SAAB 9-3 owners have reported 3 problems related to vehicle overheat (under the engine and engine cooling category). The most recently reported issues are listed below. Also please check out the statistics and reliability analysis of SAAB 9-3 based on all problems reported for the 9-3.
First issue was front suspension coils. Replaced both. Biggest issue was once the weather became very cold, car would not start. Ended up being a victim of the bad intake valves provided by gm. Now, after a complete valve job and having the car run great from March 2017 to Dec 2017. . It appears it may have a cracked block. Car never overheated. Fluids were always maintained. Looked into that and apparently there were some casting issues as well. Thanks gm.
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all problems of the 2007 SAAB 9-3
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The contact owns a 2008 SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that the vehicle overheated and stalled several times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the extension tank was replaced three times. The inner hose detached internally and the dealer provided no solution. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and provided no remedy. The contact was uncertain if the part was replaced a fourth time and if the failure would recur. The failure mileage was not available.
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all problems of the 2008 SAAB 9-3
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The contact owns a 2009 SAAB 9-3. The contact stated that the vehicle stalled and noticed that the vehicle was overheating and had to wait for the vehicle to cool down on several occasions. The vehicle was not able to restart intermittently due to the failure. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 60,000.
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all problems of the 2009 SAAB 9-3
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