2008 Saab 9 3 Owners Manual

Head restraint, Convertible _________ 74
Head restraints __________________ 23
Headlight flasher _________________ 99
Headlight levelling ________________ 98
Headlights ______________________ 98
Hood _________________________ 204
Horn _________________________ 120
Horn button ____________________ 120

If a tire goes flat ________________ 251
Ignition switch __________________ 152
Immobilizer _____________________ 55
Important considerations for driving _ 156
Important information, petrol-engined cars with catalytic converters _____ 157
Indicator lights ___________________ 82
Inflation, tires __________________ 244
Information about fuel ____________ 161
Instrument illumination, adjusting ___ 100
Interior lighting, Convertible ________ 78
Interior lighting, SportSedan and SportCombi ___________________ 133
Interior rearview mirror ___________ 125
Intermittent malfunctioning, central locking _______________________ 50

Jump starting __________________ 200

Key ___________________________ 48
Kick-down _____________________ 167
Kurvljusstrålkastare _______________ 99

Labeling, tire sidewall ____________ 252
Labels and plates, location ________ 299
Lashing eyes, SportCombi ________ 146
Lashing eyes, SportSedan ________ 141
Laying the car up _______________ 181
LATCH (child safety) ______________ 25
Leather upholstery, cleaning _______ 267
Lighting in luggage compartment, Convertible ____________________ 79
Limp-home ____________________ 157
Limp-home, automatic transmission _ 168
Load carriers, roof _______________ 194
Load indices, tires _______________ 253
Loading your vehicle _____________ 254
Load-through hatch, SportCombi ___ 145
Load-through hatch, SportSedan ___ 140
Locking a car with flat battery _______ 51
Locks __________________________ 48
Long-term parking _______________ 181
Luggage compartment ___________ 138
Luggage compartment lighting, Convertible ____________________ 79

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Luggage compartment lighting, SportSedan _______________134, 142
Luggage compartment lighting, changing _____________________ 234

Main instrument panel _____________ 82
Main/dipped beam ________________ 99
Maintenance schedule ___________ 280
Manual gear selection ____________ 170
Manual gearbox _________________ 164
Manual tripping of car alarm ________ 58
Materials used in the car, reclamation 273
MAXI fuses ____________________ 238
Memory, driver’s seat _____________ 21
Messages on SID, Convertible ______ 71
Milometer _______________________ 90
Moonroof ______________________ 130
Mug holder ____________________ 134

New tires, buying ________________ 247
Night driving ___________________ 197
Number plate lighting, changing ____ 233

ORVR ________________________ 207
Oil capacity, engine ______________ 291

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Opening handles _________________ 48
Opening the soft top, Convertible ____ 64
Outside mirrors _________________ 124
Owner assistance _______________ 282

Panic function, car alarm __________ 58
Park Brake Shift Lock ____________ 166
Park Brake Shift Lock, temporary override ______________________ 168
Parking _______________________ 179
Parking aid ____________________ 182
Parking brake __________________ 179
Parking on a hill ________________ 180
Pinch protection, electric windows, SportSedan and SportCombi _____ 122
Pinch protection, moonroof ________ 132
Plates and labels, location ________ 299
Polishing and waxing ____________ 270
Poly-V-belt ____________________ 219
Portable fuel container ___________ 161
Position lights ___________________ 98
Power steering fluid, checking _____ 215
Power steering fluid, grade ________ 294
Pressure gauge _________________ 88
Pressure, tires __________________ 244
Profiles, customized settings _______ 94

Quality grading, tires _____________ 248
Quick guide, remote control ________ 49

Rain sensor ____________________ 105
Raising the soft top manually, Convertible ____________________ 68
Reading lights, Convertible _________ 78
Rear fog light ___________________ 101
Rear seat, folding down, SportCombi 143
Rear seat, safety belts ____________ 17
Rear seats, folding down, SportSedan 138
Rear towing eye ________________ 198
Rear windows, deactivating, SportSedan and SportCombi _____ 123
Rearview mirrors ________________ 124
Recommendations for automatic transmission, towing a trailer _____ 191
Recommendations for manual gearbox, towing a trailer _________ 192
Recommended snow chains _______ 296
Refueling ______________________ 159
Remote control __________________ 48
Remote locking malfunction ________ 50
Replacement, wheel _____________ 250
Reporting safety defects __________ 283
Rev counter _____________________ 87
Reversing lights ________________ 102

