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Saab 9-3 1998–2001technical service bulletin

Bulletin 8112295 · NHTSA communication 621482 · issued Jul 9, 2001

Technical service bulletin
communication type
Structure
component
1998–2001
model years
4
vehicle entries

Official summary

Some convertible models up to and including vin 17004113 may exhibit a soft top that may stop halfway during closing or opening and the sid unit shows a check soft top message. *tt

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.