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Saab air bags problems

Across all Saab models in NHTSA's complaint database, 561 complaints involve air bags. The 9-3 accounts for the largest share (66%). The single worst model year is the 2006 9-3 with 87 air bags complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
561 about air bags, all Saab models
Most affected
9-3 66% of these complaints
Typical mileage
89,000 miles 150 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
47 and 2

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Saab models

ModelComplaintsShare
9-337066%
9-56411%
9-2X5410%
900417%
9-3 Convertible102%
900092%
9-7X81%
9-4X10%

Worst model years for air bags

  1. 2006 Saab 9-387 complaints
  2. 2008 Saab 9-371 complaints
  3. 2007 Saab 9-367 complaints
  4. 2005 Saab 9-2X46 complaints
  5. 2011 Saab 9-325 complaints

Air bags complaints by model year

Saab air bags complaints by model year 0 75 150 1990: 2 '90 1991: 3 1992: 9 '92 1993: 3 1994: 8 '94 1995: 7 1996: 5 '96 1997: 2 1998: 13 '98 1999: 26 2000: 18 '00 2001: 8 2002: 6 '02 2003: 16 2004: 21 '04 2005: 61 2006: 112 '06 2007: 80 2008: 92 '08 2009: 19 2010: 23 '10 2011: 27
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19902
19913
19929
19933
19948
19957
19965
19972
199813
199926
200018
20018
20026
200316
200421
200561
2006112
200780
200892
200919
201023
201127

Among the 150 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 88,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.