{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.morvs.ai/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=SAAB","name":"SAAB","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","brand_name":"MORVS","brand_url":"https://morvs.ai/","data_provider_url":"https://api.morvs.ai","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-11-07T10:05:26.081Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":324,"deaths":4,"injured":158,"fires":137},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","n":43},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","n":36},{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:FRONTAL","n":29},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD","n":16},{"component_desc":"ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING","n":12},{"component_desc":"SEATS","n":10},{"component_desc":"VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL","n":9},{"component_desc":"STEERING","n":8},{"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE","n":8},{"component_desc":"AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW","n":8}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"2090818","date_received":"2025-05-10","make":"SAAB","model":"9-5","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"I purchased my 2004 Saab 9-5 in 2023. I was under the impression that everything was running and that drivability was proper.   When I attempted to drive the automobile it would start, idle 7 minutes and stall. It would not start again for about 35 minutes. I tried to use it, and this behavior continued. Often, in traffic it would stall while I was moving at low speed, and moderate speed: Without warning, it cuts out and won't start for 40 minutes.   I have spent money with my mechanic, over $1,000. I personally bought many parts: MAF sensor, fuel pump relay, fuel filter, and fuel pump. I replaced the Coolant Sensor. After all this the vehicle still stalls 5 minutes after warmup. If it drives to warm up, it stalls and won't restart for 40 minutes.  After I replaced the Crankshaft Position Sensor, (CPS), it has never restarted. I bought 3, one a Bosch branded model, and It has never restarted. Many other drivers complain in forums, like Saab Forums, that they are experiencing the same problems. As you know, stalling at highway speeds can cause death.  Clearly the problems with the Saab motorcars, produced, owned, and sold through General Motors, are something that poses a hazard, and should  be repaired at GM dealership's expense.  P.S. The vehicle's immobilizer device has caused my vehicle to not start at all. The key fobs have stopped functioning at all. I replaced the batteries, and they won't connect to the engine. The vehicle will crank, but no start. Battery runs down, w","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/2090818"},{"cmplid":"2090819","date_received":"2025-05-10","make":"SAAB","model":"9-5","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ENGINE","description":"I purchased my 2004 Saab 9-5 in 2023. I was under the impression that everything was running and that drivability was proper.   When I attempted to drive the automobile it would start, idle 7 minutes and stall. It would not start again for about 35 minutes. I tried to use it, and this behavior continued. Often, in traffic it would stall while I was moving at low speed, and moderate speed: Without warning, it cuts out and won't start for 40 minutes.   I have spent money with my mechanic, over $1,000. I personally bought many parts: MAF sensor, fuel pump relay, fuel filter, and fuel pump. I replaced the Coolant Sensor. After all this the vehicle still stalls 5 minutes after warmup. If it drives to warm up, it stalls and won't restart for 40 minutes.  After I replaced the Crankshaft Position Sensor, (CPS), it has never restarted. I bought 3, one a Bosch branded model, and It has never restarted. Many other drivers complain in forums, like Saab Forums, that they are experiencing the same problems. As you know, stalling at highway speeds can cause death.  Clearly the problems with the Saab motorcars, produced, owned, and sold through General Motors, are something that poses a hazard, and should  be repaired at GM dealership's expense.  P.S. The vehicle's immobilizer device has caused my vehicle to not start at all. The key fobs have stopped functioning at all. I replaced the batteries, and they won't connect to the engine. The vehicle will crank, but no start. Battery runs down, w","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/2090819"},{"cmplid":"2090820","date_received":"2025-05-10","make":"SAAB","model":"9-5","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","description":"I purchased my 2004 Saab 9-5 in 2023. I was under the impression that everything was running and that drivability was proper.   When I attempted to drive the automobile it would start, idle 7 minutes and stall. It would not start again for about 35 minutes. I tried to use it, and this behavior continued. Often, in traffic it would stall while I was moving at low speed, and moderate speed: Without warning, it cuts out and won't start for 40 minutes.   I have spent money with my mechanic, over $1,000. I personally bought many parts: MAF sensor, fuel pump relay, fuel filter, and fuel pump. I replaced the Coolant Sensor. After all this the vehicle still stalls 5 minutes after warmup. If it drives to warm up, it stalls and won't restart for 40 minutes.  After I replaced the Crankshaft Position Sensor, (CPS), it has never restarted. I bought 3, one a Bosch branded model, and It has never restarted. Many other drivers complain in forums, like Saab Forums, that they are experiencing the same problems. As you know, stalling at highway speeds can cause death.  Clearly the problems with the Saab motorcars, produced, owned, and sold through General Motors, are something that poses a hazard, and should  be repaired at GM dealership's expense.  