NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Saab 9-3 Recalls
The 2006 Saab 9-3 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 3, 2016.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Saab 9-3. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 179
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
On a 2006 Saab 9-3, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2006 Saab 9-3
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V063000
- Reported
- February 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 113,716
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2007–2011 9-3, 2 other models
Seat belts: front: retractor
- Campaign
- 14V318000
- Reported
- June 12, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28,789
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005, 2007–2011 9-3
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 11E009000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2005, 2007–2011 9-3, 2 other models
2006 Saab 9-3 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 179 owner complaints about the 2006 Saab 9-3, the newest on August 6, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Saab 9-3, the component group named most often is the air bags (49%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (13%) and the seat belts (8%).
1 of the 2006 Saab 9-3's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2006 Saab 9-3 owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 40,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags87
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic23
- Seat Belts15
- Electrical System13
- Engine And Engine Cooling11
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 18 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 13 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 47 | |
| 2017 | 34 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Saab 9-3 peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 47. 21% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Saab 9-3 drew 1.9× the complaints of the median Saab 9-3 year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 7 ranked years.
The 179 complaints about the 2006 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 2006 Saab models
Newest record on this page: August 6, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted