2006 Saab 9 3 Owners Manual

Remote control battery low. Replace battery.

2: standard key 0: valet key Key No: 1
Steering lock malfunc. Make a safe stop. Contact Saab dealer. Steering wheel locked. Pull out key, turn steering wheel. Try again. Immobilizer failure. Try starting again. Contact Saab dealer.

Theft protection failure. Contact Saab dealer.

Alarm has been triggered since being armed.

Rear left seat backrest unlocked.

Rear right seat backrest unlocked.

Parking assistance Contact Saab dealer.

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Low tire pressure. front left. Check tires. Low tire pressure. front right Check tires. Tire pressure system failure. Contact Saab dealer.

Time for service.

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Parking assistance sensor interference.

Close doors.

Left brake light failure

Left high beam failure.

Left low beam failure.

Rear fog light failure.

Right brake light failure.

Right high beam failure.

Right low beam failure.

High mounted brake light failure.

Left front turn signal failure.

Left rear turn signal failure.

Right front turn signal failure.

Right rear turn signal failure.

Left rear position light failure.

Right rear position light failure.

Low tire pressure, rear left. Make a safe stop. Low tire pressure, rear right. Make a safe stop. Low tire pressure, front right. Make a safe stop. Low tire pressure, front left. Make a safe stop. Low tire pressure. rear left. Check tires. Low tire pressure. rear right. Check tires.

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Index

A/C __________________________ 113
Adjustment, steering wheel ________ 128
Air conditioning _________________ 113
Air filter _______________________ 222
Airbag _________________________ 32
Anchorage eyes ________________ 149
Anti-corrosion treatment __________ 280
Antilock braking system __________ 181
Anti-spin ______________________ 183
Ashtrays ______________________ 144
Autochecking of lights, warning and indicator lights __________________ 88
Autodimming _______________ 133, 134
Automatic climate control (ACC) ____ 115
Automatic tire pressure monitoring __ 254
Automatic transmission ___________ 173
ABS brakes ____________________ 181
ACC _________________________ 115

Battery _______________________ 226
Bedding-in of new brake pads _____ 171
Before towing a trailer ____________ 201
Brake fluid, grade _______________ 303

Brakes ________________________ 180
Braking _______________________ 180
Bulb changing __________________ 232
Bulb table _____________________ 246
Buying new tires ________________ 260

Cabin lighting __________________ 141
Cabin lighting, Convertible _________ 80
Car alarm ______________________ 58
Car transport ___________________ 207
Care of air conditioning ___________ 283
Change of address notification _____ 290
Changing a tire _________________ 273
Changing bulbs _________________ 232
Changing engine oil _____________ 220
Changing the battery, remote control _ 56
Changing wiper blades ___________ 230
Checking the number of remote controls _______________________ 55
Checks before towing a trailer _____ 201
Child safety _____________________ 24
Child safety locks, rear doors _______ 54
Child seats _____________________ 24
Cigarette lighter _________________ 144
Cleaning the engine bay __________ 277
Cleaning upholstery _____________ 276
Climate control system, manual ____ 110
Closing the soft top manually, Convertible ____________________ 70

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Closing the soft top, Convertible _____ 66
Clutch interlock _________________ 172
Compact spare _________________ 270
Compass ______________________ 137
Condensation water, A/C _________ 113
Convertible _____________________ 63
Convertible, washing _____________ 278
Coolant _______________________ 222
Crash memory, see EDR _________ 292
Cruise control __________________ 179
Cup holder _____________________ 142

Date codes, tires ________________ 270
Deep water, driving through _______ 204
Definitions and terminology, tire ____ 267
Determining correct load, tires _____ 269
Direction indicator stalk switch _____ 104
Direction indicators ______________ 104
Dome light, Convertible ___________ 243
Dome light, Sport Sedan __________ 242
Donor battery, boost starting _______ 208
Door handles ____________________ 50
Door mirrors ___________________ 132
Drive belt ______________________ 229
Drive belt, length ________________ 301
Driver’s seat with memory __________ 21
Driving at night _________________ 205
Driving in cold climates ___________ 195
Driving in deep water _____________ 204

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Driving in hot climates ____________ 197
Driving techniques ______________ 193
Driving with a heavy load on hilly roads ________________________ 175
Driving with a load ______________ 204
Driving with a roof load ___________ 202
Driving with the compact spare wheel 208
Driving with the trunk lid open ______ 204

