general problems of the 2006 SAAB 9-3 - part 2

73 problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2006 SAAB 9-3. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2006 SAAB 9-3 based on all problems reported for the 2006 9-3.

36 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/31/2016

Takata recall. I have been notified of the recall about 9 months ago. There have been multiple deaths related to the airbag deployment. I feel unsafe driving my car and would like a remedy now. If you can not fix the airbag now I would like to have an alternative option to driving the ticking timebomb.

37 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/31/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The VIN was invalid. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

38 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/29/2016

"takata recall" - I'm very upset and angered that the gm safety recall 28810/SAAB safety recall 15041informs me of the risk of injury or death to vehicle occupants but provides no remedy! according to the recall letter that I received and verification from the gm dealership that sold me my vehicle, there are no parts available to order and gm won't provide for a loaner or rental car! therefore I'm expected to rent a car until the parts are available at my own expense or risk injury or death to me, my wife, my children or any other occupants for a potentially 3-12 month period of time. How is this acceptable or allowed by my government safety administration? I'm more familiar than some others as my wife's 2010 Honda crv was recalled just last week for the same air bag concerns, but in Honda's case, they have provided a rental car at no cost to my wife even though they don't expect replacement parts to be available until later this summer 2016! a foreign manufacturer stepping up but an american institution, general motors, turns their cheek and exhibits unconscible blindness to our predicament. Please get involved or at least explain to me how I'm supposed to accept what gm is communicating to me is a customer and a u. S. Citizen! thank you, steven h schlosberg 503-481-2818.

39 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/28/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v061000 (air bags) and felt that the part expected availability date was unreasonable. The contact mentioned that the dealer declined a loaner vehicle. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

40 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/21/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags). The part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact called flow SAAB (located on 1400 s stratford rd, winston-salem, nc 27103) and was informed that he had to wait to make an appointment in September. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. The VIN was not available. Parts distribution disconnect.

41 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/18/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the parts to do the repair were unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

42 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/15/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

43 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/13/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

44 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/09/2016

The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that the recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags) was received in March. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed to repair the vehicle were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be given. The contact had not experienced a failure.

45 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/07/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer could not provide an estimated date for when the contact's vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

46 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/07/2016

The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

47 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/03/2016

The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags). The contact was unable to have the vehicle repaired due to the nearest service center being two states away. Eisinger motors, the nearest GMC dealer, was contacted and informed the contact that they were not performing any SAAB takata air bag replacements, and advised the contact to go to the nearest service center. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and offered the same advice. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

48 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/02/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 15v041000 (air bags ) however, the part to do the repairs was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts unavailable.

49 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that the recall notice for NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags) was received in March of 2016. After contacting the dealer and the manufacturer on multiple occasions, the contact was informed that the parts needed for the recall remedy were still not available and no estimated time for receiving the parts could be provided. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

50 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

Takata recall - I was notified in March 2016 or the airbag issue with my 2006 SAAB 9-3 aero. It has been five months and there still is no solution. What is the status of this recall and how long is it going to take? I don't like driving a ticking time bomb.

51 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

I received a recall notice over a year ago to replace my air bags and parts are still not available. How much longer do we have to wait for replacement parts?.

52 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

Takata recall. Received notice in March 2016 about recall. August 2016 and still no parts available! bought this car because of it's safety record for my 20-year old daughter at college. Scared every time she gets in it because of this issue. How can this happen where the parts are not available for so long?? gm should be held responsible. Someone needs to get this issue on the fast track to be fixed ASAP!.

53 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

Takata recall - I received a recall notice in March of 2016 and still there are no recall parts available. When can we expect to have replacement parts for our vehicles?.

54 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

I received a letter in March alerting me of a potential airbag problem with deadly consequences. It is August and there is still no solution? kind of concerning, don't you think?.

55 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 03/01/2016

The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

56 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/16/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

57 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/15/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the remedy was not yet available. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

58 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/05/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the contact was unable to get the recall completed due to the distance needed to travel in order to get the recall completed. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The contact stated that the nearest SAAB service center was approximately 170 miles away. The dealer was not notified. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and stated that they were working on getting other dealers to participate in completing the recall repair. The VIN was unknown. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

59 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/04/2016

Takata recall. This known defect puts my life at risk every day. It has been known since February 4, 2016. It is now August 11, 2016. It is completely unacceptable to not yet have a replacement.

60 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received more than four recall notifications for NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags). The part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The contact called michael hohl motor company (3700 s carson st, carson city, nv 89701, (775) 297-4689) and an unknown dealer. Both dealers were unable to provide a specific date for when the part would become available. The manufacturer was contacted. The contact was not experiencing a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

61 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags); however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

62 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

Takata recall. The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags) and stated that the part was not available within a reasonable time frame to schedule the recall repair. The dealer did not give a specific date for when the part would become available so the contact was unable to determine when the vehicle would be repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and could not provide an estimated date for when the contacts vehicle would receive the recall repair. The contact was not experiencing a failure. VIN tool confirms parts not available.

63 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

Takata recall: was notified Feb 2016 but there is no way to get this fixed! there is no way to remedy this problem. I am still waiting to hear what to do about getting the airbags replaced and in the meantime, despite paying for insurance, costs, etc, have limited my use of the car. No word from anyone; no one is willing to fix it.

64 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

Takata recall: to date, there is still no remedy available. Are they waiting for more people to die? the recall date of this open recall was in February 2016, which is nearly a year ago. This failure to remedy this "safety risk"/deadly problem nearly nine months definitely qualifies as a not being remedied in a timely manner. Please advise.

65 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

The contact owns a 2006 SAAB 9-3. The contact received a recall notification for NHTSA campaign number: 16v063000 (air bags) and stated that the part needed was unavailable to perform the recall repair. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The contact had not experienced a failure. Parts distribution disconnect.

66 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/01/2016

Takata recall. . . . . . . . When is a fix going to be found. Been waiting forever ! its ridiculous ! gm should be held accountable.

67 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/01/2016

Takata recall. I feel that gm should be ready and completing these recalls in a much more timely fashion. This has been a known issue for quite some time and owners shoukd not have to live with the worry about these potentially lethal airbags!.

68 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 02/01/2016

I was informed of the air bag recall in February. To date there has been no action to remedy -- replace the faulty part. This is an everyday car which carries two pre-schoolers. I would like to know when the air bags will be replaced and what other options I have given the serious injury or death claims from this recall. It's been three months. Thank you.

69 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/01/2016

Takata recall-- I have heard nothing as to when this will be performed.

70 Air Bag problem

Failure Date: 01/01/2016

Takata recall.



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