Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1988 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.

3
Open recalls
12
NHTSA complaints
3
Defect investigations
4
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

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

What people complain about

  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER Dash
    2
  • Fuel SYSTEM, Gasoline
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    1
  • Seats
    1
  • VISIBILITY:POWER Window Devices AND Controls
    1
  • EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND Circuit Breakers
    1

Recalls

3 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.

89V191000·SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1989-11-06

THE ROUTING OF THE THROTTLE KICKDOWN CABLE COULD ALLOW CHAFING TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE CABLE AND ANY ONE OF THREE STEEL BRAKE FLUID LINES NEAR THE VALVE BLOCK OF THE HYDRAULIC BRAKE UNIT.

RiskTHIS COULD CAUSE BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE; THUS, THE BRAKECIRCUIT SUPPLIED BY THAT LINE WOULD BECOME INOPERATIVE AND RESULT IN DECREASEDBRAKING EFFECTIVENESS AND AN ACCIDENT.

FixCHANGE CABLE ROUTING AND INSTALL NEW ATTACHMENT BRACKET TO PREVENT CHAFING.

88V057000·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL1988-04-05

THE BALL CHAIN BETWEEN THE CRUISE CONTROL VACUUM REGULATOR AND THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ARM MAY CATCH ON THE VACUUM REGULATOR ATTACHMENT CLIP.

RiskIF THE CHAIN GETS CAUGHT THE THROTTLE COULD BE PREVENTEDFROM RETURNING TO FULLY CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS RELEASED.

FixA PLASTIC CAP WILL BE INSTALLED OVER THE VACUUM REGULATOR CLIP TO COVER THE OPENINGS.

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

PE88081·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1988-07-06 → 1988-08-25

WIRE HARNESS CHAFING

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