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1992 Saab 9000 problems

NHTSA has received 32 complaints about the 1992 Saab 9000, and 19% of them involve electrical system. After that come fuel system (19%) and transmission (12%).

At a glance

Complaints
32 filed with NHTSA
Most reported
Electrical system 19% of complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
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%.

  • Electrical system 19%
  • Fuel system 19%
  • Transmission 13%
  • Brakes 9%
  • Drivetrain & axles 9%
  • Air bags 6%
  • Lighting 6%
  • Wipers, windshield & visibility 6%
  • Cruise control 3%
  • Engine 3%

What the data shows

Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a fire. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.

It is also covered by 4 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 driving a fire started on the passenger side under sunvisor which is equipped with a power mirror , cause unknown. Please give any further details.

Fire

The owner had taken the car in for steering to be flushed, and was told that high pressure holes caused leaking, perventive maintance was not done.

When accelerating to merge into traffic or pass a vehicle, traction control warning light comes on, engine drops to approx. 500 rmps and vehicle dies. Was unable to restart engine.

July 1996

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