{"id":33364,"date":"2021-01-03T00:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T00:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/saab-43960-1999-03v006000\/"},"modified":"2021-01-03T00:55:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T00:55:47","slug":"saab-43960-1999-03v006000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/saab-43960-1999-03v006000\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab 43960 (1999) &#8211; 03V006000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Defect Description For Recall<\/h2><p>On Certain Passenger Vehicles, If An Owner Changes Their Wheels\/Tires Between Summer And Winter Using A Steel Wheel In The Winter And An Alloy Wheel In The Summer, It Is Possible For Rust And Contamination To Build Up On The Wheel Hub During The Steel Wheel Usage.  If This Occurs And The Contamination Is Not Removed, It Is Possible That After The Tire Change Service, Some Of This Contamination Could Flake Or Grind Away Resulting In Reduced ClaMPIng Force Of The Wheel To The Hub.  Over Several Seasons, It Is Possible That This Reduced Force Could Result In Fractures Developing In The Wheel Bolts Due To Wheel To Hub Movement. <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>SAAB<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Model Of Vehicle<\/h2><p>43960<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Year<\/h2><p>1999<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Recall Campaign Number<\/h2><p>03V006000<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Component Description<\/h2><p>Wheels:Hub<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Effect Of Defect<\/h2><p>These Fractures Would Result In Wheel Bolt Breakage, Allowing The Wheel To Detach From The Wheel Hub, Increasing The Risk Of A Crash.  <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Fix Defect<\/h2><p>Owners Will Be Contacted By Mail And Asked Whether They Change Between Steel And Alloy Wheels.  If They Do Engage In This PrActice, They Will Be Instructed To Bring Their Cars To An Authorized Dealer.  The Dealer Will Remove The Wheels, Clean Any Contamination From The Wheel And Wheel Hub, And Replace The Wheels Using New Improved Bolts With Attached Washers.  Owner Notification Began March 31, 2003. Owners Who Take Their Vehicles To An Authorized Dealer On An Agreed Upon Service Date And Do Not Receive The Free Remedy Within A Reasonable Time Should Contact Saab At 1-800-955-9007.  <\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Vehicle Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Saab Cars Usa, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Start Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>19971126<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">End Of Manufacture<\/h2><p>20021010<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Type Of Vehicle Recall<\/h2><p>V<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Number Affected<\/h2><p>70726<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Owners Notified<\/h2><p>20030331<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Initiated By<\/h2><p>Mfr<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Responsible Manufacturer<\/h2><p>Saab Cars Usa, Inc.<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Date Report Received<\/h2><p>20030113<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Make Campaign Number<\/h2><p>15013<\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Part Number<\/h2><p><\/p><h2 class=\"has-Medium-font-size wp-block-heading\">Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard<\/h2><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vehicle recall defect &#8211; On Certain Passenger Vehicles, If An Owner Changes Their Wheels\/Tires Between Summer And Winter Using A Steel Wheel In The Winter And An Alloy Wheel In The Summer, It Is Possible For Rust And Contamination To Build Up On The Wheel Hub During The Steel Wheel Usage.  If This Occurs And The Contamination Is Not Removed, It Is Possible That After The Tire Change Service, Some Of This Contamination Could Flake Or Grind Away Resulting In Reduced ClaMPIng Force Of The Wheel To The Hub.  Over Several Seasons, It Is Possible That This Reduced Force Could Result In Fractures Developing In The Wheel Bolts Due To Wheel To Hub Movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[4837,4823],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vehicle-recall.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}