Consumer Complaint Detail

SAAB / 95 / 2001

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 006061737 Incident Date: Mar, 27 2006
Consumer's City: EDISON Consumer's State: NJ
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: Power train:automatic transmission
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YS3EF58Z413 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Apr, 05 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: -
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: About 6 months after the saab specify transmission fluid change, my 2001 saab 95se wagon with 66,363 miles has developed the below problem. approximately a mile to a mile and half after driving 20-40 mph, the car wouldn't move forward while the engine was running fine. turned the ignition off for 10 minutes, restarted the car, moved about 100-200 feet, the same symptom happened again. the car was towed to an indy and then to a dealer. indy found code p0730 but the dealer was not able to duplicate the same. dealer charged over $100 and said the car was fine after allegedly test drive "10 miles". we picked the car. after a mile of slow driving, the same symptom developed. without finding out what's the cause of this problem nor had they opened the transmission, the dealer concluded that i need a new transmission. saab usa was informed and it was saab usa directed me to the dealer. now they want to close the case, without any assistance. *nm