| Components - Details | |
|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003228336 | Incident Date: Jul, 31 2003 |
| Consumer's City: SAN FRANCISCO | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: SAAB CARS USA, INC. |
| Model Name: AERO | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition:module |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YS3EH48G513 | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 06 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Oct, 27 2000 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: 2001 saab aero while traveling in the fast lane of a freeway at 65 mph without warning experienced complete loss of power. fortunately, the car made it across 3 lanes of traffic to the shoulder (rainy day at dusk); the emergency flashers then failed within 25 minutes. diagnosed as a direct ignition cassette (dic) failure, but flashers failure could not be duplicated. mechanic stated that the dic failure was common, but replacements seldom failed. in our small circle, our next door neighbor had dic failure with his 2000 saab 9-5 and stated we were the only saab owners he hadn't known to have the problem; a colleague of my wife's had dic failure while also driving on a freeway. |
