Saab 9-3. Published by Transport Canada as 1999167 on 20 September 1999. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain Saab 9-3 convertible and 9-3 hatchback, a failure of the "Easy Entry" cable in the front driver or passenger manual seats can cause the seat fore/aft adjustable mechanism to be unlocked. Correction: Dealers will install a new cable and spring assembly.
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Saab 9-3 in the other registers
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The American register
The British register
The Japanese register
Nothing here says any of these is this notice in another country. A model recalled in one country is often recalled in another, in different words and at a different time, and the authorities do not cross-reference each other. Reading them together is the reason this site holds more than one register.
What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1999167
- Recall date
- 20 September 1999
- Make
- Saab
- Models
- 9-3
- Model years
- 1999
- Vehicle class
- Car
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 95
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain Saab 9-3 convertible and 9-3 hatchback, a failure of the "Easy Entry" cable in the front driver or passenger manual seats can cause the seat fore/aft adjustable mechanism to be unlocked. Correction: Dealers will install a new cable and spring assembly.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1999167.
Saab elsewhere in this register
Saab is named on 70 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1999114 · 8 June 1999 · 9000 · Seats And Restraints
- 1998163 · 20 August 1998 · 900 · Lights And Instruments
- 2001235 · 10 March 2001 · 9-3 · Steering
- 2001191 · 3 July 2001 · 900 · Airbag
- 1997099 · 9 May 1997 · 900 · Engine
- 2002003 · 4 January 2002 · 9-5 · Steering
- 2002095 · 24 May 2002 · 9-3 · Brakes
- 2002212 · 15 November 2002 · 900 · Airbag
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1999163 · 16 September 1999 · C70, S70, V70 · Seats And Restraints
- 1999164 · 16 September 1999 · Contour, Mystique · Seats And Restraints
- 1999161 · 31 August 1999 · Park Avenue, Aurora · Seats And Restraints
- 1999209 · 15 November 1999 · Grand Prix · Seats And Restraints
- 1999210 · 15 November 1999 · SC, SW, SL · Seats And Restraints
- 1999131 · 28 June 1999 · Silver Seraph, Arnage · Seats And Restraints
Reading this against the source
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Saab: 70 in the register, and 240 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1999.
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