Fire

Passenger car "9-3 and 9-5"

Saab
Case number
1087/11
Category
Motor vehicles
Type / 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
Audience
Consumer
Notifying country
🇸🇪 Sweden
Country of origin
🇸🇪 Sweden
Published
2011-10-14

⚠️ Risk

null 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.

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