# Service bulletins for the 1989 Saab 9000

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

3 bulletins from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

- [2482035](/bulletins/604046.md), 1999-03-16, Service bulletin: UNKNOWN OR OTHER. BACKGROUD INFORMATION IN DIAGNOSING A DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINT OR THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP COMING ON. \*YC
- [01/970731](/bulletins/52448.md), 1997-07-24, Service bulletin: POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ADJUSTMENT OF BEARING TENSION. \*TW
- [364](/bulletins/52045.md), 1997-07-17, Service bulletin: EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS:SWITCH. RECALL 278 \- OVERHEATING OF BACK\-UP LIGHT SWITCH\- SAAB CARS USA, INC HAS NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION \(NHTSA\) THAT A DEFECT WHICH RELATES TO MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY MAY EXIST IN CERTAIN 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 AND EARLY 1990 9000 MODELS WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION\- APPROXIMATELY 24,000 VEHICLES WERE ORIGINALLY AFFECTED\- THE DEFECT CONSISTS OF THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE COMBINATION NEUTRAL SAFETY/BACK\-UP LIGHT SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT FROM THE CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE BACK\-UP LAMP CIRCUIT WHEN THE IGNITION IS SWITCHED ON AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SELECTOR LEVER IS IN THE REVERSE \(R\) POSITION FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME\- IF OVERHEATING OF THE SWITCH ASSEMBLY DOES OCCUR, SMOKE, OR POSSIBLY, FIRE COULD DEVELOP IN THE CENTER CONSOLE AREA OF THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT EVEN IF THE ENGINE HAS BEEN SWITCHED OFF\- THESE CARS WERE RECALLED TO MODIFY THE BACK\-UP LIGHT WIRING CIRCUIT TO REDUCE THE MAXIMUM ELECTRICAL CURRENT FLOW THROUGH THE NEUTRAL SAFETY/BACK\-UP LIGHT SWITCH, AND TO REPLACE THE SWITCH\- RECALL 278. \*JD

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