Two problems related to trunk lid have been reported for the 2003 SAAB 9-3. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2003 SAAB 9-3 based on all problems reported for the 2003 9-3.
When car is locked and trunk lid is opened with the key for the car alarm will sound off, the rear trunk handle also only works when rear trunk hatch is actually opened.
Headlights was too low which caused difficulty in driving at night. There was noise in the rear while backing and turning (the dealer could not find the problem), the onstar feature would not work and was intermittent, the seat belt light had come on and would go off intermittently (unable to duplicate), need service soon light would come on (unable to be duplicated), the squeal in the rear, could have also been linked to salt and sand in the rotors, the trunk would not stay open, the head lights were found to be out of adjustment, and the pads had rust on them.
| Door problems | |
| Body problems | |
| Structure problems | |
| Trunk Lid problems | |
| Underbody Shield problems |