Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1986 Saab 9000

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
3
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
3
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

3 filed
0
Crashes
2
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
    1
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
    1
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    1

Recalls

2 campaigns
90V001000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH1990-11-02

ABRASION ON THE PRINTED CIRCUIT CARD IN THE COMBINATION NEUTRAL SAFETY/BACKUP LAMP SWITCH OPERATED BY THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR MAY CAUSE RESIDUE TO COLLECT IN ELECTRICAL AREA ON THE CIRCUIT CARD.

RiskTHIS COULD CAUSE OVERHEATING OF THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY WITHSMOKE AND POSSIBLY A FIRE IN THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA.

FixADD AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT, INCLUDING A RELAY, TO THE BACKUP LAMP CIRCUIT TO REDUCE THE CURRENT THAT CAN FLOW THROUGH THE COMBINATION SWITCH.

86V143000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH1986-10-27

THE WIRING HARNESS MAY CHAFE AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BRACKET. CONSEQUENCE OF DEFECT: IF A SHORT CIRCUIT DEVELOPS, IT COULD RESULT IN A FIRE.

FixAFFIX TWO RUBBER STRIPS TO THE VERTICAL EDGES OF THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR BRACKET.

NHTSA investigations

3 actions
EA95020·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1995-06-30 → 1996-07-31

PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FIRE

PE95009·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1995-02-10 → 1995-06-30

PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FIRES

PE86064·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY1986-07-07 → 1986-09-09

SEAT TRACK/BELT FAILURE

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