2000 Saab 9-3: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 2000 Saab 9-3. The newest campaign is 05V399000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Sep 2005. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Ignition / Module. NHTSA has 48 complaints on file for this model year. 1 NHTSA investigation names this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 05V399000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect to see what version idm is in the vehicle and replace the idm if it is a version built prior to the introduction of qp3. An interim letter will be mailed to owners in october 2005, informing them of the condition. Parts are now available and owners will be notified to bring their vehicles in to the dealers to have the idm replaced by letter dated march 13, 2006. Owners may contact saab at 1-800-955-9007.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Since the last update
No tracked figure of this page changed in a data update. What the log tracks
Recall campaigns
2 campaigns, newest first. 146,275 units in total.
05V399000Received . 103,202 units.
Electrical System / Ignition / Module
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Certain passenger vehicles equipped with b205/b235 4-cylinder gasoline engines and b308 6-cylinder gasoline engines may experience overheating and burnout of the isolated gated bipolar transistor (igbt) within the ignition discharge module (idm) due to increased susceptibility to electrical loads.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Overheating of the igbt occurs most often at engine start-up, but it may also occur while the engine is running. Engine stalling may occur, which could result in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will inspect to see what version idm is in the vehicle and replace the idm if it is a version built prior to the introduction of qp3. An interim letter will be mailed to owners in october 2005, informing them of the condition. Parts are now available and owners will be notified to bring their vehicles in to the dealers to have the idm replaced by letter dated march 13, 2006. Owners may contact saab at 1-800-955-9007.
Report filed by SAAB CARS USA, INC.. Manufacturer campaign number 15021. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
01V168000Received . 43,073 units.
Air Bags
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles fail to comply with requirements of FMVSS no. 208, "occupant crash protection." the air bag alert labels may not be permanently affixed as required by this standard.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
These vehicles do not comply with the requirements.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will clean the sunvisor surface and apply a new air bag alert label on both sunvisors. Owner notification began july 30, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact saab at 1-800-955-9007.
Report filed by SAAB CARS USA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
48 complaints, 68 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2000 Saab 9-3
- All 2000 vehicles
| Component | 2000 9-3 | All 2000 vehicles | 9-3, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 455.9 | 99.3 | 123.9 | 31 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 205.9 | 116 | 64.7 | 14 |
| Air Bags | 117.6 | 54 | 217.6 | 8 |
| Seat Belts | 44.1 | 17.4 | 96.2 | 3 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 29.4 | 34.5 | 33.3 | 2 |
| Fuel System, Other | 29.4 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 2 |
| Equipment | 29.4 | 17.5 | 12.9 | 2 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 14.7 | 42.9 | 16.6 | 1 |
| Power Train | 14.7 | 83.9 | 42.5 | 1 |
| Exterior Lighting | 14.7 | 32.8 | 18.5 | 1 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 13.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 4
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 8
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 27 Sep 2018
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
| Number | Type | Subject | Component | Opened | Closed | Campaign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE05017 | Preliminary evaluation | ENGINE STALL/ ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRES | Electrical System / Ignition / Module | 7 Apr 2005 | 23 Sep 2005 | 05V399000 |
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2000 Saab 9-3The recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2000 Saab 9-3: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saab/9-3/2000/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 15 May 2019
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- SAAB CARS USA, INC.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2000 Saab 9-3?
- 146,275 units in 2 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Saab 9-3 have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 17 recall campaigns for the Saab 9-3, model years 1994 to 2011. 2 of them name the 2000 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-3 name most often?
- Electrical System: 31 of 68 component mentions, or 455.9 per 1,000. For all 2000 vehicles the figure is 99.3 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2000 Saab 9-3 open?
- No. The 1 investigation that names this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.