1998 Saab 9000

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the suspension › front › control arm. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails

Component	Reports		Crashes	Fires	Injuries
Suspension › Front › Control Arm	1		0	0	0

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports

Equipment › Other › Labels98V139000

Filed Jun 23, 199839,313 vehiclesSaab Cars Usa, Inc.

Defect. VEHICLE DESCRIPTION: PASSENGER VEHICLES. THE AIR BAG ALERT LABEL ON THE DRIVER SIDE VISOR WAS OMITTED. THIS DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FMVSS NO. 208, "OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION."

Risk. THE VEHICLE OCCUPANT MAY NOT PROPERLY UNDERSTAND THE OPERATION OF THE AIR BAG SYSTEM AND THE NEED TO USE SEAT BELTS.

Remedy. OWNERS WILL BE PROVIDED WITH AN ALERT LABEL TO BE INSTALLED ON THE VISIBLE SIDE OF THE DRIVER'S SUN VISOR. IF AN OWNER SO DESIRES, THEIR DEALER CAN INSTALL THE LABEL FOR THEM.

What owners reported

Newest filings

Suspension › Front › Control Arm

Filed Sep 28, 1998CA

CONTROL ARM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS PROBLEM WAS A PART OF A RECALL BUT THE OWNER WAS NEVER NOTIFIED.

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1993

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Assessment
1998 — this page	1	1	0	Routine
1997	6	1	0	Routine
1996	10	0	1	Routine
1995	8	0	0	Routine
1994	14	4	0	Routine
1993	29	5	1	Routine
1992	19	4	1	Routine
1991	8	1	1	Routine
1990	7	1	1	Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Jun 23, 1998. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.