Saab · Passenger car "9-3 and 9-5"

The contact between the electric heater and the engine block could be reduced overtime. As a result, when the vehicle is parked and the electric heater is in use the temperature in the electric heater element could rise and cause a fire.

Published: 14 October 2011
Notifying authority: Sweden
Catalog checked: 30 July 2026

What should you do?

Check the authority measure and original alert.

Open the original alert before further use and follow the measures stated there.

Official source alert

Product identification

Safety Gate reference: 1087/11
Model: 9-3 MY 2011: B1300264-B2500003 9-3 MY 2012: C1300002-C1300517 9-5 MY 2011: B4000002-B4008104 9-5 MY 2012: C4000009-C4200005

Classification

Category: Motor vehicles
Risk type: Fire
Country of origin: Sweden

Product description

Passenger car with A20NFT engine and electrical heating element mounted in factory.