Saab 9-5
Registered from 1999 to 2012.
About this model
The Saab 9-5 is an executive car, manufactured and marketed by Saab from 1997 to 2012, across two generations.
From the Wikipedia article Saab 9-5, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | Standard |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 220 hp · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway |
| 2011 | 220 hp · 2005 kg · 2840 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 8.4 motorway · Sedan |
| 2010 | 300 hp · 1351 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2009 | 1351 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2008 | 1351 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2007 | 1642 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2006 | 1351 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 14.7 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2005 | 1351 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2004 | 1351 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2003 | 1630 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 8.7 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2002 | 1630 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.2 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.0 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
| 2001 | 1630 kg · 2700 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Wagon, 4-door |
Regulator investigations
Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.
Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
Engineering analysis, opened September 2021, still open.
Engine stall/ engine compartment fires
Preliminary evaluation, opened April 2005, closed September 2005.
What the maker told its dealers
Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.
Saab filed 125 bulletins about the 2012 9-5.
- Equipment: 35
- Electrical system: 22
- Engine and engine cooling: 12
- Power train: 8
- Visibility: 6
- Wheels: 5
- Engine: 4
- Equipment adaptive/mobility: 4
- Seat belts: 4
- Structure: 3
- Other: 22
- This preliminary information communicates information about how to determine if a wheel and tires size change is available. · April 2026
- This Preliminary information communicates the steps on how to save a GDS2 Session Log and upload to a Technical Assistance Case in CX Connect. · March 2026
- This preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email GDS2 session logs into Technical Assistance. · March 2026
- This preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email GDS2 session logs into Technical Assistance. · January 2026
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have had multiple repair attempts that are being performed on customer’s vehicles that exhibit… · November 2025
- New Vehicle Monitoring Programs Section in IVH · September 2025
- This preliminary information advises a dealer on how to email GDS2 session logs into Technical Assistance. · August 2025
- This Preliminary Information communication provides information to the technician about vehicles that have an intermittent no crank, no start, or start stall concern with the security light coming… · August 2025
117 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.