2006 Saab 9 5 Owners Manual

motorway driving), and decrease as they cool. When the temperature of the tires increase or decrease by 10 degrees the tire pressure will correspondingly increase or decrease by 10 kPa/2 psi (0.1 bar).

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Plates and labels When consulting your Saab dealer, it may be necessary to quote the car’s V.I.N., engine and gearbox numbers. 1 V.I.N. number, inside windshield. 2 V.I.N. label and certification label. 3 Gearbox number. 4 Engine number. 5 Canada: Label for tire pressure and color

codes (trim and body). USA: color codes (trim and body) can be found on the V.I.N. label on the B-pillar.

6 Chassis number, stamped on body. 7 Vehicle Emission Control Information.

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12

045842

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 ________ 6 = 11 Factory ___________ 3 = Trollhättan 12 Serial number ______

2006

000001–999999

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

adjusted.

Miscellaneous: (cid:127) Select the on-time for heated rear seat
. (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 222.

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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 ____________________ 162
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 _____________________ 204
Alternator drive belt __________ 204, 265
Alternator rating ________________ 265
Antennas ______________________ 109
Anticorrosion treatment ___________ 248
Antidazzle rear-view mirror ________ 121
Ashtrays ______________________ 126
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 _________________________ 266
Aviod theft, tip __________________ 168

Battery ________________________ 202
Battery charging/replacing ________ 203
Battery, boost starting ____________ 188
Before a long journey ____________ 249
Before towing a camper or trailer ___ 179
Belt guide ______________________ 12
Boost starting using jump leads ____ 188
Brake and clutch fluid ____________ 199
Brake-fluid reservoir _____________ 199
Brakes, technical data ____________ 267
Bulbs, changing ________________ 207
Bulbs, table of __________________ 218
Buying new tires ________________ 228

CD changer ____________________ 100
CHECK messages _______________ 71
CHECKING _____________________ 71
Car alarm ______________________ 50
Car care ______________________ 191

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Cargo net, 9-5 SportCombi ________ 138
Carpeting, care of _______________ 243
Catalytic converter, important considerations _________________ 147
Central locking ___________________ 44
Change language in SID ___________ 72
Change of address notification _____ 256
Changing a wheel _______________ 239
Changing bulbs _________________ 207
Changing wiper blades ___________ 205
Charger/Jump starting ____________ 190
Charging the battery/Jump starting __ 190
Chassis number ________________ 270
Chassis number, key to ___________ 271
Checks before towing a camper or trailer ________________________ 179
Child safety _____________________ 22
Child safety locks, rear doors _______ 47
Cleaning, engine bay _____________ 245
Clock _________________________ 105
Color code, body ________________ 270
Color code, trim _________________ 270
Compact spare wheel ____________ 237
Compass ______________________ 122
Condensation water, ACC __________ 86
Connecting a portable player ______ 104
Coolant _______________________ 198
Courtesy Headlight Feature ________ 74
Crash memory, see EDR _________ 257
Cross modulation _______________ 110
Cruise control __________________ 161
Cup holder _____________________ 129

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DICE/TWICE ___________________ 220
Dampers ______________________ 267
Date _________________________ 105
Date code, tires _________________ 237
Date display ___________________ 105
Definitions and terminology, tire ____ 234
Determining correct load, tires _____ 236
Dim-dipped beam ________________ 73
Direction indicators _______________ 75
Diversity antenna _______________ 109
Door handles ___________________ 44
Door mirrors ___________________ 116
Doors, locks & luggage compartment _ 43
Drive belt ______________________ 265
Drive belt, alternator _____________ 204
Drive belts, length _______________ 265
Driver’s seat, programmable ________ 20
Driving at night _________________ 183
Driving in hot weather ____________ 175
Driving with a load ______________ 183

EDR (Event Data Recorders) ______ 257
ESP __________________________ 165
Electric heating of rear seat ________ 87
Electric windows ________________ 115
Electrical system, technical data ____ 265
Electronic Stability Program, ESP __ 165