Rollover Pop-up Bars, Convertible ___ 76
Roof carriers, SportCombi with roof rails _________________________ 195
Roof carriers, SportSedan and SportCombi without roof rails _____ 194
Roof lighting, SportSedan and SportCombi ___________________ 133
Roof lighting, changing ___________ 232
Running-in _____________________ 163

Saab Information Display __________ 89
Saab Parking Assistance _________ 182
Safety belts _____________________ 12
Safety belts, rear seat, SportSedan and SportCombi ________________ 17
SAHR, head restraint _____________ 23
SDM _________________________ 284
SID ___________________________ 89
SPA __________________________ 182
Seatbelts _______________________ 12
Seatbelts in rear seat, Convertible ___ 75
Seatbelts, care _________________ 266
Seatbelts, checking ______________ 266
Seats __________________________ 18
Securing a load _________________ 141
Sentronic, manual gear selection ___ 170
Service costs ___________________ 281
Service information ______________ 282
Service intervals ________________ 280
Service record retention __________ 281

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Signalling, horn _________________ 120
Ski hatch, SportCombi ___________ 145
Ski hatch, SportSedan ___________ 140
Spare wheel ___________________ 260
Speed ratings, tires ______________ 253
Speedometer ___________________ 87
Sport mode, automatic transmission 167
Starting the engine ______________ 154
Steering wheel adjustment ________ 120
Steering wheel lock ______________ 154
Steps for determining correct load limit _________________________ 256
Storage compartments ___________ 136
Sun visor ______________________ 134
Switches _______________________ 97

TCS __________________________ 175
Technical data _________________ 286
Textile carpeting, cleaning ________ 267
Tie down eyes, SportCombi _______ 146
Tie down eyes, SportSedan _______ 141
Tightening torque, wheels _________ 265
Tire chains ____________________ 251
Tire date code __________________ 257
Tire inspection and rotation _______ 245
Tire markings __________________ 253
Tire sidewall labeling ____________ 252
Tire sizes _____________________ 296
Tire terminology and definitions ____ 254
Tire, changing __________________ 262

Tire, spare _____________________ 260
Tires _________________________ 244
Tools and spare wheel ___________ 260
Touching up paintwork ___________ 270
Towbar _______________________ 190
Towbar load ___________________ 192
Towing _______________________ 197
Towing a trailer _________________ 190
Towing the car _________________ 198
Traction Control System (TCS) _____ 175
Transmission oil, checking ________ 212
Transmission oil, grade ___________ 293
Transmission, automatic __________ 165
Transmission, manual ____________ 164
Transporting the car _____________ 199
Treadwear indicators ____________ 247
Trip computer ___________________ 90
Trip meter ______________________ 90
Troubleshooting, A/C and ACC _____ 274
Trunk lid, driving when open _______ 196
Trunk lid, opening ________________ 51
Turbo gauge ____________________ 88

Uniform tire quality grading ________ 248
Upholstery care _________________ 266
Upholstery, cleaning _____________ 266
Useful tips on night driving ________ 197
Useful tips on starting ____________ 155

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Vanity mirror ___________________ 134
Vehicle Data Collection ___________ 284
Vehicle identification number ______ 299
Vehicle recovery ________________ 199

Warning labels ____________________ 8
Warning lights ___________________ 82
Warning triangle ________________ 102
Warnings and messages on SID, Convertible ____________________ 71
Washer fluid ___________________ 221
Washer jets ____________________ 222
Washers ______________________ 103
Washing ______________________ 267
Washing a Convertible ___________ 268
Waxing and polishing ____________ 270
Wear indicators, tires _____________ 247
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ______________________ 43
Wheel replacement ______________ 250
Wheels and tires, sizes ___________ 296
When it is time for new tires _______ 246
Windshield washers _____________ 103
Windshield wipers _______________ 103
Wing mirrors ___________________ 124
Winter driving __________________ 187
Winter tires ____________________ 257

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Wiper blades ___________________ 220
Wipers ________________________ 103

Xenon cornering headlights ________ 99
Xenon headlights _______________ 223
Xenon headlights, head light levelling 98

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