# 2009 SAAB 9-3 — STRUCTURE:BODY
> NHTSA complaint `1166683` · 2015-03-18 · General Motors, LLC
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** Yes
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SAAB
- **Model:** 9-3
- **Year:** 2009
- **Manufacturer:** General Motors, LLC
- **Component:** STRUCTURE:BODY
- **Miles at failure:** 23,000
- **Speed:** 40 mph
## Narrative
MY HOOD RELEASE( WHAT I PULL TO POP THE HOOD INSIDE OF THE CAR) BROKE 14 MONTHS AGO AND I HAD THE OLD SAAB DEALER FIX IT.  YOU WOULD PULL IT AND NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN.  ABOUT A MONTH AGO THE SAME THING HAPPENED.  THE HOOD WOULD REMAIN IN THE COMPLETELY SHUT POSITION.  ON 3-14-15 I WAS DRIVING 40 MILES PER HOUR AND THE HOOD FLEW UP AND SMASHED INTO THE WINDSHIELD.  THANK GOODNESS I WAS NOT ON THE HIGHWAY AND THERE WERE NO CARS CLOSE BY.  IF THIS HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY I HATE TO THINK WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.  IT IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND CLEARLY THERE IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE HOOD RELEASE MECHANISM.      THE HOOD IS UNSALVAGEBLE AS IT IS SO BENT.  *TR
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