2008 Saab 9 5 Owners Manual

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9 10 11
9 G 6

1 2

6 = identification codes for certain chassis details

1 Region ___________ Y = Northern Europe 2 Country __________ S = Sweden 3 Manufacturer _____ 4 Product line ______ E = 9-5
5 Model series ______ D = 9-5 Arc with driver’s and passenger-side airbags H = 9-5 Aero with driver’s and passenger-side airbags

3 = Saab Automobile AB

6 Body version _____

7 Gearbox __________

4 = 5 = 5 = 9 =

4-door 5-door Manual 5-speed Automatic 5-speed

8 Engine variant _____ G = 2.3Turbo 9 Check digit ________ 0–9/X 10 Model year ________ 8 = 11 Factory ___________ 3 = Trollhättan 12 Serial number ______

2008

000001–999999

Saab Information Display: (cid:127) Outdoor temperature display can be

adjusted.

Miscellaneous: (cid:127) Select the on-time for heated rear seat 3. (cid:127) Additional sweep of the wipers after wind-

shield washer function (ON or OFF).

(cid:127) Courtesy Headlight Feature on-time can

vary from 20 to 50 seconds.

(cid:127) Night panel illumination deactivation

speed for the speedometer can be adjusted.

Following adjustments can be done by the driver:

Automatic Climate Control (ACC): You can choose whether front seat and rear window heating is to be activated manually or automatically; see "Adaptation of ACC" on page 85.

Saab 9-5 Audio System (see page 106): (cid:127) Speed dependent volume.

Daytime Running Lights: To disable, turn off the ignition and pull out fuse 35, see page 219.

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Adjustable systems Several of the systems in your Saab car can be adjusted to better fit your individual needs Some functions are governed by legal requirements and cannot therefore be reprogrammed. We recommend that you contact an autho- rized Saab dealer for further information.

Car alarm/central locking system: (cid:127) The number of blinks when locking/

unlocking.

(cid:127) Automatic locking of the trunk when the car (SportCombi) is driven, 1 to 8 mph (2–14 km/h), YES or NO.

(cid:127) Preclude the unlocking of the trunk while

the car (SportCombi) is driven, YES or NO.

(cid:127) Automatic locking of the trunk (Sport-

Combi) after 1 second–4 minutes if it has not been opened, YES or NO.

(cid:127) Automatic locking of the trunk (Sport- Combi) when it is closed, YES or NO.

(cid:127) Automatic locking of all doors when the car is driven above 7.5 mph (12 km/h), YES or NO.

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A/C system, fault diagnosis _______ 247
A/C system, maintenance _________ 246
ABS brakes ____________________ 160
ACC __________________________ 79
ACC functions ___________________ 82
ACC, automatic climate control _____ 79
ACC, calibration _________________ 86
ACC, condensation water __________ 86
ACC, useful tips _________________ 86
AUX input _____________________ 104
Adjusting the steering wheel _______ 114
Adjustment, seats ________________ 18
Air conditioning (A/C), fault diagnosis and maintenance ______________ 246
Airbag _________________________ 29
Alarm _________________________ 50
Alarm functions __________________ 53
Alarm signals ________________ 50, 53
Album information _______________ 104
Alternator _____________________ 201
Alternator drive belt __________ 201, 267
Alternator rating ________________ 267
Antennas ______________________ 109
Anticorrosion treatment ___________ 248
Antidazzle rear-view mirror ________ 121
Anti-skid ______________________ 163
Autochecking of lights on starting ____ 64

Auto-dimming rear-view mirror with garage door opener ____________ 118
Automatic climate control (ACC) _____ 79
Automatic transmission, technical data _________________________ 268
Aviod theft, tip __________________ 166
Battery ________________________ 199

Battery ________________________ 199
Battery charging/replacing ________ 200
Battery, boost starting ____________ 186
Before a long journey ____________ 249
Before towing a camper or trailer ___ 177
Belt guide ______________________ 12
Boost starting using jump leads ____ 186
Brake and clutch fluid ____________ 196
Brake-fluid reservoir _____________ 196
Brakes, technical data ____________ 269
Bulbs, changing ________________ 204
Bulbs, table of __________________ 215
Buying new tires ________________ 225
Car alarm ______________________ 50

Car care ______________________ 189
Cargo net, 9-5 SportCombi ________ 137
Carpeting, care of _______________ 243

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Catalytic converter, important considerations _________________ 145
CD changer ____________________ 100
CHECK messages _______________ 71
CHECKING _____________________ 71
Central locking ___________________ 44
Change language in SID ___________ 72
Change of address notification _____ 258
Changing a wheel _______________ 239
Changing bulbs _________________ 204
Changing wiper blades ___________ 202
Charge mobile phone ____________ 126
Charger/Jump starting ____________ 188
Charging the battery/Jump starting __ 188
Chassis number ________________ 272
Chassis number, key to ___________ 273
Checks before towing a camper or trailer ________________________ 177
Child safety _____________________ 22
Child safety locks, rear doors _______ 47
Cleaning, engine bay _____________ 245
Clock _________________________ 105
Color code, body ________________ 272
Color code, trim _________________ 272
Compact spare wheel ____________ 237
Compass ______________________ 122
Condensation water, ACC __________ 86
Connecting a portable player ______ 104
Coolant _______________________ 195
Courtesy Headlight Feature ________ 74
Crash memory, see EDR _________ 259
Cross modulation _______________ 110

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Cruise control __________________ 159
Cup holder ____________________ 128
Dampers ______________________ 269
Date _________________________ 105
Date code, tires _________________ 233

Date display ___________________ 105
DICE/TWICE ___________________ 217
Definitions and terminology, tire ____ 231
Determining correct load, tires _____ 233
Dim-dipped beam ________________ 73
Direction indicators _______________ 75
Diversity antenna _______________ 109
Door handles ___________________ 44
Door mirrors ___________________ 116
Doors, locks & luggage compartment _ 43
Drive belt ______________________ 267
Drive belt, alternator _____________ 201
Drive belts, length _______________ 267
Driver’s seat, programmable ________ 20
Driving at night _________________ 181
Driving in hot weather ____________ 173
Driving with a load ______________ 181

EDR (Event Data Recorders) ______ 259
ESP® _________________________ 163
Electrical system, technical data ____ 267

Electric heating of rear seat ________ 87
Electric windows ________________ 115
Electronic Stability Program _______ 163
Electronic starting interlock _________ 49
Emergency operation of moonroof __ 124
Emission control systems _________ 192
Engine bay ____________________ 191
Engine bay, cleaning _____________ 245
Engine number _________________ 272
Engine oil, grade ________________ 265
Engine, description ______________ 194
Engine, technical data ____________ 264
Engine, temperature gauge ________ 65
Engine-oil level, checking _________ 194
Error codes, Audio System ________ 112
Event Data Recorders (EDR) ______ 259
Expansion tank, coolant __________ 195

Filling a portable fuel container _____ 148
Flat spots, tires _________________ 224
Fluid level, automatic transmission __ 195
Folding the parcel shelf, 9-5 SportCombi ________________ 133
Folding the rear seat, 9-5 Sedan ___ 129
Folding the rear seat, 9-5 SportCombi 132
Frequency band _________________ 93
Frequently asked questions on airbag 40
Front fog lights __________________ 76
Frost warning ___________________ 68

Fuel __________________________ 146
Fuel consumption ________________ 68
Fuel container __________________ 148
Fuel gauge _____________________ 65
Fuel grade _____________________ 264
Fuel information _________________ 148
Fuse box under hood ____________ 220
Fuse panel _____________________ 216
Fuses _________________________ 216

Garage door opener _____________ 118
Gearbox number ________________ 272
Gearbox oil, checking ____________ 195
Gearbox, technical data, __________ 268
General functions _______________ 105
Glove compartment ______________ 126

Handbrake _____________________ 165
Hazard warning lights _____________ 76
Head restraint ___________________ 21
Headlight flasher _________________ 73
Headlights ______________________ 73
Heated front seats ________________ 87
Hood _________________________ 190
Horn __________________________ 114

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If a tire goes flat ________________ 228
Ignition switch __________________ 140
Immobilizer _____________________ 49
Indicator and warning lights ________ 58
Indicator lights ___________________ 58
Information about fuel ____________ 148
Instrument illumination ____________ 75
Instruments and controls __________ 57
Interior equipment _______________ 113
Interior lighting _________________ 124
Interior rearview mirror ___________ 116
Jack _________________________ 240

Key ___________________________ 44
Key to chassis number ___________ 273
Key, remove ___________________ 140

Labeling, tire sidewall ____________ 229
Labels __________________________ 7
LATCH (child safety) ______________ 23
Leather upholstery, care of ________ 243
Light horn ______________________ 73
Light switches ___________________ 73
Loading MP3 discs ______________ 102
Loading your vehicle _____________ 231

Luggage-compartment lighting _____ 125
Main instrument panel _____________ 58
Main/dipped beam _______________ 73
Maintenance schedule ___________ 256
Maintenance, A/C-system _________ 246
Manual gearbox, technical data ____ 268
Maxi fuses _____________________ 217

MP3 player ____________________ 102
Milometer ______________________ 64
Moonroof ______________________ 123
Motoring abroad ________________ 249
Multipath propagation ____________ 109

NIGHT _________________________ 72
New tires, buying _______________ 225
Night Panel _____________________ 72

Odometer ______________________ 64
Oil capacity, engine ______________ 264
Oil specification _________________ 264
Outdoor temperature ______________ 68
Owner assistance _______________ 257
Paintwork, touching-in ____________ 245

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Parcel shelf, folding ______________ 133
Parking Assistance ______________ 168
Parking lights ____________________ 73

Parking lights ____________________ 73
Plates and labels ________________ 272
Poly-V-belt _____________________ 201
Portable fuel container ___________ 148
Portable player _________________ 104
Power outlet ___________________ 126
Power steering _________________ 198
Power-steering fluid ______________ 198
Pressure gauge __________________ 66
Prestige _______________________ 107
Programme type ALARM __________ 99

Quality grading, tires _____________ 226
Questions on function of airbag ______ 40

Radiator fan ____________________ 201
Radio __________________________ 93
Radio Data System (RDS) _________ 94
Radio text ______________________ 94
Radio waves ___________________ 110

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Rain sensor _____________________ 77
Random playback of MP3 files, CD _ 103
Random playback, CD ____________ 99
Random playback, CD changer ____ 101
Rapid playing an MP3 file _________ 103
RDS time _____________________ 106
Rear fog light ___________________ 74
Rear seat, 9-5 Sedan, folding ______ 129
Rear seat, 9-5 SportCombi, folding _ 132
Rear window heating _____________ 82
Rear-seat head restraints __________ 21
Rear-view mirror, auto-dimming ____ 121
Rearview mirrors ________________ 116
Reclamation ___________________ 250
Recommendations for cars with

automatic transmission, towing a camper or trailer _______________ 175
Refuelling _____________________ 146
Relay panel ____________________ 219
Remote control __________________ 44
Remote-control battery, changing ____ 49
Remove the key ________________ 140
Removing CDs __________________ 99
Removing CDs, CD-changer ______ 100
Removing MP3 discs ____________ 102
Replacement, wheel _____________ 227
Reporting safety defects __________ 258
Reprogramming of systems _______ 274
Reservoir, power-steering fluid _____ 198
Rev counter ____________________ 64
Reversing lights _________________ 76
Rolling advertisements ____________ 94

Roof load ______________________ 179
Running-in _____________________ 170
Saab Information Display (SID) _____ 68

Saab Parking Assistance _________ 168
Safety belts _____________________ 12
Safety belts, care of _____________ 242
Safety-belt pretensioners __________ 15
Safety-belt reminder ______________ 12
SDM _________________________ 259
SID ___________________________ 68
Seats __________________________ 18
Securing a load __________________ 47
Selecting and changing tracks, CD ___ 99
Selecting a radio station ___________ 93
Selecting/changing MP3 file _______ 103
Selector lever indication, automatic transmission ___________________ 67
Sentronic, manual mode __________ 156
Service costs ___________________ 257
Service information ______________ 258
Service intervals ________________ 256
Service record retention __________ 257
Setting the clock ________________ 105
Setting the date _________________ 105
Settings, seats __________________ 18
Shadow effect __________________ 110
Side airbags ____________________ 36
Signalling, horn _________________ 114

Snow chains ___________________ 172
Sorting music ___________________ 103
Sound system __________________ 107
Sources of AM interference ________ 111
Sources of FM interference ________ 111
Spare wheel ___________________ 237
Spare wheel and tools ____________ 183
Spark plugs ____________________ 267
Speed dependent volume compensation _________________ 106
Speedometer _________________64, 65
Starting in cold weather, ACC _______ 84
Starting in hot weather, ACC ________ 84
Steering wheel adjustment ________ 114
Steering wheel controls ____________ 91
Steering, technical data ___________ 269
Steps for determining correct load limit _________________________ 233
Stone-chip damage, repairing ______ 245
Storage compartments ___________ 126
Storing radio stations ______________ 93
Sun visors _____________________ 125
Suspension ____________________ 269
Suspension, technical data ________ 269
Switches _______________________ 73
Symboler ________________________ 9
Systems, adjustment _____________ 274

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Table of fuses __________________ 218
Tachometer _____________________ 64
Tailgate, opening ________________ 47
Tank gauge _____________________ 65
TCS OFF ______________________ 63
TP ____________________________ 99
Technical data _________________ 261
Technical data, radio/audio ________ 108
Temperature control, ACC _________ 81
Temperature gauge, engine ________ 65
Temperature zones, ACC __________ 81
Textile carpeting ________________ 243
Through-load hatch ______________ 131
Tie Downs _____________________ 131
Tightening torque, wheel studs _____ 239
Time display ___________________ 105
Tip, driving at night ______________ 181
Tip, to avoid theft _______________ 166
Tips, ACC ______________________ 86
Tire chains ____________________ 228
Tire date code __________________ 233
Tire inspection and rotation _______ 223
Tire markings __________________ 230
Tire pressure ___________________ 182
Tire sidewall labeling ____________ 229
Tire terminology and definitions ____ 231
Tire, compact spare _____________ 237
Tires _____________________ 222, 270
Tires, winter ___________________ 270
Tools _________________________ 183

Touching-in the paintwork _________ 245
Towbar attachment ______________ 174
Towbar load ___________________ 178
Towing the car _________________ 183
Towing, automatics ______________ 183
Traffic programme ________________ 99
Trailer weights __________________ 263
Treadwear indicators ____________ 224
Trionic ________________________ 192
Trip computer ___________________ 68
Trip meter ______________________ 64
Trunk _________________________ 129
Trunk lid, opening ________________ 47
Tuning _________________________ 93
Turbo gauge ____________________ 66
Turbo, points to note _____________ 144

Under the hood _________________ 191
Uniform tire quality grading ________ 226
Upholstery and trim ______________ 243
Upholstery and trim, care of _______ 243
Vanity mirrors __________________ 125

Vehicle Data Collection ___________ 259
Ventilated front seats _____________ 87
Viscosity, engine oil _____________ 264

Index

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Warning labels ____________________ 7
Warning light, AIR BAG ____________ 37
Warning lights ___________________ 58
Washers ______________________ 202
Washers, windshield _____________ 203
Washing the car ________________ 244
Waxing and polishing ____________ 245
Wear indicators, tires _____________ 224
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ______________________ 38
Wheel replacement ______________ 227
Wheel, change _________________ 239
Wheels and tires ________________ 270
Wheels and tires, sizes ___________ 270
When it is time for new tires _______ 224
Windshield washers ______________ 77
Windshield wipers ________________ 77
Winter tires ________________233, 270
Wiper blades, replacing ___________ 202
Wipers and washers __________77, 202

Xenon headlight ________________ 204

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