2008 Saab 9-7X — reported problems

CarFaultIQ holds 814 evidence records for the 2008 Saab 9-7X, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 32 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

  • Lights9 (28.1%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2006–2008.
  • Electrical system6 (18.8%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2005–2007.
  • Engine4 (12.5%)
  • Air bags (restraint system)2 (6.3%)
  • Stability & traction control2 (6.3%)
  • Steering2 (6.3%)

Other / uncategorized: 1 classifications (3.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

  • Owner complaints (342 records, model years 2005–2009) are most frequently classified under: fuel system, lights and electrical system.
  • Manufacturer communications (4,642 records, model years 2005–2009) are most frequently classified under: equipment & accessories, electrical system and engine.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

  1. 2005 581 records for 2005
  2. 2006 777 records for 2006
  3. 2007 842 records for 2007
  4. 2008 814 records for 2008
  5. 2009 844 records for 2009

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

  • 1mention a fire

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

  • Safety recalls NHTSA 1
  • Manufacturer communications NHTSA 788
  • Investigations NHTSA 1
  • Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
  • Owner complaints NHTSA 22

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Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.

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