Electronic starting interlock _________ 49
Emergency operation of moonroof __ 124
Emission control systems _________ 194
Engine bay ____________________ 193
Engine bay, cleaning _____________ 245
Engine number _________________ 270
Engine oil, grade ________________ 263
Engine, description ______________ 196
Engine, technical data ____________ 262
Engine, temperature gauge ________ 65
Engine-oil level, checking _________ 196
Error codes, Audio System ________ 112
Event Data Recorders (EDR) ______ 257
Expansion tank, coolant __________ 198

Filling a portable fuel container _____ 150
Flat spots, tires _________________ 227
Fluid level, automatic transmission __ 198
Folding the parcel shelf, 9-5 SportCombi ________________ 134
Folding the rear seat, 9-5 Sedan ___ 130
Folding the rear seat, 9-5 SportCombi 133
Frequency band _________________ 93
Frequently asked questions on airbag 40
Front fog lights __________________ 76
Frost warning ___________________ 68
Fuel __________________________ 148
Fuel consumption ________________ 68
Fuel container __________________ 150

Fuel gauge _____________________ 65
Fuel grade _____________________ 262
Fuel information _________________ 150
Fuse box under hood ____________ 223
Fuse panel _____________________ 219
Fuses _________________________ 219

Garage door opener _____________ 118
Gearbox number ________________ 270
Gearbox oil, checking ____________ 198
Gearbox, technical data, __________ 266
General functions _______________ 105
Glove compartment ______________ 127

Handbrake _____________________ 167
Hazard warning lights _____________ 76
Head restraint ___________________ 21
Headlight flasher _________________ 73
Headlights ______________________ 73
Heated front seats ________________ 87
Hood _________________________ 192
Horn __________________________ 114

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If a tire goes flat ________________ 231
Ignition switch __________________ 142
Immobilizer _____________________ 49
Indicator and warning lights ________ 58
Indicator lights ___________________ 58
Information about fuel ____________ 150
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 ___________ 271
Key, remove ___________________ 142

LATCH (child safety) ______________ 23
Labeling, tire sidewall ____________ 232
Labels __________________________ 7

Leather upholstery, care of ________ 243
Light horn ______________________ 73
Light switches ___________________ 73
Loading MP3 discs ______________ 102
Loading your vehicle _____________ 234
Luggage-compartment lighting _____ 125

MP3 player ____________________ 102
Main instrument panel _____________ 58
Main/dipped beam _______________ 73
Maintenance schedule ___________ 254
Maintenance, A/C-system _________ 246
Manual gearbox, technical data ____ 266
Maxi fuses _____________________ 220
Milometer ______________________ 64
Moonroof ______________________ 123
Motoring abroad ________________ 249
Multipath propagation ____________ 109

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Oil specification _________________ 262
Outdoor temperature ______________ 68
Owner assistance _______________ 255

Paintwork, touching-in ____________ 245
Parcel shelf, folding ______________ 134
Parking Assistance ______________ 170
Parking lights ____________________ 73
Plates and labels ________________ 270
Poly-V-belt _____________________ 204
Portable fuel container ___________ 150
Portable player _________________ 104
Power steering _________________ 201
Power-steering fluid ______________ 201
Premium ______________________ 107
Pressure gauge __________________ 66
Prestige _______________________ 107
Programme type ALARM __________ 99

New tires, buying _______________ 228
Night Panel _____________________ 72

Quality grading, tires _____________ 229
Questions on function of airbag ______ 40

Oil capacity, engine ______________ 262
Oil change, engine ______________ 197

RDS time ______________________ 106
Radiator fan ____________________ 204

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Radio _________________________ 93
Radio Data System (RDS) _________ 94
Radio text ______________________ 94
Radio waves ___________________ 110
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
Rear fog light ___________________ 74
Rear seat, 9-5 Sedan, folding ______ 130
Rear seat, 9-5 SportCombi, folding _ 133
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 _______________ 177
Refuelling _____________________ 148
Relay panel ____________________ 222
Remote control __________________ 44
Remote-control battery, changing ____ 49
Remove the key ________________ 142
Removing CDs __________________ 99
Removing CDs, CD-changer ______ 100
Removing MP3 discs ____________ 102
Replacement, wheel _____________ 230
Reporting safety defects __________ 256
Reprogramming of systems _______ 272
Reservoir, power-steering fluid _____ 201

Rev counter _____________________ 64
Reversing lights _________________ 76
Rolling advertisements ____________ 94
Roof load ______________________ 181
Running-in _____________________ 172

