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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007117199 | Incident Date: Jun, 12 2007 |
| Consumer's City: RALEIGH | Consumer's State: NC |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: SAAB CARS USA, INC. |
| Model Name: 9-3 | Model Year: 2000 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: YS3DD78H7Y7 | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Aug, 27 2007 | Complaint Type: EVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 09 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Tl*the contact owns a 2000 saab 9-3. at 68,359 miles, the engine was rebuilt due to a blown piston. the manufacturer stated that his vin was not included in the recall. fifteen months later, the entire engine had to be rebuilt for the same failure. while driving 55 mph, the vehicle stalled and the engine suddenly failed. the vehicle was repaired, but the contact believes that the manufacturer should consider this a recall because of the frequency of the failures. the recall number was unknown. the current and failure mileages were 97,780. |
