{"vehicle":{"id":"1986_saab_900","year":1986,"make":"Saab","model":"900"},"as_of":"2026-10-19","counts":{"count":3,"by_type":[{"id":"service_bulletin","name":"Service bulletin","count":3}],"components":[{"id":"lighting","name":"Lighting","count":1},{"id":"manual-transmission","name":"Manual transmission","count":1},{"id":"powertrain","name":"Transmission and driveline","count":1}],"codes":[],"topics":[]},"bulletins":[{"nhtsa_id":604046,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1999-03-16","date":"1998-11-01","document_id":"2482035","mfr_campaign":null,"component":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","summary":"BACKGROUD INFORMATION IN DIAGNOSING A DRIVEABILITY COMPLAINT OR THE CHECK ENGINE LAMP COMING ON. *YC","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/604046"},{"nhtsa_id":52448,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-24","date":"1997-01-01","document_id":"01/970731","mfr_campaign":null,"component":"POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION","summary":"ADJUSTMENT OF BEARING TENSION. *TW","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/52448"},{"nhtsa_id":52045,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"1997-07-17","date":"1997-02-01","document_id":"364","mfr_campaign":null,"component":"EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BACK UP LIGHTS:SWITCH","summary":"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","document":null,"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/52045"}],"next_cursor":null,"note":"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.","attribution":[]}