MOT Check for SAAB 9-5s

The SAAB 9-5 makes up 715,943 of the overall 3,505,549 SAAB MOT test results. Select your 9-5 model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn trailing arm bush (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:60 times
Headlamp cleaning device inoperative  Occurs:253 times
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken bi Occurs:158 times
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:209 times
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) Occurs:67 times
Nearside Rear coil spring broken  Occurs:414 times
Offside Side repeater not working aii Occurs:45 times
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:48 times
Nearside Rear Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:440 times
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a)) Occurs:133 times
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e)) Occurs:160 times
Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective  Occurs:47 times
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (3.3 (b) (ii)) Occurs:67 times
Central Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e)) Occurs:52 times
Central Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases a Occurs:57 times
Nearside Stop lamp not working  Occurs:2,554 times
Front Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated  Occurs:35 times
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:454 times
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) Occurs:64 times
Nearside Rear Road wheel bead rim badly distorted  Occurs:62 times
Nearside Brake cable locking device insecure  Occurs:33 times
Offside Rear Rear position lamp not working  Occurs:141 times
Nearside Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen a Occurs:121 times
Fuel tank insecure  Occurs:72 times
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) Occurs:64 times
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