15V519000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
Headlamps that do not illuminate reduce the driver's ability to see the roadway and reduce the vehicle's visibility to oncoming vehicles, both of which increase the risk of a vehicle crash.
2008 SAAB 9-7X
1 safety recall campaign, 1 defect investigation, 32 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints32
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire1
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 8EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 6ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 4ENGINE
- 2STEERING
- 2ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 2AIR BAGS
- 1UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1VISIBILITY/WIPER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 SAAB 9-7Xs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.