1998 Saab 900 problems
The 1998 Saab 900 has 26 complaints on file with NHTSA. The largest share (50%) concerns air bags. Next are electrical system (12%) and engine (8%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 26 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 50% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 7 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 86,000 miles 14 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 1 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 2 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 2 |
What the data shows
Of the 14 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 86,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 7 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% 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 1998 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Saab 900 with enough data (7 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.
While parked, I was turning on the car from the passenger side and the passenger side airbag deployed and hit me. Very dangerous, my three year old daughter was behind me and was knocked down. In addition, I could have been driving and had a serious accident. Apparently this was a malfunction (dealer comments). Checked your database and found another incident around the same time a year before, same make,model,year. Isn't this a problem?
Vehicle was parked and passed in off position and for no cause passenger's side air bag deployed. Consumer has yet to contact. Consumer states dealership completed the repair, they indicated that the computer did not show an air bag on the passenger side of the vehicle, dealer could not explain why air bag deployed, one person was injuried due to air bag deployment.
Dt*: the contact stated while stopped at a traffic signal both the front air bags deployed without warning. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who determined the control module shorted causing the deployment. The dealer determined the control module, air bags, and seatbelts needed to be replaced.
I had just pulled out of a parking lot onto a street, going straight, at about 20 MPH, when the passenger side airbag deployed. About a minute later, the driver side airbag deployed, hitting me. I pulled over. The car had not hit anything prior to deployment. The result is that the windshield is cracked, the interior overhead light dislodged and I was disoriented.