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  NHTSA Recall 91V002000

NHTSA Campaign Id 91V002000; Date: Oct. 2, 1991

The gear position could not be selected or determinedusing the selector lever; car could be started in gear other than park orneutral, resulting in sudden unexpected vehicle movement.

icon1 Recalled Vehicles:

1991 SAAB 9000

Component: Power Train:automatic Transmission

Manufactured by: Saab Cars Usa, Inc.

Affected Units:: 250

icon3 Recall Summary:

Improper assembly could cause the ball of the gear selector arm not to be properly fixed to the socket on the end of the gear selector cable; gear selector arm could separate from the gear selector cable at the ball socket joint.

icon2 How to Fix:

Properly seat gear selector arm ball in the selector cable socket and secure by a lock ring inside the socket.

icon4 Recall Notes:

System: automatic transmission gear selector linkage. Vehicle description: passenger cars.

Date Owners notified by Manufacturer: Jan 25, 1991

Also see:

All recalls of SAAB vehicles.

More recall documents on nhtsa.gov.