Three problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2000 SAAB 9-3. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 SAAB 9-3 based on all problems reported for the 2000 9-3.
The contact owns a 2000 SAAB 9-3. At 68,359 miles, the engine was rebuilt due to a blown piston. The manufacturer stated that his VIN was not included in the recall. Fifteen months later, the entire engine had to be rebuilt for the same failure. While driving 55 mph, the vehicle stalled and the engine suddenly failed. The vehicle was repaired, but the contact believes that the manufacturer should consider this a recall because of the frequency of the failures. The recall number was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 97,780.
While driving 45 mph, the vehicle stalled. The consumer had the vehicle towed.
Tire rim's dented in normal use & tires blew. Tires & rims each $250 for total of $2000 turbo failed; installed new turbo at cost of $1200.