SDM _________________________ 257
SID ___________________________ 68
Saab Information Display (SID) _____ 68
Saab Parking Assistance _________ 170
Safety belts _____________________ 12
Safety belts, care of _____________ 242
Safety-belt pretensioners __________ 15
Safety-belt reminder ______________ 12
Seats __________________________ 18
Securing a load __________________ 47
Selecting a radio station ___________ 93
Selecting and changing tracks, CD ___ 99
Selecting/changing MP3 file _______ 103
Selector lever indication, automatic transmission ___________________ 67
Sentronic, manual mode __________ 158
Service costs ___________________ 255
Service information ______________ 256
Service intervals ________________ 254
Service record retention __________ 255
Setting the clock ________________ 105
Setting the date _________________ 105
Settings, seats __________________ 18

Shadow effect __________________ 110
Side airbags ____________________ 36
Signalling, horn _________________ 114
Snow chains ___________________ 174
Sorting music ___________________ 103
Sound system __________________ 107
Sources of AM interference ________ 111
Sources of FM interference ________ 111
Spare wheel ___________________ 237
Spare wheel and tools ____________ 185
Spark plugs ____________________ 265
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 ___________ 267
Steps for determining correct load limit _________________________ 236
Stone-chip damage, repairing ______ 245
Storage compartments ___________ 127
Storing radio stations ______________ 93
Sun visors _____________________ 125
Suspension ____________________ 267
Suspension, technical data ________ 267
Switches _______________________ 73
Symboler ________________________ 9
Systems, adjustment _____________ 272

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TCS OFF ______________________ 63
TP ____________________________ 99
Table of fuses __________________ 221
Tachometer _____________________ 64
Tailgate, opening ________________ 47
Tank gauge _____________________ 65
Technical data _________________ 259
Technical data, radio/audio ________ 108
Temperature control, ACC _________ 81
Temperature gauge, engine ________ 65
Temperature zones, ACC __________ 81
Textile carpeting ________________ 243
Through-load hatch ______________ 132
Tie Downs _____________________ 132
Tightening torque, wheel studs _____ 239
Time display ___________________ 105
Tip, driving at night ______________ 183
Tip, to avoid theft _______________ 168
Tips, ACC ______________________ 86
Tire chains ____________________ 231
Tire date code __________________ 237
Tire inspection and rotation _______ 226
Tire markings __________________ 233
Tire pressure ___________________ 184
Tire sidewall labeling ____________ 232
Tire terminology and definitions ____ 234
Tire, compact spare _____________ 237
Tires _____________________ 225, 268
Tires, winter ___________________ 268
Tools _________________________ 185

Touching-in the paintwork _________ 245
Towbar attachment ______________ 176
Towbar load ___________________ 180
Towing the car _________________ 185
Towing, automatics ______________ 185
Traffic programme ________________ 99
Trailer weights __________________ 261
Treadwear indicators ____________ 227
Trionic ________________________ 194
Trip computer ___________________ 68
Trip meter ______________________ 64
Trunk _________________________ 130
Trunk lid, opening ________________ 47
Tuning _________________________ 93
Turbo gauge ____________________ 66
Turbo, points to note _____________ 146

Under the hood _________________ 193
Uniform tire quality grading ________ 229
Upholstery and trim ______________ 243
Upholstery and trim, care of _______ 243

Vanity mirrors __________________ 125
Vehicle Data Collection ___________ 257
Ventilated front seats _____________ 87
Viscosity, engine oil _____________ 262

Index

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Warning labels ____________________ 7
Warning light, AIR BAG ____________ 37
Warning lights ___________________ 58
Washers ______________________ 205
Washers, windshield _____________ 206
Washing the car ________________ 244
Waxing and polishing ____________ 245
Wear indicators, tires _____________ 227
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ______________________ 38
Wheel replacement ______________ 230
Wheel, change _________________ 239
Wheels and tires ________________ 268
Wheels and tires, sizes ___________ 268
When it is time for new tires _______ 227
Windshield washers ______________ 77
Windshield wipers ________________ 77
Winter tires ________________236, 268
Wiper blades, replacing ___________ 205
Wipers and washers __________77, 205

Xenon headlight ________________ 207

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