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2010 Saab 9-5 Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest May 3, 2016
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Apr 15, 2011

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2010 Saab 9-5. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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Airbags
Filed May 3, 2016

S10 DIRECT REPLY- LETTER ADDRESSED TO PRESIDENT OBAMA REQUESTING ASSISTANCE WITH A TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL. *SMD 2010 SAAB 9-5. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *JB UPDATED 06/08/16.*JB

NHTSA ID
10862875
Incident
May 2, 2016
Visibility
Filed Apr 15, 2011
1 injury reported

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SAAB 95. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40-45 MPH WHEN HE NOTICED THAT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS REFLECTING ON THE WINDSHIELD HAD A DOUBLING AFFECT WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND HE WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER PER THE MANUFACTURER TO ADJUST THE SEAT, WHICH THE CONTACT STATED DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THERE WERE THREE AREAS OF THE WINDSHIELD AFFECTED BY THE DOUBLING AFFECT AND AS AN ONCOMING VEHICLE APPROACHED, THE FAILURE CONTINUED AFTER ADJUSTING THE SEAT. THE CONTACT WOULD SUSTAIN HEADACHES WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT THEREFORE, THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY BEING OPERATED IN THE DAYLIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO FILED A COMPLAINT BUT PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 400.

NHTSA ID
10396004
Incident
Apr 9, 2011
Mileage
120 mi

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

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