2007 Saab 9-3: brake failure

5 of the 155 complaints about the 2007 Saab 9-3 describe brake failure.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 3%
typical mileage: 30,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Brake failure by model year

2009
1
2008
2
2007
5
2006
7
2004
2
2003
2

What owners say

Filed Jan 6, 2014 · Engine · 61,510 miles · NC

In cold weather (slightly below freezing at the time) vehicle started but idled very roughly. Drove down street and while coasting engine was idling and sputtered and stalled within 1 minute of initial start. Loss of brake assist, power steering, power to accelerate with traffic. Pulled off to side and restarted engine. Again rough idle. Applied gas pedal and held rpms slightly above idle to warm engine. After ~5 minutes, car was idling normally. No further issues once engine reached operating temperature. Upon research saab/gm (spna technical assistance) has issued a notice to certified service centers that intake valves are prematurely wearing causing severe issues in cold start situations. Notice is dated 12/17/2013 and was re-issued to expand scope of model years known to be effected. This warrants an investigation for potential recall, as no vehicle should result in such significant degradation of a major engine component with such limited miles. Repair requires major engine work to replace all intake valves.

Filed Jul 6, 2010 · Brakes · 30,000 miles · PA

2007 saab aero convertible - brake loss. Upon startup car intermittently loses its braking function. It actually first happened to the saab tech. They order new vacuum hoses and replaced them. That did not correct the problem. They have since resurfaced the rotors and flushed the brake system ' still having the problem. The dealer is now going to replace the master cylinder. Brake failure has been a low speeds and upon start up but almost hit the wall of my office building and almost hit when car was unable to stop while leaving parking lot. With all of the complaints on this board, I don't understand why no recall has been issued.

Filed Feb 4, 2010 · Brakes · 25,000 miles · NJ

Sudden loss of braking power immediately after I start the car. At low speed, I had to engage the emergency brake and transmission to stop the car. Brake pedal was depressed to the floor.

Filed Jul 6, 2009 · Brakes · 51,000 miles · NH

2007-saab 9-3 aero v-6 engine. On 7-4-09 and 7-6-09 started car and backed out of garage and had no brakes. Used e-brake to prevent car from going into street. Brakes seemed to work fine after that. However, based on past complaints that I have seen on this web site I feel that it is time to address this issue before someone gets injured.

Filed Aug 29, 2007 · Brakes · 10,395 miles · CO

Tl*the contact owns a 2007 saab aero. The brakes failed while driving 5 MPH in reverse on a hill. The contact was only able to stop the vehicle after placing the vehicle in park. The weather conditions were normal. No warning lights appeared on the dash board. This was the first occurrence of this type of failure. The current mileage was 10,395 and the failure mileage was 10395.