2000 Saab 9-5 Electrical System Problems

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB 9-5. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS SAFELY DRIVEN TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE WAS SHUT OFF. AFTER WAITING FOR THE ENGINE TO COOL, THE CONTACT DISPENSED OIL INTO THE RESERVOIR. THE VEHICLE RESUMED AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE INCREASED RAPIDLY TO THE HOT LEVEL READING. THE ENGINE BEGAN TO OVERHEAT AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V399000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: MODULE) HOWEVER, THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 134,000.

VEHICLE QUIT ON HIGHWAY WOULD NOT RESTART MECHANIC INFORMED ME IGNITION COIL N/G AND THERE WAS A RECALL FROM SAAB BUT THE SERIAL #ON MINE IS NOT ENTITLED. *TR

BLINKING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAPPENS EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE HARD. THE FAILURE WAS IN THE DIRECT IGNITION CASSETTE. CAUSING MISFIRE AND POSSIBLE DAMAGE TO THE CAT. DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A 2000 SAAB 9-5 SE (V-6) (LESS THAN 2 MONTHS AGO) AND I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE. I TRIED TO PULL HER OVER AND PUT SOME DRY GAS IN HER HOPING THAT WOULD FIX IT BUT IT DID NOT. I NURSED HER INTO A GARAGE (NOT A SAAB GARAGE) AND THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED IT WITH A IGNITION CASSETTE FAILURE. I CHECKED ON YOUR WEB-SITE AND CALLED THE SAAB NUMBER AND THE GUY SAID THAT THE RECALL WAS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL RECALL. I FOUND THIS VERY ODD BECAUSE IT WAS THE SAME PART JUST ON A DIFFERENT VIN. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THESE PARTS GOING BEFORE AND IT SEEMS ODD THAT IT WOULD GO ESPECIALLY WHEN THE CAR IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB 9-5. WHILE APPROACHING A STOP LIGHT AT 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN VIBRATING EXCESSIVELY AND THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL. MINUTES LATER, THE INTERIOR LIGHTING DIMMED, THE VEHICLE DRAMATICALLY DECELERATED, AND A BURNING SMELL WAS PRESENT. THE VEHICLE LOST POWER, BUT WAS RESTARTED 15 MINUTES LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A LOCAL DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME FAILURE AS STATED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V399000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE). THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED. HE FILED A FORMAL COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE VIN AND ENGINE SIZE WERE UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 59,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB 9-5. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THROUGH EZ PASS TOLL LANE, THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND REMAINED LIT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE WAS REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE DEALER STATED THAT HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V399000. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 78,015. UPDATED 11/02/07. *JB

I OWN A 2000 SAAB 9-5 V6. JUST RECENTLY, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN THE CAR. WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE AND "BUCK". I HAD A CAR COMPUTER HOOKED UP TO MY CAR TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THE CODE CAME BACK AS A CYLINDER MISFIRE ON CYLINDER #2. I ASKED THE AUTO TECHNICIAN WHAT COULD CAUSE THAT TO HAPPEN. HE TOLD ME TO REPLACE THE SPARK PLUGS AND IN THAT DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE COIL PACK. SO I REPLACED THE SPARK PLUGS AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. I WENT ONLINE TO RESEARCH PRICES OF COIL PACKS OR IGNITION CASSETTES FOR MY CAR. WHILE DOING SO I CAME ACROSS THE FACT THAT THIS PART HAS BEEN RECALLED ON MANY SAABS. I THEN CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO FIND OUT IF MY VEHICLE WAS IN FACT ONE OF THE VEHICLES WITH A RECALLED PART. HE THEN LOOKED UP MY VIN NUMBER AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. I DO NOT KNOW HOW ELSE TO INVESTIGATE IF THIS IS IN FACT TRUE. IF I AM NOT UNDER THE RECALL, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT MAKES MY FAILING CAR PART DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER PARTS THAT WERE RECALLED FOR MY VEHICLE. *JB

REPEATED FAILURE OF SAAB INFORMATION DISPLAY (SID) MODULE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE FAILURE CAUSED OVERHEATING OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE STALLED WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS LOST ALL POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. AUTO MOBILE WAS 2000 SAAB 9-5 WITH A V-6 REFERENCE RECALL NOTICE 05V399000, SAAB DENIES THIS VEHICLE WAS UNDER THE RECALL.*AK

CAR LOST POWER ON INTERSTATE, NOTICED ENGINE LIGHT ON. OBDII SCANNER GAVE TWO CODES, 1306 AND 306, WHICH INDICATED MISFIRE CYLINDER 6. I REMOVED THE SAAB DIRECT IGNITION TO VISUALLY INSPECT CYLINDER 6. I NOTICE ENGINE OIL IN THE VICINITY ,AND A CRACKED IDM. IT MATED WITH CYLINDER 6 SPARK PLUG. IDM REPLACEMENT RESOLVED MISFIRE.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB 9-5. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD BEFORE THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT THE CAUSE OF FAILURE WAS THE IGNITION MODULE. THIS FAILURE WAS THE SAME AS NOTED IN NHTSA RECALL # 05V399000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE). THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB 9-5 SE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OFTEN STALLED WHILE DRIVING OR WILL NOT START AT ALL. WHEN DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS UNDER ANY CONDITION THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AFTER IT REACHED THE NORMAL OPERATING TEMPERATURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER , AND FOUND THAT RECALL # 05V399000 CONCERNING ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE MAY POSSIBLY BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THIS VEHICLEWAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 93,000. *AK

TWO MONTHS AGO ONE OF THE TWO IGNITION COIL PACKS ON THE 2000 SAAB 9-5 SE FAILED AND LEFT ME STRANDED ON THE ROAD. I HAD THE CAR TOWED, AND DIAGNOSTICS INDICATED MULTIPLE MISFIRES ON A FEW CYLINDERS CONTROLLED BY ONE BANK OF TWO. THEN, A FEW WEEKS LATER THE THROTTLE BODY FAILED AND LEFT ME STRANDED AGAIN. THIS WAS REPLACED. THEN ,LAST WEEK THE CAR INDICATED ERRORS AGAIN, AND I LIMPED INTO THE SERVICE STATION AND DISCOVERED THE SECOND BANK OF IGNITION COILS WAS MISFIRING. THE 4 CYLINDER VERSION OF THE SAAB IGNITION COILS HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECALLED, AND I THINK THE 6 CYLINDER VERSION SHOULD BE TOO. *AK

MY DIRECT IGNITION MODULE FAILED RIGHT AS I WAS EXITING THE FREEWAY. THE CAR STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AND I PICKED UP THE BURNING SMELL OF ELECTRONICS COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY CAR. IF IT HAD HAPPENED MOMENTS BEFORE, I WOULD NOT WANT TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED. THIS HAS BEEN A WIDELY REPORTED ISSUE AND A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER : 05V399000 . HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THAT SAAB IS SKIRTING ON THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES SINCE THE V6 MODEL USES THE EXACT SAME PART AS THE ONE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED FOR ALL SAABS WITH THESE PART NUMBERS. *JB

(1) VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED USED FROM DEALER WITH VALID INSPECTION. CAR WAS STARTED 5 TIMES PRIOR TO FAILURE, TAKING LONGER TO START EACH TIME. (2) IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE (IDM)E VEHICLE WAS RUNNING AND MOVING AT ROUGHLY AT 25 MPH. FAILURE LEFT DRIVER STRANDED WITHOUT A USABLE VEHICLE FOR SEVERAL DAYS. (3) THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE IN AN ATTEMPT TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, TO NO AVAIL.,AN OBD II READER WAS USED TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM AFTERWARDS. A P1310 CODE WAS PRODUCED. ONCE THE CODE WAS CLEARED, ATTEMPTING TO RESTART THE ENGINE RESULTED IN THE P1310 CODE BEING PRODUCED AGAIN. TWO IDM CASSETTES (SAAB PART NUMBER #9187436 ) WERE PURCHASED AND INSTALLED BY OWNER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB ARROW 9-5. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 25-55 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLS. THE FAILURE HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. ON MARCH 15, 2007, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V39000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: IGNITION: MODULE) DID NOT APPLY TO THE VIN. THE PURCHASE DATE AND POWERTRAIN WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 109,000.

IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE FAILED . I HAVE A V63.0 MODEL OF THIS CAR. 4 CYLINDER AND LATER YEAR MODES OF THIS CAR ARE COVERED FOR THIS DEFECT. HOWEVER MINE IS NOT. I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE AS THIS IS A CLEAR DEFECT IN THE IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE. PLEASE CONTACT ME. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 SAAB 9-5 SE, 6 CYLINDER ENGINE. WHILE DRIVING MY CAR SIMPLY STOPPED RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. ONCE TOWED TO THE SERVICE CENTER IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE COIL PACK ON HALF OF THE CYLINDERS WAS AT FAULT. THIS WAS REPLACED. I HAVE LEARNED THAT SAAB HAS RECALLED THE 4 CYLINDER COIL PACKS BUT NOT THE 6 CYLINDER VERSION. EVEN THOUGH THE 4 AND 6 CYLINDER VERSION ARE DIFFERENT, I WOULD EXPECT THE MANUFACTURING OF THESE TO BE VERY SIMILAR. I HAVE HEARD RUMORS FROM REPAIR SHOPS OF A HIGH FAILURE RATE OF THE 6 CYLINDER VERSION TOO, AS IN MY CASE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SAAB 9-5. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLS. THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ENGINE WAS STARTED OR EVEN BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS MOVED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE IGNITION MODULE WAS REPLACED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX MONTHS LATER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SHOP AND THE IGNITION MODULE WAS REPLACED ONCE AGAIN. THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX MONTHS LATER. THROUGH RESEARCH, HE FOUND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V399000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE); HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONTACT BELIEVES THAT THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE REPAIRED ACCORDING TO THE RECALL SINCE THE FAILURES WERE IDENTICAL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WAS AN ODOR OF SMOKE AND THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESTART AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO DETERMINED THE IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE FAILED AND WAS REPLACED. THERE WAS AN NHTSA RECALL, #05V399000, REGARDING THE IGNITION MODULE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. UPDATED 09/20/06. *JB