Saab 900

Owner's Manual M 1992 .SAAB

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Owner's Manual Saab 900 M 1992

Instruments and controls 3 Interior equipment 13

Doors, locks and luggage compartment 29 Starling and driving 35

Car care and maintenance 47 Technical data 69

Index 80

n.., manual for the saao 900 provides someprllciicaladviceondrilm19andcanng toryovrcar Themanualalsodescribes1ha rnos1impor1antditterencesbe1weenmode! verN!a. When mentioned in 1l1e manual. 90()j16•11halveengonenaturalyaspi· ra!edand900Tufbo16• 16-valwlengone Wllh1urbocharger

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ot conllnual wnp<ovement. we retain 11'4 nght1oinc:orpora1e mod1hcat1011s and alter $p&Ci!icauons during product1011 wothoul prior notice

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4 Instruments and controls

Instrument panel

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Indicator and warning lights soi.otthewarfWlgight5<XWMon as the 911t0ilsPlllCh«lon.TheselightSshould albeaxtingutShedu$00llastheang1ne haabeat"IS!aned .

• Fuelln]ectlonsystem warning light

Thitlightlndicates amartuncbon intheluel iniactlon sy1temAl!hol.lghan9!TISf119ncy s~temlntheeleelromccontrolunit willtake !Mlr,anatlling)'OUtocon11nueyQUr)oumey withlOlflaWl\lltdimirosnedeoglneperlor­manc.. !he csr should be tal<en to your 5aabdea-.assoonaspo$$ible .

• lndlcalOl"lightforrear­wlndow heating

This ligl1I wiH ahOwwhenthe rear·window heat>nglsswotchedon

011 pressure warning light

This light will come on ;1 tlle engine oil pres· sureshOuldlalltooklw,l! the llght!lashes or comes on while YoU are driving. stop the csrimmediatel\l.swilehol!theengineand ci'le(:j(!heOlllevel Theca<mu$lnotbedrivenwhileltllslighl

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• Charging warning light

Tlullghlwllcomeoniflhebanery11 ncM tieingc:harged. llitcomesonwl'llleyCNar• dnving,SIO!l!heearl!TYTl9dillte!y11ndswi!Ch oflt~.tnQlne Cheekttte1ttem11tordnve belttt 111sslaekorbroken.no1ontyw.llthe ba1ttryll0tbecharged tlutcoollngotthe tn0•ne willalsobeinadequ111t

I@) Main beam lndlc111or light

~lighlwilshowwhefllhtmatnbellmis

Rear log lamp lndlcalor light

Thoslightwillsllow whenlht rtarloglights aresw;1ehtdon • • Handbrake warn ing light

Thlllighlwllshowwhenthe h•ndbr•ktis -•

ABS warning light (option)

Thlalighl lndicllteslhatlheAEISsystemis n»trlltive CorweotionatbrakingisSlill svllilllbltl bu1 have the ABS system

