Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2006 record →
FUEL GAUGE READS FULL OR EMPTY, SWINGS BETWEEN EMPTY OR FULL AT TIMES, FAULTY AND CAUSED US TO RUN OUT OF FUEL ON THE FREEWAY IN SEVERE WEATHER EVEN THOUGH IT WAS NOT READING EMPTY IN OCT 24TH OF 2010. GAUGE OR FUEL SENDING UNIT HAS BECOME COMPLETELY USELESS AND NEEDS REPLACEMENT. 2006 SAAB 9-7X ARC. *TR
I HAVE A 2006 SAAB 9-7X WITH 92,000+ MILES. THE FUEL GAUGE HAD FAILED AT ABOUT 65,000 MILES AND I HAVE YET TO FIX IT BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT IT WOULD COST ANYWHERE FROM $850 TO $1,000 DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BE DONE. I THINK THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT THIS IS NOT A RECALL BECAUSE I NO MANY MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME ISSUE. IT IS NOT FAIR FOR A DEFECT IN QUALITY OF A NEAR $45,000 VEHICLE TO BE LAID ON A COSTUMER. SIGNS OF THIS PROBLEM WERE THAT THE GAUGE WOULD INTERMITTENTLY READ FALSE THEN REGULATE TO NORMAL. I WAS TOLD IT WAS NOT ANYTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BY MY GM DEALER AND SAAB. THEN ONE DAY IT WOULD NOT READ AT ALL, AND I DID NOT KNOW HOW MUCH GAS I HAD, STALLED GETTING OFF AN OFFRAMP IN FRONT OF AN INTERSECTION DANGEROUSLY STUCK, AND HAVING TO PAY A TOW BILL, THEN HAVE A MECHANIC LOOK AT IT AND TELL ME THAT IT IS THE CHEAP FUEL LEVEL SENDING UNIT THAT GM CHEAPLY MAKES AND HE SEES THIS PROBLEM OVER AND OVER AGAIN ON MANY GMT360 PLATFORMS. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED ME TO BE IN A DANGEROUS OR EVEN LIFE THREATENING SITUATION AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS TO BE FIXED IF IM NOT THE ONLY ONE OUT THERE WITH THIS PROBLEM!!! PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE I HAVE TO SPEND $1000 ON REPAIRS AND HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON A RENTAL CAR SO I CAN CONTINUE WITH MY CAREER! *TR
SAAB 97X SUV... FUEL GAUGE GIVING FALSE READINGS. MY MECHANIC TOLD ME IT IS A RAMPANT PROBLEM WITH GM UNITS OF SIMILAR VINTAGE. MY GAS GAUGE STARTED GIVING ME OCCASIONAL FALSE READINGS A FEW THOUSAND MILES AGO. THEY BECOME MORE AND MORE FREQUENT. CURRENTLY, THE GAS GAUGE ONLY READS EMPTY. WHILE I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW MANY MILES I CAN TRAVEL BEFORE THE NEED TO FILL UP, I FEAR MY WIFE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO KEEP TRACK AS EASILY. I'M JUST AFRAID THAT THE CAR WILL BE REAR-ENDED IF IT STALLS OUT FROM A FALSE READING, AND THE GAS TANK ACTUALLY IS EMPTY. *TR
2006 SAAB 9-7X--FUEL GAUGE SENSOR FLUCTUATES BETWEEN EMPTY AND FULL AND NOW REGISTERS CONSTANTLY AT EMPTY. USING TRIP ODOMETER TO MONITOR GAS MILEAGE.. FAILURE OCCURRED AT @ 68,500 MILES *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-7X. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45-50 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT, ENGINE DOWN ARROW LIGHT AND STABILITY TRACK LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN. THE CONTACT WAS ONLY ABLE TO DRIVE 25-30 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED AT AN AUTO PARTS STORE. THE CODE INDICATED THAT THE THROTTLE BODY WAS THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST BUT PROGRESSED AND WAS CONSTANT. THE PART FOR REPAIR WAS BACKORDERED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 68,500.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 97X. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH BOTH SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT A CRASH OCCURRING. THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER PRETENSION ON THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE BROKE AS WELL. THE CONTACT DROVE ONTO THE EMERGENCY LANE AND SAW NO DAMAGE RELATIVE TO A CRASH. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE DRIVING AND NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER WHO HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY AN INVESTIGATOR. THE INVESTIGATOR FOUND TWO VERY SMALL SCRATCHES ON THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL WHICH WAS THE REASON THAT THE MANUFACTURER REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING DID NOT DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE AIR BAGS TO DEPLOY. THE SIDE CURTAIN AIR BAGS DEPLOYING COULD HAVE INJURED SMALL CHILDREN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000.
AT 60000 MILES FUEL SENSOR BROKE. IT FIRST FLUCTUATED BETWEEN E AND F, NOW IS ALWAYS ON E. WELL DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH SAAB 9-7X MODELS. FUEL SENSOR IS LOCATED ON THE FUEL PUMP. THIS IS AN EXTENSIVE FIX ONLY TO HOPE IT DOES NOT BREAK AGAIN. WE HAVE BEEN CALCULATING OUR FUEL USAGE WITH MILEAGE. *TR
HAD A PROBLEM WITH A SCREEN IN THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT AND THE FUEL LEVEL SENSOR HAS GONE BAD. *TR
2006 SAAB 9-7X. FUEL LEVEL SENSOR FAILURE CAUSING TANK TO READ FULL WHEN EMPTY, EMPTY WHEN FUEL AND FLUCTUATES IN BETWEEN FULL AND EMPTY. THIS VEHICLE IS THE SAME PLATFORM AS A CHEVROLET TRAILBLAZER, GMC ENVOY, BUICK RAINIER. SENSOR FAILED AT 50,500 MILES WHICH IS 500 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM IS WIDELY REPORTED AND DOCUMENTED. *TR
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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