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Saab 9-3 1999technical service bulletin

Bulletin 8112048 · NHTSA communication 602952 · issued Oct 1, 1998

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1999
model years
1
vehicle entries

Official summary

Convertibles within vin x7000001 - x7001960 should have replacement of soft top cover drive mechanism shear / safety pin. *yc

Vehicles covered

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.