Saab 900
Registered from 1996 to 1998.
About this model
The Saab 900 is a mid-sized automobile produced by Swedish manufacturer Saab from 1978 until 1998 in two generations: the first from 1978 to 1994, and the second from 1994 to 1998.
From the Wikipedia article Saab 900, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Crash test
| Stability control | No |
| Forward collision warning | No |
| Lane departure warning | No |
Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 1335 kg · 2600 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.1 L/100km city · 9.8 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 1997 | 1345 kg · 2600 mm wheelbase · 11.8 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Hatch, 2-door |
| 1996 | 1345 kg · 2600 mm wheelbase · 12.4 L/100km (EPA) · 13.8 L/100km city · 9.4 motorway · Hatch, 2-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.
Inadvertent air bag deployment
Preliminary evaluation, opened May 2001, closed August 2001.
Defective water pump pulley
Defect petition, opened September 2000, closed November 2001.
Stop sale notice
Investigation SQ, opened October 1998, closed November 1998.
New wheel bolts
Investigation SQ, opened October 1998, closed October 1998.
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 31 bulletins about the 1998 900.
- Structure: 7
- Equipment: 5
- Exterior lighting: 4
- Visibility: 3
- Air bags: 2
- Electrical system: 2
- Engine and engine cooling: 1
- Power train: 1
- Seat belts: 1
- Seats: 1
- Other: 4
- Vehicle Recalls · January 2024
- Expanded Availability for Remanufacture and Return (R&R) Electronic Control Modules · December 2023
- This technical bulletin provides a procedure to reprogram the media disc player with the latest calibrations to correct a condition of the rear entertainment system not operating as intended in… · October 2016
- Subject regarding replacement of srs wiring harness. *tt · June 2001
- Some convertibles within certain vin ranges may exhibit a twisted seat belt(s) in the strap guide. *tt · June 2000
- Information on replacing connecting tab on electrically heated rear window. *tt · April 2000
- Some vehicles may exhibit irritating road and wind noise penetrating into the cabin through the cover at the top of the b-pillar. *tt · November 1999
- Concerns with cracks in soft top cover foil strip. *tt · November 1999
23 more.
Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.