NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Saab 9-3 Recalls
The 2000 Saab 9-3 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 14, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Saab 9-3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 50
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
On a 2000 Saab 9-3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2000 Saab 9-3
Electrical system: ignition: module
- Campaign
- 05V399000
- Reported
- September 14, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 103,202
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 9-3, 1 other model
Air bags
- Campaign
- 01V168000
- Reported
- May 18, 2001
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,073
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2001 9-3, 1 other model
2000 Saab 9-3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 50 owner complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-3, the newest on August 1, 2024. Of these, 4 describe a crash (8%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-3, the component group named most often is the electrical system (46%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (26%) and the air bags (20%).
1 of the 2000 Saab 9-3's 2 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Saab 9-3 owners gave the mileage (40 complaints), the median was 93,118 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System23
- Engine And Engine Cooling13
- Air Bags10
- Seat Belts3
- Equipment2
- Fuel System, Gasoline2
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-3 peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 8. 8% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
The 50 complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-3 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saab 9-3 by model year
Other 2000 Saab models
Newest record on this page: August 1, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted