2000–2001 Saab 9-3 & 2000–2001 Saab 9-5 recall: airbag
⚠️ What's wrong
Vehicle description: certain passenger vehicles fail to comply with requirements of FMVSS no. 208, "occupant crash protection." the air bag alert labels may not be permanently affixed as required by this standard.
💥 The risk
These vehicles do not comply with the requirements.
🔧 The fix
Dealers will clean the sunvisor surface and apply a new air bag alert label on both sunvisors. Owner notification began july 30, 2001. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact saab at 1-800-955-9007.
Is the fix free? Yes. Safety recall repairs are free at any authorized dealer under federal law, including parts and labor. (Vehicles more than 15 years old when the recall was announced can be excluded, but most manufacturers still fix them.)
- NHTSA campaign
- 01V168000
- Manufacturer
- SAAB CARS USA, INC.
- Vehicles affected
- 43,073
- Component
- AIR BAGS
- Owner phone
- 1-800-955-9007
- NHTSA hotline
- 1-888-327-4236
- Owner letters mailed
- Jul 30, 2001
- Built
- Sep 27, 1999 – Jul 7, 2000
- Recall started by
- MFR
- Notes
- Also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-DASH-2-DOT (1-888-327-4236).