Consumer Complaint Detail

SAAB / 95 / 2001

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0 Injured
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005032250 Incident Date: Jun, 08 2005
Consumer's City: WARREN Consumer's State: RI
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: SAAB CARS USA, INC.
Model Name: 95 Model Year: 2001
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YS3ED58E213 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Aug, 02 2005 Complaint Type: EVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Dec, 12 2001
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 0 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Dt:the owner had problems with saab beginning in june. while driving 30 mph the car shut down. the car had no electrical power or power steering. the owner got off the main road and got onto shoulder. the owner's car ended up at saab pacific, the owner found out that her friend had a similar problem. the mechanic told her that parts failed on every 1995 saab. manufacturer knew about it but were not doing anything right now. the mechanic determined that the failed part was an ignition discharge problem. the part was replaced. there was another electric system problem in july. while driving windshield wipers and mirrors failed the car was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the owner needed to replace the dice cassette. the dealership spent 3 days finding a dice cassette, and owner decided not to replace the dice cassette. the owner went back to mechanic who replaced a relay fuse. this corrected the problems with the electrical system. the vehicle was regularly serviced and the records were available.*ak