Recall Register

1981 Saab 900: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 2 recall campaigns for the 1981 Saab 900. The newest campaign is 84V019000. NHTSA received the report on 29 Feb 1984. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump. NHTSA has 1 complaint on file for 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, 84V019000, in the NHTSA record

The fuel gauge transmitter will be inspected and replaced, if damaged.
NHTSA VIN lookup

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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Recall campaigns

2 campaigns, newest first. 28,205 units in total.

  1. 84V019000Received . 24,705 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Fuel Pump

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Poor electrical connection at the fuel gauge transmitter may result in a stoppage of the fuel pump and engine stalling. In extreme cases, fuel vapor may leak from the fuel tank.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The fuel gauge transmitter will be inspected and replaced, if damaged.

    Report filed by SAAB CARS USA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 81V147000Received . 3,500 units.

    Seat Belts / Front

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    There may be an insufficient permanent lubrication in the buckle/release mechanism of the type 2 seat belt assemblies. This may cause front seat occupants to have difficulty in fully fastening seat belts, although they may seem to be fully fastened.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    A special wax lubricant will be sprayed into the buckle receptacle slot to remedy defect and prevent reoccurance. This will be done without charge to owner.

    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

1 complaint, 1 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1981 Saab 900: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
1
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
19 Nov 1996

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.

Complaints about the 1981 Saab 900, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1996, with 1 complaint.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

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.

  1. 19794
  2. 19802
  3. 19812
  4. 19821
  5. 19831
  6. 19841
  7. 19851
  8. 19862
  9. 19872
  10. 19882
  11. 19892
  12. 19900
  13. 19910
  14. 19920
  15. 19930
  16. 19948
  17. 19957
  18. 19963
  19. 19973
  20. 19983
  21. 19990
  22. 20000

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1981 Saab 900: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/saab/900/1981/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
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 1981 Saab 900?
28,205 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 900 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 30 recall campaigns for the Saab 900, model years 1979 to 2000. 2 of them name the 1981 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1981 Saab 900 name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 1 of 1 component mention.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1981 Saab 900 open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.