Consumer Complaint Detail

SAAB / 9-3 / 2006

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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006093490 Incident Date: Dec, 18 2006
Consumer's City: MOUNTAIN TOP Consumer's State: PA
Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN Manufacturers Name: General Motors, LLC
Model Name: 9-3 Model Year: 2006
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: Yes Component's Description: Vehicle speed control:cruise control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: YS3FD75Y366 Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jan, 29 2007 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: Yes Purchase Date: Jul, 01 2006
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: Clear day. highway travel. cruise control set to 65-70 mph. 2006 saab 9-3 convertible 3200 miles. entered construction zone and attempted to slow/brake and the car did not slow down. car continued at set speed. seems the cruise control did not disengage and the car was fighting to keep the speed up to cruise control setting. truck ahead slowed and i did not. maneuvered left to avoid truck and made contact with a construction trailer. continued to after contact. had to use emergency brake to stop vehicle. penn dot called police to the crash scene. car was towed and the retrieved by dealer. insurance adjust, saab tech and saab collision manager pulled an error code from the diagnostic and verbally stated that the cruise control did not disengage. later after the adjuster left was contact by a regional department stating that the tech mis-interpreted the code. saab sales manager has not returned 5 messages for information of releasing us from our lease. *jb