NHTSA Campaign 05V399000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
NHTSA campaign 05V399000 covers 6 year-make-model versions listed here and concerns the electrical system: ignition: module. The repair is free.
SAAB CARS USA, INC filed the report for 05V399000 with NHTSA on September 14, 2005; NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation influenced the recall.
For 05V399000, NHTSA lists up to 103,202 potentially affected vehicles, built between June 1, 1999 and June 30, 2000.
The 05V399000 report reached NHTSA 5 years after the last affected vehicle was built.
Owner notification letters for 05V399000 were scheduled from March 13, 2006, 180 days after the report.
05V399000 covers 2 models from Saab, model years 2000–2002.
Owners of the model years 05V399000 covers have filed at least 188 complaints naming the electrical system, about this defect or others in the same group.
Among the 05V399000 vehicles, the 2000 Saab 9-5 has the most (53).
By potentially affected vehicles, 05V399000 ranks 1 of 14 SAAB CARS USA, INC recalls on this site.
Besides 05V399000, SAAB CARS USA, INC has 1 other recall on the electrical system on this site.
What this recall covers
- The defect
- CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH B205/B235 4-CYLINDER GASOLINE ENGINES AND B308 6-CYLINDER GASOLINE ENGINES MAY EXPERIENCE OVERHEATING AND BURNOUT OF THE ISOLATED GATED BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR (IGBT) WITHIN THE IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE (IDM) DUE TO INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO ELECTRICAL LOADS.
- The risk
- OVERHEATING OF THE IGBT OCCURS MOST OFTEN AT ENGINE START-UP, BUT IT MAY ALSO OCCUR WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING. ENGINE STALLING MAY OCCUR, WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH.
- The fix
- DEALERS WILL INSPECT TO SEE WHAT VERSION IDM IS IN THE VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE IDM IF IT IS A VERSION BUILT PRIOR TO THE INTRODUCTION OF QP3. AN INTERIM LETTER WILL BE MAILED TO OWNERS IN OCTOBER 2005, INFORMING THEM OF THE CONDITION. PARTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AND OWNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED TO BRING THEIR VEHICLES IN TO THE DEALERS TO HAVE THE IDM REPLACED BY LETTER DATED MARCH 13, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT SAAB AT 1-800-955-9007.
- Notes
- SAAB RECALL NO. 05087.
Reported September 14, 2005
Vehicles covered by 05V399000 (6)
Being on this list means your year, make and model fall inside campaign 05V399000, not that your own vehicle does: a campaign covers a range of VINs. A VIN check on NHTSA's lookup shows whether it is.
Newest record on this page: September 14, 2005. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted