2007 SAAB 9-5 recalls & problems

Recent owner complaints

• Apr 13, 2023Air bags
  My vehicle was on recall for Takata air bags. My vehicle was then installed with a new set of Takata airbags. Are not these airbags just as unsafe? Have not there been cases of the same issues happening to these airbags? Is my 2017 front passenger Airbag going to explode like a grenade and kill me? These are all questions I have, but I am told these airbags are safe. Yet I have seen lawsuits where someone died in another vehicle make but with 2017 Takata airbags as the cause of death and or injury. Should not my car have been replaced with non Takata brand airbags? Are any Takata airbags safe when compared to other brands?
• Feb 6, 2017Air bags
  TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 SAAB 9-5. 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.
• Feb 3, 2016Air bags
  TAKATA RECALL. 2/3/17 WILL MARK 1 YR SINCE NOTIFICATION OF RECALL. GM SITE SAYS WORKING QUICKLY TO OBTAIN REPLACEMENT PARTS. USE OF ADVERB QUICKLY IS INAPPROPRIATE. I NEED TO KNOW RISK FACTOR AS MY WIFE AND I HAVE A LOADED PISTOL POINTED AT OUR HEADS EVERY TIME WE DRIVE THIS VEHICLE. SHOULD WE DISABLE THE SRS SYSTEM? WHAT IS THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF DEATHS AND INJURIES FROM EXPLODING INFLATORS? ARE THEY REALLY CONCENTRATED IN HHAS OR IS THIS JUST ANOTHER OF TANAKA'S LIES? IS FATALITY/INJURY DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION AVAILABLE? IF NOT, WHY NOT? IF THIS AIRBAG MODULE NEEDED REPLACEMENT DUE TO A NON-DEPLOYMENT DEFECT, WOULD GM HAVE THE REPLACEMENT REPAIR PARTS AVAILABLE?
• May 2, 2016Air bags
  2007 SAAB 9-5. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DEFECT WITH DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG. RECALL # 16V063000. *LD
• Feb 3, 2016Air bags
  TAKATA RECALL. IT HAS NOW BEEN 11 MONTHS SINCE THIS RECALL WAS INITIATED AND STILL NO PARTS AVAILABLE. FEB 03,2016 MANUFACTURER RECALL NUMBER15041 NHTSA RECALL NUMBER16V063 RECALL STATUSRECALL INCOMPLETE, REMEDY NOT YET AVAILABLE
• May 2, 2016 · 120,000 milesAir bags
  TAKATA RECALL - I RECEIVED THE ATTACHED LETTER IN MAY, 2016. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. HOWEVER, GM TELLS ME IT'S OK TO DRIVE. THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. ATTACHED IS AN E-MAIL STRING OF MY CORRESPONDENCE WITH GM. I CAN'T DRIVE THE CAR, IT'S IN STORAGE; AND I CAN'T SELL IT WITHOUT FULL DISCLOSURE, WHICH MAKES IT WORTHLESS. AND IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS WITH NO INDICATION THAT THE REPLACEMENT PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON.
• Oct 24, 2016Air bags
  TAKATA RECALL I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM INFORMING ME OF THE TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL FOR MY CAR IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR (2016). IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN 8 MONTHS SINCE THE RECALL WAS ISSUED BUT MY CAR'S AIRBAG SYSTEMS HAS NOT YET BEEN REPAIRED. THERE HAS BEEN NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION FROM GM ABOUT THE RECALL. PLEASE HELP WITH RESOLVING THIS MATTER. THANKS. *TR
• Oct 21, 2016Air bags
  SUMMARY: IN SOME VEHICLES, THE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR MAY EXPERIENCE AN ALTERATION OVER TIME, WHICH COULD LEAD TO OVERAGGRESSIVE COMBUSTION IN THE EVENT OF AN AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THIS CONDITION COULD CREATE EXCESSIVE INTERNAL PRESSURE WHEN THE AIR BAG IS DEPLOYED, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE BODY OF THE INFLATOR RUPTURING UPON DEPLOYMENT. SAFETY RISK: IN THE EVENT OF AN INFLATOR RUPTURE, METAL FRAGMENTS COULD PASS THROUGH THE AIR BAG CUSHION MATERIAL, WHICH MAY RESULT IN INJURY OR DEATH TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS. REMEDY: DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE DRIVER AIRBAG INFLATOR ON SAAB 9-3 AND 9-5 VEHICLES SUBJECT TO THIS RECALL, FREE OF CHARGE.

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NHTSA defect investigations

• EA21002 · opened Sep 17, 2021 · openDesiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture
  From 2000 through 2017, Takata produced millions of air bag inflators using two types of phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate ("PSAN") propellant -- propellant 2004 and propellant 2004L. After prolonged exposure to high temperature cycles and humidity, inflators using propellant 2004 can degrade, causing the propellant to burn too quickly when ignited. The rapid burning can cause the inflator to rupture during deployment, potentially causing serious or even fatal injury to vehicle occupants. See 2016 Blomquist Report at www.nhtsa.gov/sites/nhtsa.gov/files/documents/expert_report-hrblomquist.pdf.Consequently, all frontal inflators using propellant 2004 that do not contain a "desiccant" (a substance that traps and holds moisture) in US vehicles are under recall. These "non-desiccated" inflators either have been or are required to be replaced.In some cases, the remedy part for these recalled…