Recalls
| Campaign | Manufacturer | Manufacturing date | Type | # of units affected | Date Owner notified Mfg | Recall Initiated by | Manufacturers of recalled vehicles/products | Report Recieved Date | Record Creation Date | Regulation Part Number | FMVSS Number | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | ||||||||||||||||
| 01V168000 | SAAB CARS USA, INC. | from 09/27/1999 to 07/07/2000 | V (Vehicle) | 43073 | 07/30/2001 | MFR | SAAB CARS USA, INC. | 05/18/2001 | 05/23/2001 | 571 | 208 | |||||
| Defect Summary | Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles fail to comply with requirements of fmvss no. 208, occupant crash protection. the air bag alert labels may not be permanently affixed as required by this standard. | |||||||||||||||
| Consequence Summary | These vehicles do not comply with the requirements. | |||||||||||||||
| Corrective Summary | Dealers will clean the sunvisor surface and apply a new air bag alert label on both sunvisors. owner notification began july 30, 2001. owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact saab at 1-800-955-9007. | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236). | |||||||||||||||
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS - SIDE/WINDOW | |||
| 04/15/2006 | 66120 | 1 | |
| On 4/15/06, my husband merle was driving my mother and daughter to a grocery store. my mom stepped out of the front passenger seat; as soon as she did, the side air bag lodged in the passenger seat back spontaneously deployed. it did not deploy upon any kind of collision or impact; however, the car had been in a passenger side collision on february 21, 2006, when another driver hit our car broadside. the repair work was completed in mid-march. on april 18, 2006, i took the car back to the auto body shop that completed the repairs from the 2/21/06 incident. they took the car to saab intl motors (703.534.7222), which performed diagnostics on the car's black box. my understanding is that the diagnostics did not reveal any helpful information to explain the deployment. the side air bag is now being repaired by international motors, at the expense of state farm (phone 1.888.613.3966), the insurer for the driver who originally collided with our car on 2/21/06. the state farm claim # is 206103504-02. *jb | |||
| 08/17/2005 | 62000 | 1 | |
| Dt: the consumer's wife was in serious car accident and the side air bags did not deploy. consumer's vehicle was hit on hit the passenger's side, and was hit so hard that the back passenger's door was stuck to the vehicle that hit it. the driver of the other vehicle admitted he had been going at 30 mph when the side impact occurred. this happened on august 17, 2005. had not contacted dealership, but will be contacting the manufacturer. *ak | |||