Consumer Complaint Detail

SAAB / AERO / 2001

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0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 003228337 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: Exterior lighting:hazard flashing warning lights
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.