# 1999 SAAB 9-5 — ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
> NHTSA complaint `632840` · 2007-08-02 · SAAB CARS USA, INC.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 0
- **Fire:** Yes
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** SAAB
- **Model:** 9-5
- **Year:** 1999
- **Manufacturer:** SAAB CARS USA, INC.
- **Component:** ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
- **Miles at failure:** 121,000
- **Speed:** 45 mph
## Narrative
MY SON JUST PASSED HIS DRIVERS TEST AND WE WERE GOING HOME WHEN THE CAR STARTED MAKING NOISES AND THEN STALLED.  SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE CAR AND SMELLED LIKE BURNT RUBBER.  MY SON LUCKILY WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR TO THE SIDE (AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT).  LIFTED HOOD THOUGHT CAR OVERHEATED.  I TRIED STARTING THE CAR AND IT SPARKED AND STARTED SMOKING AGAIN.  FOUND OUT IT WAS THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, IGNITION DISCHARGE MODULE.  MY CAR IS A 1999 9-5 SAAB.  I FOUND THAT THE 2000'S HAD A RECALL DUE TO THIS OVERHEATING AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH.  THIS COULD OF CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.  *TR
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