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"""'"'"""' • • Br11ke warninglight

~~~~~ w~~ir'f.:~ht1:1~ ~ill~~ comesonwllile)'OUllrtdrlving.s1opthecar immedia1etyandched(thele';etotbrake Huid in 1he rnervoor On cars Wllh ABS brakes. the llgl'll w;g lll8o come on in com· twiabon Wiltl the ANTI LOCK wanwig llghl l!thereisadropinpressureinlhebrake 5'afVO system. In such a case the MM> preuurew;11beUNdupal!trbraklnga!­tunesarldpowerusistancewillbelos1

WARNING

ttpowe<11SS1ttanceis~1.bral<in51elleet 1$!1ft1B!lyftduced.!09111htrWilhi1big1fl­CftasflllllllQUlftdpressuftonlhebrake pedal.andtheearshouklonlybednwtn ifab9olule!y.-.ary

Haw\tlecarchecked...:loorrecttd1m· mediatetyby11n11UlhonzedSaabdealer

Fuel gauge(FUEL)

Fuelw11rninglighl

Thl$1ighlwillshowwhenlesslt.llnabout7 lill'es(1.5inlp. {llll)olluelremaonsln\tle

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Lanlt.16valveung1nellthefuel18nkllas rundrya11east5 1iunoltue1~u&10W1<a g.allon)WllhaVlltobeadOedtorlheengone to be started when the car os 11andong on level ground. If the car is on a slope. as muet1as13 li1res (appro~. 3 gallons) may llavetobeadded

Instruments

Clock

lnllllmodelsttledockiSoncorpora\edlll1he reveoun!er

Rev counter

Ther.,..coun1ershow91heenglnespeedin tt>ousands ot re~s per mlnuta. For maxi· mum fuel economy. 1heneedlesllouldbe ~ep1w.th!nthegreen2one The needle may bneflyenter1hebrokenrtdzonebu1must neverbeallowfldtoen1trlhllsolidred

S..b900TurbcJ 16only Apletycut-out lunc:1lonprev911ts\tleung""speedex· ceedongapproxomate!y6,000rlmlo

~~ometer, mllometer and trip

Themilometerrecordslhlldisianr:etrav· tlltdonmilesorkilome1reaandltletrip meltrinmilellltilomWffand1en1hs

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Temperature gauge

The temperaturegauge indicatesthetem· pe;atureofthecoolant.Whentheneedle hasjustenteredthegreenwne,ilindicates atemperatureof50°C(122'F),wh.:;his1he beginmngolthe00<maltemperaturerange fo;theeogine.Withtheneedleinthispo· sition,theengonemaybedrivenallullload (lull1hrottle)forshor1periods.Saab900 Turbo 16modelsmustnotbedrivenatfu ll throt11ebeforetheneedle 1swellinsidethe

lfthetemperatureindicatorapproachesthe red sectKlo(lh1smayoccurwhentheam· b0en1 temperature is e~tremely high or a1 veryhigheogineloads),thehighes1possi· bjegearshouldbeselectedtoreducethe eoginespeedasmU<::haspossoble. Avoid changingdown.lfthepo;nter shouldmove intothe radsection inspiteofttiesemea· sures,stoplhecarandleltheengineidle II the indicatormoves inlo1heredsection repea1edly ,s1op assoonaspossibleand chttekthecootan11evel

Pressuregauge(900Turbo16)

Thepressuregaugeindica1es1hepressure in the inlet mani1old. When the engine is onfyhghtfyloadedandduringengineover· run (engine braking) a c1e9ression woll be presen1inthemletmamfoldandtheneedle onthegaugewillbewithinlhewMezooe Athoghereng1nespeedsandwhen theen· gineisuroderagreaterload.the turbo· charger will t>oostthepressureintheinlet manololdandthe needlewillentertheyel· .,.,~

UndtlrnormalcondiTKlos,theneedleshould notemertheredzoneasasale1ycut·O<Jt system will limit the charging pressure to protec!theengma.However.unOaroonam atmospheric coodilions . the naedle may just e-nter the red zone, which Ooes not mean that the system is malfunct1omng in anyway. But if the needle repeatedly en· tersthe redzoneandalo$sinengine powerlsalsoexperienced(becausethe safetycul·O<Jtsystem is lim1t1ngthecharg· ingpressure), thecarshouldbetakentoan authorizedSaabdealerwithouldelay

Switches

Headlights and parking lights

.. Thelightinglsoff.

Please note instrumem 1l lummation is I~ al alltimeswhe-ntheignitKln ison

BI Parkinglights Thepark1ng lighlscaobeswitchedonirre· spec!ive of the pos~ioo of the ignition key Pafkinglightsshoukjonfybeusedwhe-n 1hecarissta1ionary

mil Headlights The headlights can be switched on when 1heignitionsw1tchis inthedriveorpark1ng position N.B. The headlights won be exnnguished automatically when the ignition sw~ch is tumed101helockingpositioo(L). nusdoos not apply lo the parking hghts, which can stlllbeusedw1ththeign1t100switch inlh1s position

.. Malo/dlppedbeam To change from main beam to dipped beam orv1ce~ersa, lit\thestalk1owardsthesteer­ingwtlee l. Thosw1llalsoflashtheheadlights on mam beam i1 the headlogh1s are not switched on

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SW1tellf(}rparlm1ghghrsandheild- sot io .,,. ~=:..fl'llllr1idiPf>"dbeamand<t-