P.S. The vehicle's immobilizer device has caused my vehicle to not start at all. The key fobs have stopped functioning at all. I replaced the batteries, and they won't connect to the engine. The vehicle will crank, but no start. Battery runs down, w","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/2090820"},{"cmplid":"1831175","date_received":"2022-08-05","make":"SAAB","model":"9-5","model_year":2004,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"7/26/22 10:23pm on interstate 25 North of Denver mile 249 I was not able to stop and rear ended another vehicle. My air bags did not deploy there were no dash lights indicating any problem with the airbags prior to the accident. My vehicle was not drivable and was towed to H&R Towing in Johnstown, CO. The only inspection so far has been by an Amica Insurance adjuster. My set belt pretensioner held me fast but the crown of my head went forward into the visor area I was dazed. I went by ambulance to MCR hospital in Loveland diagnosed with a concussion. I had other bruises from the seatbelt and hitting my left knee on the dash. The damage to my car begins at the driver’s side headlamp area and radiates across the font of the car to the headlights on the passenger side. The hood was folded back and there is significant damage to all the components in the front part of the engine compartment. I’ve tried to contact Saab cars but no response, they stopped building cars in 2011. I tried GM as well, no response.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1831175"},{"cmplid":"1772783","date_received":"2021-10-11","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"unexpected and unrequested deployment of driver side seat air bag. i was driving the vehicle at a speed of 0-5mph attempting to back the vehicle into a parking spot when the driver seat air bag deployed. a report was made with the local police department. no indicator or failure lights were present, the vehicle is able to be inspected at this time for further information. It is unknown about any other inspections by anyone other than the local police department.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1772783"},{"cmplid":"1747735","date_received":"2021-05-17","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":2001,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"I left my home with my daughter in the afternoon to go to the bank and hardware store. I drove to the bank to make a deposit.  We had to wait for quite awhile in the drive-through line at the bank, so I turned off my engine a couple of times rather than having the car idle. After making the deposit at the bank, I pulled out of the bank lot and began driving to the hardware store. I had driven for about two minutes and was driving along at approximately 25-30 miles an hour, and suddenly there was a terrible explosion at my left ear and massive pain in my left arm. I thought the car had been shot at and my arm hit. I was terrified we were still being shot at and looked at my daughter whose hands were over her ears. I could tell by that time that I was not bleeding and so was worried that the bullet had hit her. I could hear only faintly out of my left ear.  There was smoke and the smell of an explosion.  I could see by this time that an airbag had come out of my driver's seat and thought that it had been hit too. My daughter told me she was o.k. and to pull the car over so that we could see what had happened. I was shaking with fear and pain in my arm but finally calmed down enough to park the car and get out to see what had happened. It became clear that the car had not been shot at and that the driver's side seat airbag had simply spontaneously exploded without any warning whatsoever. The driver's seat side seam was completely ripped, multiple pieces of seat foam were lying a","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1747735"},{"cmplid":"1729989","date_received":"2021-02-28","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"TODAY, SHORTLY AFTER STARTING THE CAR, AN AIRBAG DEPLOYED.  THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND NOT IN MOTION, AND THERE WAS NO IMPACT.  THE AIRBAG DEPLOYED FROM THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE PASSENGER SEAT.  I WAS SEATED IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT. THE PASSENGER SEAT WAS UNOCCUPIED AND ITS SEAT BELT WAS UNFASTENED, HOWEVER A LAPTOP AND SOME OTHER LIGHTWEIGHT OBJECTS WERE IN THE PASSENGER SEAT.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1729989"},{"cmplid":"1688671","date_received":"2020-08-31","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":2011,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG SPONTANEOUSLY DEPLOYED WHILE IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET GOING IN A FORWARD, STRAIGHT MOTION.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1688671"},{"cmplid":"1676063","date_received":"2020-07-11","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"IN NEUTRAL PARKED IN TRAFFIC AT A RED LIGHT /  INTERSECTION WAITING FOR GREEN, THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG IN MY SEAT DEPLOYED/ EXPLODED CAUSING INJURY AND BRUISING TO LEFT ARM.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1676063"},{"cmplid":"1667073","date_received":"2020-06-04","make":"SAAB","model":"9-7X","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-7X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING HER VEHICLE, A FLAME EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL. THE FLAME THEN DISSIPATED AS WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE FROM THE SAME AND RETRIEVE ASSISTANCE. HER CO-WORKER WERE ABLE TO ASSIST HER IN REMOVING THE DOOR PANEL OFF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. THE POLICE NOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT HER VEHICLE HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V406000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 228,000.  * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1667073"},{"cmplid":"1667074","date_received":"2020-06-04","make":"SAAB","model":"9-7X","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"VISIBILITY/WIPER","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-7X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT UPON STARTING HER VEHICLE, A FLAME EMITTED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR PANEL. THE FLAME THEN DISSIPATED AS WHITE SMOKE BEGAN TO EMIT FROM THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE FROM THE SAME AND RETRIEVE ASSISTANCE. HER CO-WORKER WERE ABLE TO ASSIST HER IN REMOVING THE DOOR PANEL OFF THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR. THE CONTACT WAS NOT INJURED AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE. THE POLICE NOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. UPON INVESTIGATION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT HER VEHICLE HAD BEEN INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 12V406000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY). THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 228,000.  * (RECALL RELATED INCIDENT) TS","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1667074"},{"cmplid":"1662232","date_received":"2020-05-08","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3 CONVERTIBLE","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"DRIVING ALONG, MAYBE 20-30 MPH AND DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYS FOR NO REASON  (SIDE, NOT STEERING WHEEL AIRBAG). .  NO CRASH, NO IMPACT, JUST DRIVING STRAIGHT AND, BOOM!  MY LEFT EAR IS RINGING AND MY LEFT ARM IS PROBABLY BRUISED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1662232"},{"cmplid":"1591530","date_received":"2019-08-06","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":2005,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 SAAB 9-3. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE, HE HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT STATED HE SAW SMOKE COMING THE HOOD. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT STATED HE EXITED THE VEHICLE AND WAS INFORMED FIRE WAS COMING FROM A FUEL LEAK ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED A BYSTANDER CAME WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER AND EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CONTACT STATED THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR MEDICAL ATTENTION NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE CONTACT CALLED THE  LOCAL DEALER FLIKKEMA SAAB LOCATED AT 2424 176TH ST, LANSING, IL 60438, (708) 474-1933, AND WERE MADE AWARE OF FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. *DT *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1591530"},{"cmplid":"1591583","date_received":"2019-08-06","make":"SAAB","model":"9-7X","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY","description":"TAKATA RECALL I WOKE UP TO MY VEHICLE ON FIRE AND IT HAD BEEN OFF FOR OVER 8 HOURS. IT HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY ALL NIGHT. WE HEARD A BANG FROM INSIDE THEN OUT NEIGHBOR BANGED ON OUR DOOR A MINUTE LATER SAYING MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. WE CALLED 911 AND THEY HAD TO COME AND PUT IT OUT.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1591583"},{"cmplid":"1591584","date_received":"2019-08-06","make":"SAAB","model":"9-7X","model_year":2007,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TAKATA RECALL I WOKE UP TO MY VEHICLE ON FIRE AND IT HAD BEEN OFF FOR OVER 8 HOURS. IT HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY ALL NIGHT. WE HEARD A BANG FROM INSIDE THEN OUT NEIGHBOR BANGED ON OUR DOOR A MINUTE LATER SAYING MY VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. WE CALLED 911 AND THEY HAD TO COME AND PUT IT OUT.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1591584"},{"cmplid":"1502171","date_received":"2018-09-27","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":2000,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"I GOT INTO MY PARKED VEHICLE AS NORMAL, CLOSED THE DOOR AND FASTENED MY SEATBELT. I THEN DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH PEDAL AND INSERTED THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION. AS I TURNED THE KEY TO START THE CAR, THE DRIVERS SEAT SIDE IMPACT AIRBAG DEPLOYED SPONTANEOUSLY CAUSING TEMPORARY LOSS OF HEARING, A RINGING SOUND IN THE EARS, AND INJURY TO MY LEFT ARM. I REMOVED THE KEY FROM THE IGNITION AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, AND OFF/NOT RUNNING, IN A PARKING LOT AT A LOCAL SHOPPING MALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT, DAMAGED, OR USED IN ANY OTHER WAY OUT OF ORDINARY OPERATION. THERE WERE NO WARNING LIGHTS, SOUNDS, OR SIGNS OF DISTURBANCE IN THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL SHORTER AFTER TO BE TREATED FOR MY INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO ITS PRIMARY PLACE OF REST, MY HOME.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1502171"},{"cmplid":"1500441","date_received":"2018-09-20","make":"SAAB","model":"9-7X","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-7X. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, ENTERED THE HOUSE, RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE BURNING ODOR INTENSIFIED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL HAD MELTED AND THE LOCKING MECHANISMS NO LONGER WORKED PROPERLY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. KELLY CADILLAC (1986 STATE RD, LANCASTER, PA 17601, (717) 898-4000) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1500441"},{"cmplid":"1500442","date_received":"2018-09-20","make":"SAAB","model":"9-7X","model_year":2006,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":1,"crash":0,"component_desc":"ELECTRICAL SYSTEM","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-7X. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE CONTACT'S DRIVEWAY, THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED A BURNING ODOR. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, ENTERED THE HOUSE, RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND THAT THE BURNING ODOR INTENSIFIED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR PANEL HAD MELTED AND THE LOCKING MECHANISMS NO LONGER WORKED PROPERLY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED. KELLY CADILLAC (1986 STATE RD, LANCASTER, PA 17601, (717) 898-4000) WAS CONTACTED, BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED PER AN UNKNOWN RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 120,000.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1500442"},{"cmplid":"1484189","date_received":"2018-07-19","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG ERRONEOUSLY DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT CRASHED OR DRIVEN OVER A ROAD BUMP WHEN THE DEPLOYMENT OCCURRED. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED AN INJURED RIGHT ARM, SHOULDER, AND TORSO, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND LOCAL DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 154,000. *TT","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1484189"},{"cmplid":"1479207","date_received":"2018-06-29","make":"SAAB","model":"9-3","model_year":1999,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"AIR BAGS","description":"JUST AS I PARKED MY CAR, MY SIDE AIR BAG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF MY CAR DEPLOYED/EXPLODED WITHOUT ANY WARNING.  THE LEFT SIDE OF MY FACE/LEFT EAR AND NECK WERE INJURED.","canonical_url":"https://api.morvs.ai/vehicle-complaint/1479207"}]}