Easy entry, Convertible ____________ 75
Economical motoring ____________ 193
Electric engine heater ____________ 194
Electric heating, front seats ___ 114, 123
Electric windows ________________ 129
Electric windows, Convertible _______ 79
Electrical system, technical data ____ 300
Electrically adjustable seats ________ 20
Electronic steering wheel lock _____ 162
Electronic Stability Program (ESP) __ 185
Emergency opening of the narrow backrest _____________________ 150
Emergency operation of the sunroof _ 140
Engine bay, cleaning ____________ 277
Engine heater __________________ 194
Engine immobilizer _______________ 57
Engine number _________________ 307
Engine oil, checking _____________ 219
Engine oil, grade ________________ 298
Engine oil, volume ______________ 299

Engine temperature gauge _________ 90
Engine, description ______________ 215
Engine, technical data ____________ 297
Engines _______________________ 300
Event Data Recorders (EDR) ______ 292
Extra electrical socket ____________ 144
EDR (Event Data Recorders) ______ 292
ESP, anti-skid system ____________ 185

Facilitating entry to rear seat, Convertible ____________________ 75
Factors affecting fuel consumption __ 193
Filler cap ______________________ 168
Filling a portable fuel container _____ 169
Filling up ______________________ 167
Flat spots, tires _________________ 259
Floor jack _____________________ 274
Folding down the rear seat ________ 146
Front fog lights _________________ 104
Front towing eye ________________ 205
Fuel container __________________ 169
Fuel gauge _____________________ 91
Fuel grade _____________________ 299
Fuel information ________________ 169
Functions, car alarm ______________ 61
Fuse panel in luggage compartment _ 250
Fuse table _____________________ 249
Fuses ________________________ 247

Gear selector indicator, automatic transmission ___________________ 92
Gearbox number ________________ 307
General safety instructions, Convertible ____________________ 64
Glove box _____________________ 144
Glovebox lighting ________________ 244
GDO, garage door opener _________ 134

Handbrake _____________________ 187
Hazard warning lights ____________ 105
Head restraint, Convertible _________ 76
Head restraints __________________ 23
Headlight flasher ________________ 103
Headlight levelling _______________ 102
Headlights _____________________ 102
Heated door mirrors _____________ 114
Hood _________________________ 214
Horn __________________________ 128
Horn button ____________________ 128

If a tire goes flat _________________ 264
Ignition switch __________________ 160
Immobilizer _____________________ 57

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Important considerations for driving _ 164
Important information, petrol-engined cars with catalytic converters _____ 165
Indicator lights ___________________ 84
Inflation, tires __________________ 257
Information about fuel ____________ 169
Instrument illumination, adjusting ___ 103
Interior lighting _________________ 141
Interior lighting, Convertible ________ 80
Interior rearview mirror ___________ 133
Intermittent malfunctioning, central locking _______________________ 52

Jump starting __________________ 208

Key ___________________________ 50
Kick-down _____________________ 175

Labeling, tire sidewall ____________ 264
Labels and plates, location ________ 307
Lashing eyes ___________________ 149
Laying the car up _______________ 189
Leather upholstery, cleaning _______ 277

Lighting in luggage compartment, Convertible ____________________ 81
Limp-home ____________________ 164
Limp-home, automatic transmission _ 175
Load carriers, roof _______________ 202
Load indices, tires _______________ 266
Loading your vehicle _____________ 267
Load-through hatch ______________ 148
Locking a car with flat battery _______ 53
Locks __________________________ 50
Long-term parking _______________ 189
Luggage compartment ___________ 146
Luggage compartment lighting _ 142, 150
Luggage compartment lighting, changing _____________________ 244
Luggage compartment lighting, Convertible ____________________ 81
LATCH (child safety) ______________ 25

Main instrument panel _____________ 84
Main/dipped beam ______________ 103
Maintenance schedule ___________ 288
Manual climate control ___________ 110
Manual gear selection ____________ 178
Manual gearbox ________________ 172
Manual tripping of car alarm ________ 60
Materials used in the car, reclamation 282
Memory, driver’s seat _____________ 21
Messages on SID, Convertible ______ 73

Index

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Milometer _______________________ 89
Mug holder ____________________ 142
MAXI fuses ____________________ 248

New tires, buying ________________ 260
Night driving ___________________ 205
Number plate lighting, changing ____ 244

Oil capacity, engine ______________ 299
Opening handles _________________ 50
Opening the soft top, Convertible ____ 66
Outside mirrors _________________ 132
Owner assistance _______________ 290
ORVR ________________________ 216

Panic function, car alarm ___________ 60
Park Brake Shift Lock ____________ 174
Park Brake Shift Lock, temporary override ______________________ 176
Parking _______________________ 187
Parking aid ____________________ 190
Parking brake __________________ 187
Parking on a hill _________________ 188

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Pinch protection, electric windows __ 130
Pinch protection, sunroof _________ 140
Plates and labels, location ________ 307
Polishing and waxing ____________ 279
Poly-V-belt ____________________ 229
Portable fuel container ___________ 169
Position lights __________________ 102
Power steering fluid, checking _____ 225
Power steering fluid, grade ________ 302
Pressure gauge _________________ 90
Pressure, tires __________________ 257
Profiles, customized settings _______ 93

