Cruise Control Problems of SAAB 9-3

When I used my cruise control sometimes it engages and does not engage. It did this for over a month. When I first bought the car, I did my research on it and it said that it has a steering fluid loss problem, because the quality is poor. I am curious to why there has not been a recall on it yet.

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Concern 1 as a female it is a safety issue to be stranded in my vehicle, recently what I thought was a battery issue turned out to be a key fob issue. I have been stranded with a well cared for vehicle that has keys that start and get to destination, but have gotten back in my vehicle and the car does not recognize the fob. Concern 2 I have noticed that the cruise control is automatically coming on, and I have to manually turn it off, there have been times when I was not aware until until I took foot off accelerator and the car still traveled at the cruise speed, tapping the brake did not disengage the cruise setting.

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Multiple shorts indicated on sid. Original message "electronic stability control failure". This is a common complaint amongst SAAB owners for this make and model. Occasionally, an associated an abs failure indication will appear while traveling. Have not noticed a loss in abs function yet, but it was dry when these shorts occurred. The failure is assumed to be associated with the cruise control function and its use has been lost.

The contact owns a 2008 SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that while driving at 60-70 mph, the cruise control activated independently. The contact mentioned that the brake pedal was applied to deactivate the cruise control. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Brakes have failed to work several times. They feel like they are locked and not able to press down. Today after accelerating from 0 to about 35 miles per hour the car continued to accelerate on it's own. I felt like the cruise control kick in. I tried to press on the brakes but they would not work. I was driving in the passing lane to avoid hitting any cars. I noticed the cruise control was on. I turned it off and the brakes finally started to work. The dealership can not duplicate the problem and claims he has never heard of any such complaints. I have seen several of these complaints on the internet.

Clear day. Highway travel. Cruise control set to 65-70 mph. 2006 SAAB 9-3 convertible 3200 miles. Entered construction zone and attempted to slow/brake and the car did not slow down. Car continued at set speed. Seems the cruise control did not disengage and the car was fighting to keep the speed up to cruise control setting. Truck ahead slowed and I did not. Maneuvered left to avoid truck and made contact with a construction trailer. Continued to after contact. Had to use emergency brake to stop vehicle. Penn dot called police to the crash scene. Car was towed and the retrieved by dealer. Insurance adjust, SAAB tech and SAAB collision manager pulled an error code from the diagnostic and verbally stated that the cruise control did not disengage. Later after the adjuster left was contact by a regional department stating that the tech mis-interpreted the code. SAAB sales manager has not returned 5 messages for information of releasing us from our lease.

When accelerating from 55 to 65 mph in the passing lane with the cruise control engaged the vehicle continued to accelerate up to 90 mph. Consumer applied the brakes hard to reduce the speed down to 70 mph, but the vehicle continued to accelerates up to 95 mph. Consumer reapplied the brakes and got the vehicle down to 10 mph when he shifted the vehicle into neutral and turned the vehicle off. A fire has temporary develop in both front wheels and extinguish itself within 5 minutes. Consumer got back into the vehicle and drove the vehicle to the dealer. The cause of the problem has not been determined. Dealer is replaced the complete braking system and the cruise control deactivation switch.

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Cruise control was set at 68 mph. When driver applied brakes several times cruise would not disengage, causing a rearend accident. Vehicle was a total loss.

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