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Reliability
Saab

9-3

Midsize Sedan
4 Generations
10 Engines
1,277 Total Complaints
Generations by reliability score
3 fewer complaints than their class1 about as many as their class

Generation Timeline

2000 2000
1 engine
50 complaints 1 fire report
7.5/10
→
2001 2001
1 engine
59 complaints 1 fire report 1 complaint reports a death
7.9/10
→
2002 2002
3 engines
36 complaints 1 fire report
8.7/10
→
2003-2011 YS3F
5 engines
1,132 complaints 19 fire reports 1 complaint reports a death
7.9/10
→

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