NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Saab 9-5 Recalls
The 2000 Saab 9-5 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 14, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Saab 9-5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 102
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2000 Saab 9-5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2000 Saab 9-5
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 9-5, 1 other model
Wheels: hub
- Campaign
- 03V006000
- Reported
- January 13, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,726
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 9-5
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 9-5, 1 other model
2000 Saab 9-5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 102 owner complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-5, the newest on December 14, 2016. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-5, the component group named most often is the electrical system (52%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (14%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
1 of the 2000 Saab 9-5's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Saab 9-5 owners gave the mileage (84 complaints), the median was 78,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System53
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
- Engine And Engine Cooling12
- Fuel System, Gasoline10
- Visibility5
- Air Bags2
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 15 | |
| 2006 | 29 | |
| 2007 | 26 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-5 peaked in 2006, when NHTSA received 29. 5% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
The 102 complaints about the 2000 Saab 9-5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Saab 9-5 by model year
Other 2000 Saab models
Newest record on this page: December 14, 2016. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted