1994 Saab 900 problems
The 1994 Saab 900 has 88 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (12%) concerns electrical system. Next are engine (12%) and cruise control (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 88 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 13% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 2
- 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: 5 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1994 ranks 2nd most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Saab 900 with enough data (62 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 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.
When started, vehicle begins to smoke and catch fire. Fire failure possibly due to electrical failure. Please describe details w/location of fire on vehicle.
A fire started in the passenger side dash of the car, in a rapid sequence of events the windshield cracked, the passenger air bag deployed and thick smoke engulfed the interior of the vehicle, as the driver exited the vehicle the drivers side air bag deployed adding to the flames, the vehicle was totaled. Nlm
ABS brakes didn't respond properly with delay in reaction, vehicle plowed into truck. No air bag deployment, but extensive front damage. Tt
In july of 2003, saab of santa monica, ca replaced the timing belt on my used 1994 saab 900 (65,000 mile service). The labor was complimentary and covered under a change in scheduled maintenance outlined by saab USA in a letter sent out to saab 900 owners in july 1995. The letter amended information in the warranties and service record booklet and owner's manual and stated that rather than every 95,000 miles, saab was now recommending that the belt for the camshaft drive mechanism be replaced beginning with the…
While driving on the dan ryan expressway at 3:00 p.m. On 4/30/04, I heard a pop and I thought a belt snapped, my car, a 1994 saab s, jerked, it was difficult to gain control. I smelled burning rubber. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a tire role from east to west on the expressway. I thought I ran over it. Further down the road a person on another car told me I didn't have a tire on the passenger side of the car in the rear. When I pulled off the expressay I saw the tire was missing.