Sarki Fahd ya gaji Khalid a matsayin sarkin Saudiyya a shekara ta 1982, inda ya ci gaba da kulla alaka ta kut da kut da Amurka tare da inganta sayayyar soji daga Amurka da Birtaniya .A shekarun 1970 da 1980, Saudiyya ta zama kasa mafi yawan man fetur a duniya, wanda ya haifar da gagarumin sauyi a cikin al'ummarta da tattalin arzikinta, wanda mafi yawan kudin shigar mai ya yi tasiri.Wannan lokacin ya sami saurin bunƙasa birane, haɓaka ilimi na jama'a, kwararar ma'aikata daga ƙasashen waje, da kuma fallasa sabbin kafofin watsa labarai, waɗanda suka canza dabi'un al'ummar Saudiyya tare.Koyaya, tsarin siyasa ya kasance ba a canza ba, tare da dangin sarauta suna riƙe da ƙarfi sosai, yana haifar da rashin jituwa tsakanin Saudis da ke neman shiga gwamnati.^[48]Mulkin Fahd (1982-2005) ya kasance da manya-manyan abubuwa, ciki har da mamayar Iraqi a Kuwait a shekarar 1990. Saudiyya ta shiga cikin kawancen yaki da Iraki, Fahad kuwa saboda tsoron harin Iraqi ya gayyaci sojojin Amurka da na hadin gwiwa zuwa kasar Saudiyya.Sojojin Saudiyya sun shiga ayyukan soji, amma kasancewar sojojin kasashen waje ya haifar da karuwar ta'addancin Musulunci a cikin kasar da kuma kasashen waje, musamman bayar da gudunmuwa wajen ganin bayan Saudiyyar da ke da hannu a harin na ranar 11 ga Satumba.^[48] ​​Kasar ta kuma fuskanci tabarbarewar tattalin arziki da karuwar rashin aikin yi, lamarin da ya haifar da tashe tashen hankula da rashin gamsuwa da dangin sarki.Dangane da mayar da martani, an gabatar da ƙayyadaddun gyare-gyare kamar Babban Doka, amma ba tare da sauye-sauye masu mahimmanci ga matsayin siyasa ba.Fahd ya ki amincewa da dimokuradiyya karara, yana mai son gudanar da mulki ta hanyar shawarwari (shura) daidai da ka'idojin Musulunci.^[48]Bayan bugun jini a cikin 1995, Yarima Abdullah ya ɗauki alhakin gwamnati na yau da kullun.Ya ci gaba da yin gyare-gyare mai sauƙi kuma ya ƙaddamar da manufofin ketare mai nisa daga Amurka, musamman ƙin goyon bayan mamayar da Amurka ta yi wa Iraki a 2003.^[48] ​​Canje-canje a ƙarƙashin Fahd kuma sun haɗa da faɗaɗa Majalisar Tuntuba da kuma, a wani gagarumin yunkuri, ba wa mata damar halartar zamanta.Duk da gyare-gyaren doka kamar sake fasalin kundin laifuka a 2002, cin zarafin ɗan adam ya ci gaba.Ficewar Amurka da akasarin sojojin daga Saudiyya a shekara ta 2003 ya kawo karshen sojojin da aka yi tun a yakin Gulf na 1991, duk da cewa kasashen sun kasance kawaye.^[48]A farkon shekarun 2000 ne aka samu karuwar ayyukan ta'addanci a Saudiyya, ciki har da harin bama-bamai na 2003 a Riyadh, wanda ya kai ga daukar tsauraran matakai na gwamnati kan ta'addanci.^[53] A wannan lokacin kuma an sami karuwar kiraye-kirayen yin gyare-gyaren siyasa, wanda aka misalta shi da gagarumin koke na masana Saudiyya da zanga-zangar jama'a.Sai dai duk da wadannan kiraye-kirayen, gwamnatin ta fuskanci kalubale da suka hada da karuwar tashe-tashen hankula a shekarar 2004, tare da kai hare-hare da kuma asarar rayuka, musamman kan baki da jami'an tsaro.Yunkurin da gwamnati ta yi na dakile ‘yan bindiga, ciki har da tayin afuwa, ya samu karancin nasara.^[54]