Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 Saab 900

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
13
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
1
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

13 filed
1
Crashes
1
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power Train
    2
  • Parking BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL:MECHANICAL:LINKAGE AND Cable
    2
  • Seats
    1
  • Power TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL Unit
    1
  • STEERING:LINKAGES:ARM:IDLER AND Attachment
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN
    1
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:RADIATOR Assembly
    1
  • SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
88V173000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH1988-11-01

WIRING HARNESS MAY CHAFE AGAINST SHARP EDGES UNDER THE DASHBOARD AND AGAINST A SUPPORT UNDER THE REAR SEAT (1988 MODELS ONLY).

RiskTHIS COULD CAUSE A SHORT CIRCUIT; THE RESULTING HEATBUILDUP COULD CAUSE SMOKE OR A FIRE IN THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

FixINSTALL RUBBER PROTECTIVE STRIPS TO SHARP EDGES AND COMPLETELY ENCASE WIRE HARNESS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC TUBE.

88V149000·SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM1988-09-07

BOLTS USED IN THE ATTACHMENTS OF THE FRONT SUSPENSION SYSTEM CONTROL ARMS MAY BE DEFECTIVE.

RiskIF MORE THAN ONE OF THE THREE BOLTS SHOULD FAIL, LOWERFRONT CONTROL ARM COULD COME LOOSE LEADING TO LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AFRONT WHEEL.

FixREPLACE BOLTS WITH PROPER SPECIFICATION BOLTS.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE93102·SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER1993-12-08 → 1994-04-21

SEAT BACK RECLINER FAILURE

PE89008·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1988-10-21 → 1989-01-26

BATTERY CABLE GROUNDING

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