON'T WORK. … |
| 2016-07-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL? MY CAR KEEPS GIVING ME THE FOLLOWING ALERT: AIRBAG MALFUNCTION. HOW CAN I VERIFY IT IS PART OF THE R… |
| 2016-06-13 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I RECIEVED A LETTER RECALL 15027 DATED DECEMBER 2018. I HAD TO HAVE MY SEATBELT REPAIRED IN JUNE 2016. THE COST OF THE … |
| 2016-06-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2004 SAAB 9-3. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR RECALL NOTICE. *SMD |
| 2016-04-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL: I CONTACTED MY DEALER AS INSTRUCTED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE ARE NO PARTS AND NO INFORMATION AS TO WH… |
| 2016-03-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V0… |
| 2016-03-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (AIR BAGS);… |
| 2016-03-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (… |
| 2016-03-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063000 (… |
| 2016-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA INFLATORS: I RECENTLY RECEIVED MY SAFETY RECALL NOTICE FOR THE DRIVER AIRBAG DEFECT IN MY 2004 SAAB 9-3. I UNDE… |
| 2016-02-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SPRINGS AND FRONT STRUTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING… |
| 2016-02-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SAAB RECALL. I RECEIVED BOTH SEAT BELT RETRACTOR AND AIRBAG INFLATE DEFECT SAFETY RECALL NOTICE. HOWEVER, IN MY CAR THE… |
| 2016-02-03 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V063… |
| 2015-12-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE A 9-3 SAAB EVERYTIME I STOP AND TURN CAR OFF WHEN I GET BACK IN A PUT KEY IN I GET A STEERING WHEEL LOCK CONTACT… |
| 2015-12-04 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEATBELT RETRACTOR ON DRIVER'S SIDE COMPLETELY UNSPOOLED AND WILL NOT RETRACT UNDER NORMAL USE EFFECTING DRIVER'S SAFET… |
| 2015-08-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES AFTER STARTING, THE CAR STALLED ON A BUSY, 6 LANE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS NOT ABLE TO START AGAIN,… |
| 2015-07-25 | TIRES | No | 0 | TIRE HAS BULGE IN SIDEWALL. OWNER NOTICED IT AND WAS ABLE TO PREVENT A BLOW OUT. THIS IS NOT AN IMPACT RELATED DAMAGE. |
| 2015-06-19 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE KNOWN TO NHTSA AND GM UNDER PE 08051. IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND A RECALL ISSUED. BACKING … |
| 2015-06-18 | STEERING | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN JAMMED AND RESULTED IN A… |
| 2015-05-30 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I DO HAVE A 2004 SAAB 9-3 ARC CONVERTIBLE. THERE IS A SEAT BELT RECALL. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO MY GMC TUSTIN DEALER 3 WEE… |
| 2015-03-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR BECAME INOPERABLE WITH… |
| 2015-02-12 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGN… |
| 2015-01-06 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE SO DIM THAT THE VEHICLE CAN NOT BE SAFELY DRIVEN AT NIGHT. HIGH BEAM WORK GREAT. |
| 2014-10-07 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP SIGN, THERE WAS A ODOR OF BURNING OIL INS… |
| 2014-08-19 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I JUST CALLED THE GM SAAB CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER TO ASK ABOUT THE RECENT DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT RECALL. I HA… |
| 2014-08-15 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED AND WOULD NOT RETRACT. T… |
| 2014-08-14 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED. HAVE INVESTIGATED RECALLS AND FOUND THAT THREE PREVIOUS RECALLS DO NOT COVER… |
| 2014-08-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | GM SENT ME A RECALL NOTICE DATED 08/2014 REGARDING FAULTY SEAT BELTS IN 2004 SAAB CONVERTIBLES. GM SAFETY RECALL #14222… |
| 2014-07-06 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SAAB AERO 9-3 WITH ONLY 73K DRIVER SEAT BELT WORKED FINE ON SATURDAY THE NEXT DAY I NOTICED IT WAS NOT RETRACTED SO PUL… |
| 2014-06-02 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | UPON COMING TO A STOP AT A STOP SIGN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT CAME UNRAVELLED FROM THE SEAT BACK AND WILL NOT RE… |
| 2014-06-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I TOOK MY VEHICLE IN FOR A BLOWER MOTOR MALFUNCTION AND A BRAKE JOB TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC WHO WORKS ON ALL MY VEHICL… |
| 2014-05-30 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT. AFTER GOOGLING I READ THAT THERE ARE 2 RECALLS ON THE SAAB 9-3 2004 DRIVER SIDE S… |
| 2014-04-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | RIGHT FRONT SPRING BROKE OFF DURING TRAVEL. 2ND INCIDENT. NOTE BROKEN COILS REPLACED IN 2010. *TR |
| 2014-02-25 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE LEFT FRONT STRUT SPRING SNAPPED AND THE RIGHT FRONT STRUT SPRING IS MOVING (CIRCULAR BACK AND FORTH MOTION). *TR |
| 2014-01-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER'S… |
| 2014-01-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I WAS TRAVELING AT 50MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE FRONT SUSPENSION. AFTER THE POP THE FRONT END WOULD RATTLE OV… |
| 2013-12-31 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STAL… |
| 2013-12-28 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED TO RETRACT OR LATCH. T… |
| 2013-12-11 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL-THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB CONVERTIBLE 93. THE CONTACT STATED HE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FORM THE DEALER ON DECEMBER 11… |
| 2013-12-02 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | I GOT IN MY VEHICLE, WENT TO PUT ON MY SEAT-BELT, AND THE ENTIRE BELT PULLED OUT OF THE UNIT. IT WILL NOT RETRACT AT AL… |
| 2013-11-26 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 SAAB 9-3 CONVERTIBLE. THE CONTACT WAS INQUIRING ABOUT A RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 10V04… |