Quality grading, tires _____________ 261
Quick guide, remote control ________ 51

Rain sensor ____________________ 107
Raising the soft top manually, Convertible ____________________ 70
Reading lights, Convertible _________ 80
Rear fog light __________________ 104
Rear seats, folding down _________ 146
Rear towing eye ________________ 206
Rear window heating ____________ 114
Rearview mirrors ________________ 132
Recirculation ___________________ 113

Recommendations for automatic transmission, towing a trailer _____ 199
Recommendations for manual gearbox, towing a trailer _________ 200
Recommended snow chains _______ 304
Refueling ______________________ 167
Remote control __________________ 50
Remote locking malfunction ________ 52
Replacement, wheel _____________ 262
Reporting safety defects __________ 291
Rev counter _____________________ 88
Reversing lights ________________ 105
Rollover Pop-up Bars, Convertible ___ 78
Roof lighting ___________________ 141
Roof lighting, changing ___________ 242
Running-in _____________________ 171

Saab Information Display __________ 93
Saab Parking Assistance _________ 190
Saab Trionic engine management system ______________________ 216
Safety belts _____________________ 12
Seatbelts _______________________ 12
Seatbelts in rear seat, Convertible ___ 77
Seatbelts, care _________________ 276
Seatbelts, checking ______________ 276
Seats __________________________ 18
Securing a load _________________ 149
Sentronic, manual gear selection ___ 178

Service costs ___________________ 289
Service information ______________ 290
Service intervals ________________ 288
Service record retention __________ 289
Signalling, horn _________________ 128
Ski hatch ______________________ 148
Spare wheel ___________________ 270
Speed ratings, tires ______________ 266
Speedometer ____________________ 89
Starting the engine ______________ 162
Steering wheel adjustment ________ 128
Steering wheel lock ______________ 162
Steps for determining correct load limit _________________________ 269
Storage compartments ___________ 144
Sun visor ______________________ 142
Sunroof _______________________ 138
Switches ______________________ 102
SAHR, head restraint _____________ 23
SDM _________________________ 292
SID ___________________________ 93
SPA __________________________ 190

Technical data __________________ 294
Textile carpeting, cleaning _________ 277
Tie down eyes __________________ 149
Tightening torque, wheels _________ 275
Tire chains _____________________ 263
Tire date code __________________ 270

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Tire inspection and rotation _______ 258
Tire markings __________________ 266
Tire pressure monitoring, automatic _ 254
Tire sidewall labeling ____________ 264
Tire sizes _____________________ 304
Tire terminology and definitions ____ 267
Tire, changing __________________ 273
Tire, spare _____________________ 270
Tires _________________________ 256
Tools and spare wheel ___________ 270
Touching up paintwork ___________ 279
Towbar _______________________ 198
Towbar load ___________________ 200
Towing _______________________ 205
Towing a trailer _________________ 198
Towing the car _________________ 206
Traction Control System (TCS) _____ 183
Transmission oil, checking ________ 222
Transmission oil, grade ___________ 301
Transmission, automatic __________ 173
Transmission, manual ____________ 172
Transporting the car _____________ 207
Treadwear indicators ____________ 259
Trip computer ___________________ 94
Trip meter ______________________ 89
Troubleshooting, A/C and ACC ____ 282
Trunk lid, driving when open _______ 204
Trunk lid, opening ________________ 53
Turbo gauge ____________________ 90
TCS __________________________ 183

Uniform tire quality grading ________ 261
Upholstery care _________________ 276
Upholstery, cleaning _____________ 276
Useful tips on night driving ________ 205
Useful tips on starting ____________ 163

Vanity mirror ___________________ 142
Vehicle identification number ______ 307
Vehicle recovery ________________ 207
Vehicle Data Collection ___________ 292

Warning labels ___________________ 8
Warning lights ___________________ 84
Warning triangle ________________ 105
Warnings and messages on SID, Convertible ____________________ 73
Washer fluid ___________________ 230
Washer jets ____________________ 231
Washers ______________________ 106
Washing ______________________ 277
Washing a Convertible ___________ 278
Waxing and polishing ____________ 279
Wear indicators, tires ____________ 259

Index

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What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ______________________ 43
Wheel replacement ______________ 262
Wheels and tires, sizes ___________ 304
When it is time for new tires _______ 259
Windshield washers _____________ 106
Windshield wipers _______________ 106
Wing mirrors ___________________ 132
Winter driving __________________ 195
Winter tires ____________________ 269
Wiper blades ___________________ 230
Wipers ________________________ 106

Xenon headlights ________________ 233
Xenon headlights, head light levelling 102

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