Saab 900: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Saab 900, model years 1979 to 2000. NHTSA has 359 complaints on file for this model line. 12 of the 22 model years have a page on this register.
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.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 19794
- 19802
- 19812
- 19821
- 19831
- 19841
- 19851
- 19862
- 19872
- 19882
- 19892
- 19900
- 19910
- 19920
- 19930
- 19948
- 19957
- 19963
- 19973
- 19983
- 19990
- 20000
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 0 | 1 | 6% | |
| 1999 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 0 | 2 | 12% | |
| 1998 Saab 900 | 3 | 24 | 147% | 143,854 |
| 1997 Saab 900 | 3 | 21 | 129% | 184,318 |
| 1996 Saab 900 | 3 | 47 | 288% | 146,063 |
| 1995 Saab 900 | 7 | 100 | 613% | 199,429 |
| 1994 Saab 900 | 8 | 44 | 270% | 186,106 |
| 1993 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 0 | 6 | 37% | |
| 1992 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 0 | 21 | 129% | |
| 1991 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 0 | 13 | 80% | |
| 1990 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 0 | 19 | 116% | |
| 1989 Saab 900 | 2 | 22 | 135% | 7,586 |
| 1988 Saab 900 | 2 | 13 | 80% | 73,000 |
| 1987 Saab 900 | 2 | 4 | 25% | 85,446 |
| 1986 Saab 900 | 2 | 9 | 55% | 15,505 |
| 1985 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 1 | 5 | 31% | 11,122 |
| 1984 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 12% | 11,659 |
| 1983 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 1 | 2 | 12% | 8,154 |
| 1982 Saab 900 NHTSA page | 1 | 1 | 6% | 24,705 |
| 1981 Saab 900 | 2 | 1 | 6% | 28,205 |
| 1980 Saab 900 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 27,309 |
| 1979 Saab 900 | 4 | 2 | 12% | 80,247 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
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.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
548 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.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 146 | 80 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 135 | 74 |
| Power Train | 122.3 | 67 |
| Air Bags | 74.8 | 41 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 69.3 | 38 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 51.1 | 28 |
| Suspension | 45.6 | 25 |
| Visibility | 43.8 | 24 |
| Structure | 40.1 | 22 |
| Seat Belts | 38.3 | 21 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
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.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Saab 900: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saab/900/. 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
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- SAAB CARS USA, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Saab 900 model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 1994 with 8, 1995 with 7, 1979 with 4. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Saab 900 model year has the most complaints?
- The 1995 model year, with 100 of the 359 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Saab 900 name?
- Electrical System: 146 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 135 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 122.3 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Saab 900?
- 12 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.