1989 Saab 9000
Safety record from NHTSA: recalls, owner complaints, investigations and service bulletins.
Have the VIN?
These records cover every 1989 Saab 9000. To see whether one car still needs a recall repair, decode its VIN or check it with NHTSA.
Recalls
3 recalls name the 1989 Saab 9000. Newest first.
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.
Risk and remedy
Risk
This could cause overheating of the switch assembly withsmoke and possibly a fire in the center console area.
Remedy
Add an electrical circuit, including a relay, to the backup lamp circuit to reduce the current that can flow through the combination switch.
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.
Risk and remedy
Risk
This could cause brake fluid leakage; thus, the brakecircuit supplied by that line would become inoperative and result in decreasedbraking effectiveness and an accident.
Remedy
Change cable routing and install new attachment bracket to prevent chafing.
Fuel filter may not meet the specification concerning leakage criteria due to low temperature during the gluing process.
Risk and remedy
Risk
Fuel filter may leak creating a potential fire hazard.
Remedy
Replace fuel filter.
Owner complaints
14 complaints2 involved a crash3 involved a fire1 injuries
What owners report most
Latest complaints
- Engine and engine cooling › Cooling system · Parking brake › Conventional · Power train › Automatic transmission · Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
Saab customer assist ctr declined all form of assistance. No safety defect listed in the summary. *Ak
- Vehicle speed control › Linkages
While pulling out of a parking space, as soon as the car was put in drive, the vehicle took off. The vehicle hit other cars. Dealer has not seen vehicle. *ak
- Engine and engine cooling › Cooling system › Fan
Cooling fan relay burned out melting the relay fuse box located under the hood.
- Air bags › Frontal
According to manufacturers standard equipment, driver side aig bag should have been installed, however it's not.
- Electrical system › Starter assembly
Vehicle shuts down without warning and can sometime be restarted with a battery boost.
- Electrical system › 12v/24v/48v battery · Electrical system › Starter assembly · Engine and engine cooling › Engine · Exterior lighting › Back up lights › Switch · Power train › Automatic transmission · Structure › Body › Door · Vehicle speed control › Cables
Vehicle stalling due to battery distributor block. *Sd
- Electrical system › Starter assembly
Vehicle engine overheats and the starter will not start. *ak
- Engine and engine cooling › Engine › Gasoline
Saw smoke, popped hood engine was on fire. please give more details. tt
- Fuel system, gasoline
The vehicle burned and was totalled. tt
- Electrical system
The electrical installation caused the ignition to almost go out. Please describe. tt
- Exterior lighting › Tail lights
After driven/parked 30 mins., vehicle began to smoke and fire started in area of tail lights. Please describe details. tt
- Electrical system › Ignition · Power train › Automatic transmission
Transmission fails to go into gear, preventing vehicle from starting. *aw
- Electrical system › Wiring › Fuses and circuit breakers
The fuse box in the glove compartment melt the candy that was in the box smell the smoke in car. tt
- Service brakes, hydraulic › Antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
ABS: brakes have gone out 2 times without warning; pedal goes to floor with no braking effect; no warning; extended stopping; 45 mph. tt
Defect investigations
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation opened these reviews into vehicles including this one.
- Passenger compartment fire
There is no summary currently available
- Passenger compartment fires
There is no summary currently available
Service bulletins
Technical service bulletins and other communications the manufacturer sent dealers about this vehicle. Ask a dealer for the full document by its number.
- 604046Backgroud information in diagnosing a driveability complaint or the check engine lamp coming on.
- 52448Adjustment of bearing tension.
- 52045Recall 278 - overheating of back-up light switch- saab cars USA, inc has notified the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) that a defect which relates to motor vehicle safety may exist in certain 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 and early 1990 9000 models with automatic transmission- approximately 24,000 vehicles were originally affected- the defect consists of the possibility that the combination neutral safety/back-up light switch may overheat from the current flow through the back-up lamp circuit when the ignition IS switched on and the automatic transmission selector lever IS in the reverse (r) position for long periods of time- if overheating of the switch assembly does occur, smoke, or possibly, fire could develop in the center console area of the passenger compartment even if the engine has been switched off- these cars were recalled to modify the back-up light wiring circuit to reduce the maximum electrical current flow through the neutral safety/back-up light switch, and to replace the switch- recall 278.
Every Saab 9000 model year
Bars are owner complaints, dots mark years with recalls. Select a year to open its report.