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3 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
TI Automotive is recalling aftermarket fuel pumps for Saab, Cadillac, and Chevrolet vehicles because they may seize and cause the engine to stall.
General Motors is recalling 28,789 Saab 9-3 Convertibles because the driver's seat belt retractor may break, preventing the belt from retracting properly.
General Motors is recalling 2004 Saab 9-3 sedans because front seat belt retractors may fail to retract, increasing injury risk in a crash.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
2 trims tested for 2004; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
488 manufacturer service bulletins across 8 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.