2006 SAAB 9-3 Electrical System Problems

TAKATA RECALL, I TOOK MY 06 SAAB 93 AERO INTO BELLEVUE WASHINGTON CADILLAC DEALERSHIP TO GET MY AIR BAG RECALL FIXED, AFTER I HOT THE RECALLED AIRBAG REPLACED THEY RESET MY ECM AND NOW MY AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON INTERMITTENTLY AND DRAINS MY BATTERY DEAD OVER NIGHT! I HAVE CALLED BELLEVUE CADILLAC AND THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE DAMAGE THEY DID TO MY CAR BY REPLACING THE RECALLED AIRBAG WITH ANOTHER BAD AIRBAG! THEY LISTED IN THEIR COMPUTERS THAT THEY FIXED MY CAR AND NEVER DID SO NOW I AM STUCK WITH ANOTHER BAD FAULTY AIRBAG AND NOW A BATTERY DRAIN ISSUE FROM IT. MY CAR HAS BEEN LITERALLY UNDRIVEABLE SINCE THE DAY THEY REPLACED THE RECALLED AIRBAG. THE CAR ALSO HAS A FAILED GAS GAUGE DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES FROM THE FACTORY WHICH WAS NEVER RECALLED, THE FUEL SENDING UNITS ARE BAD AND NEVER WORKED PROPERLY SINCE...

TAKATA RECALL MY CAR HAVE ELECTRICAL ISSUE WITH THE MOTOR TRANSMISSION AND TAIL LIGHTS MY TAIL LIGHT AINT WORKING ALL THE TIME THE PASSENGER SIDE TAIL LIGHT LOOK LIKE THE WIRE CAUGHT ON FIRE BY THE PLUG AND THE TRANSMISSION JURK SOMETIMES AND THE ODBO2 SAYING THERE'S NO TRANSMISSION FLUID AND ITS FULL THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR LIKE COME ON AND WONT GO OFF AFTER I REPLACE IT THEN THE THROTTLE BODY CODE CAME UP AND I REPLACE IT THEN NOW IT START OFF SLOW AND WHEN I CHECK ODBO2 IT SAYING THE THROTTLE BODY AND I KNOW IT'S NOT SO THATS TELL ME IT'S THE WIRING HARNESS

TAKATA RECALL, AFTER GETTING A NOTICE I LOOKED ONLINE CALLED EVERY SINGLE DEALER IN MY AREA THEY ALL SAID THEY DON'T WORK ON SAABI HOPE EVERYTHING IS GM FINALLY I FOUND ONE MOST OF THEM SAID SUB WENT BANKRUPT SO IN A FEW YEARS THE CAR SHOULD BE FIXED FADED OUT AND YOU SHOULD GET RID OF IT THEY SAID NO ONE WILL FIX IT BECAUSE THERE'S NO OLDER THIS IS THE OF THE DEALERSHIPS WITHIN 100 MILE RADIUS DEALERSHIP GMC'S SOMEHOW I GOT CONNECTED TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT SPECIALIZES IN SOB AND THEY SAID THEY SAID THEY COULD DO IT THERE ABOUT ONE MONTH OUT AND I WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THEM WHICH WAS 400 MILES AWAY I TOLD HIM IT WAS A HARDSHIP ALSO AND IF THEY COULD ARRANGE TO PICK IT UP OR WE COULD ARRANGE ANOTHER SHOP TO FIX IT FOR THE DEALER THEY...

WHEEL LOCK IGNITION MODULE MALFUNCTION. THIS IS THE ERROR THAT OCCURS ON SID. THE WHEEL LOCK RELEASE WILL NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY AND THE KEY WILL NOT START THE CAR. OCCASIONALLY, IT WILL TAKE 30 MINUTES FOR THE WHEEL LOCK TO RELEASE AND ALLOW THE CAR TO DRIVEN. TYPICALLY, THIS CODE OCCURS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN THE HUMIDITY IS HIGH. READING THROUGH THE SAAB OWNER WEBSITES, THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. *TR

TWO ITEMS: 1. THE SEATBELT FAILED TO CATCH WHEN PULLED FORWARD AND WOULD UNRAVEL AND NOT RETURN. THE SEATBELT FAILS TO STOP THE PASSENGER SHOULD THERE BE A SUDDEN STOP. 2. BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE TAIL LIGHT ASSEMBLIES HAVE SHORTED AND MELTED AT THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION. *TR

INTERMITTENT PROBLEM WITH DOOR LOCKS, SOMETIMES THE DRIVER'S SIDE, SOMETIMES ONE OF THE OTHER 3 DOORS, THE DOOR LOCK WILL NOT LOCK THE DOOR; OR SOMETIMES IS THE OPPOSITE WHERE IT WILL NOT UNLOCK THE DOOR *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 11:30 PM ON A SMALL (PAVED) COUNTRY ROAD WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON, MY WARNING SYSTEM INDICATED "LEFT HIGH BEAM FAILURE. I CONTINUED DRIVING AND ABOUT A MINUTE LATER I NOTICED SPARKS ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR. I PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND THE LEFT HEAD LIGHT WAS IN FLAMES. WITHIN 15 MINUTES THE ENTIRE FRONT HALF/ENGINE OF THE CAR WAS IN FLAMES AND THE ENTIRE FRONT HALF OF THE CAR ESSENTIALLY BURNED TO THE GROUND. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 SAAB 9-3. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. IMMEDIATELY, THE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDALS FAILED TO RESPOND AND THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO THE IDLING WITHIN THE COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURES WERE RELATED TO THE TEMPERATURE SENSOR, WHICH WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,550.

I HAVE A 2006 SAAB 9-3 AERO, MANUAL TRANSMISSION, APPROXIMATELY 26,500 MILES. SINCE AS EARLY AS OCTOBER, 2007 THE INSTRUMENT PANEL OCCASIONALLY GOES BLANK WHILE THE CAR IS OPERATING. THIS OCCURS IN ALL MANNER OF DRIVING CONDITIONS. IT IS AS IF THE CAR HAS BEEN TURNED OFF. HOWEVER, THE CAR CONTINUES TO RUN. WHEN THIS OCCURS, THE BRAKE LIGHTS, TURN SIGNALS, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, RADIO, WINDOWS AND AIR CONDITIONING SHUT OFF OR DO NOT OPERATE. ON OCCASION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE SUN, IT WILL NOT START AND THE KEY FOB WILL NOT OPERATE THE DOORS. THE CAR HAS BEEN AT THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY HAVE REPLACED A STEERING CIM (?) AND, AFTER THE LATEST INCIDENT, ON JUNE 2, 2009, THE IGNITION SWITCH. NONETHELESS, ON JUNE 7, 2009, THE CONDITION OCCURRED AGAIN. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE OUT OF ALIGNMENT STEERING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASH, IT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL THE SYSTEM WAS CLEARED. THE DEALER WAS VAGUE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND STATED IT WAS NOT NECESSARY TO HAVE IT INSPECTED. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATIC DOORS LOCKS AND THE TRUNK RELEASE AS WELL. THE DOORS LOCK AND UNLOCK AT WILL AND THE DRIVER'S DOOR AND TRUNK CAME OPEN ON ONE OCCASION WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT BEEN ALERTED. *AK UPDATED 08/14/06. *JB