2011 Saab 9-3 problems
Owners have filed 33 complaints with NHTSA about the 2011 Saab 9-3. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 76% of complaints. After that come seat belts (9%) and brakes (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 33 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 76% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 93% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2011 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 13 model years of the Saab 9-3 with enough data (25 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 3 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
The all wheel drive hydraulic pump went bad and there are none available to fix car. The haldex all wheel drive is being used on various other makes and I believe that there is a defect in the design of the system. When I checked on line there have been a number of people reporting this same problem with the hydraulic pump on their all wheel drive cars.
Large sections of the front brake rotors are flaking apart. The rotor surface is reduced to about half of normal and no longer provides safe stopping ability. Stopping distance is significantly increased and safety is severely compromised. Vehicle mileage at time pf problem discovery 14,000 miles.
Takata recall gm/saab has no parts to deliver to the local saab dealer to replace the necessary parts to make the car safe to drive. GM claims that the problem is not a high risk in new york.
Takata recall. Saab vehicle has been recalled for potentially dangerous airbag, but manufacturer is out of business and previous parent company (GM) has not indicated any timeframe for fixing the defective airbag. This car is now going on 5 years with this defective airbag in place. What can be done?
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 saab 9-3. The contact stated that while driving, the air bag sensor warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer and local dealer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 103,000.