Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1989 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
14
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
3
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

14 filed
2
Crashes
3
Fires
1
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:STARTER Assembly
    3
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:TAIL Lights
    1
  • Electrical SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V Battery
    1
  • Vehicle Speed CONTROL:CABLES
    1
  • Exterior LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS:SWITCH
    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.

88V185000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1988-11-28

FUEL FILTER MAY NOT MEET THE SPECIFICATION CONCERNING LEAKAGE CRITERIA DUE TO LOW TEMPERATURE DURING THE GLUING PROCESS.

RiskFUEL FILTER MAY LEAK CREATING A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.

FixREPLACE FUEL FILTER.

NHTSA investigations

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

PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FIRE

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

PASSENGER COMPARTMENT FIRES

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