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Headlight beam·length adjustment

SOmt v....,tt - tqUIPP8d with• sya1em tor adjushng the length al the beam lrom thetleadf"ights""-lt""5isafftlciedby1he way1nwtiichlheearisloaded.Thesystem oompr\Hllan11ttuatormotorateithe<head­ligt11and1swi!d'lonlhela$08.The$WllCh, wt'MCflmu•1nolbeOll8fatedunlesslheig· nitoonlson,haathetolowinglourPQ$11oons 0-FrootHl\pHseng,&randlordrivMonly

(no lUWaQe') 1·Driverplus4passengersonly(noJug·

gage) 2·Fullyl•den(Oriverplus4passengers

al'ldma.>c.loadinbootordrivfl r ontyptus maii.loadinboo!)

3- Maiumumua1~1oad\Onveronlypkls maxlmumtr .. '-loadl

Note

TheaboYeisin1endedasaguodetost11t· al)W sWl\eh po$lbOflS This laciloly IS pro­Yld«l toenable 1he dnver to use hl9 own d<ser9liOl'lto<:hooselllflsetllnglha1will gr;eoptmumllghtingondili!>edl>eamWlltl­outdazzllngotherroadusef!I

l%JI Direction Indicators

Toaw1tehon thedir&C1oonindic.ators.move thesta lk1.1p0t"down.Thestalkhaseapririg­~ ?C*llOnloruseoftheioclicatO<'Slor chang1roglane1orover!along.lnthelixed posobon, the indiet.10<$ will remamonuntol

~llUIOmabeallybythesteemg -The~repea1erligh1onlheinstru· ~n:!~a1thesamerateaslhe

Reversing lights

The revetting tights come on automatically wnenr-gear isse~ted

Instrument Illumination

Thebrigh1nesaottheinstrumen1 lllumiNI· tioncanbevariedbymeanso1the0irnmar aw•tet'I ~Rt'*>stat)

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Interior lighting

Therearethfettinterior lights: a dome light on the ceiling, a ligh1onttierear-viewmir· ror and a light by the ignition sw~ch (Combi Coup9andSedan).Saab900Cooverti t>le havefourinlerio<lights: oneontherear viewmirror,ooebytheignitionswltchand twocourtesy lightsforrear-seatpasseo­ge;~_ The ligh1s are operated by a three pos1tionswF1Chonthecori~ebetween1he 1rontseats.

Switchpooitioo2: Lightingoncoritmuously SwijchposijionO" Lightingoft SwrtchpositlOn 1.Light1ngcomesonwhen a door is opened In some models, 1he lights will switch off automaticallyertheralteradelayolabout

S'Nllchforinl8riorlights

tiltoonsecon0s alter1helast doorhasbe9n closad orwhen !heignitionswitchismoved tothednveposrtion.

Luggage compartment light

The luggage compartment light is switched on-exbnguished automatically when the luggage compartment door is opened· /closed. The lighlcanalsobeswitchedofl by movmg the switch to the middle position

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The rearfogligh1isincorpora1ed intherear lehorrightlight ciuster(dependingon lelt · orrigh1·handtraffic)and issw1tchedonby

means of a switch on 1he instrumem panel Therear fog lightoperatesonlywtienthe headlightsareon.Alightonthe instrumem display panel will showwheotherearfog lighl isswi1chedon. Make sure that you are familiar with the law regarding the useolrearlogllghts.

.. Haiardwarnlngllghts

WhentNs sw~ch 1s depressed, all lour di · rection indica1or lights wi ll flash s1multa neo<Jsly. Anindicator lighlintheswitchend bothdirectionindicatorrepeater lightson lhe instrument panel will also llash. The hazard wam1nglightsshouldonlybeused it.becauseofacollisiorlorbfeakdowll , 1he

~:~~:,~~::,:. danger or obstnxtion to

Hazardwaminglighrswitch

Stalk switch for wipers and washers

The sta lk switch forthewopersandwash· ershas1he lollowongpositions

1 Windscreenw1pe<s, interm1uentopera· non. The wipers will make a OOuble sweepeveryfewsoconds.Thisfunct>on 1sparti<;ulartyusefulin ligtlt ra1nordriz

"' 2 Windscreen wipers, low speed

3 Windscreenwipers,highspeed

4 Ufnng the s1alk sw itch 1owards the steeringwheelwi ll Operatethewashers !:'1.:~ rs lorthehead lightsandwi nd

ID Heated rear window

TheswitchforheaLingot1herear winOowis loca1edonthedashlx>ard. Awamonglight onlheinslrumeotdisplaypanelwi ll show whenthehea11ngisswotchedon

SW11ChtheheaLingoffassoonasthe rear window is lfee from icto or mist. Refram from ptacingsharporhardobjeclsonthe rear parcel sheff, toa\fOfddamagingthehealer elemoots Donotswltchontherearwlndowheat· ingbefore theenglnels runnlng

Cars forsomemar1<etsare&q\J1ppedw1lha t1me·delay relay which limits to a Jew min· utes the tome during which the rear window is electrically heated

~s":e::"eiectncallyheated

m Heateddrlvlngseat

On some variants the dri\flng seat is equ ippedwithadjustableheatingolthe seatcushoonandbackrestThecontrolon 1hedashtloardhasthreeheat1ngsatnngs. wi1h posotoon 3 providing ma•imum heat Wi1h1hecontrolmpos•1oon0. theheatingis sw1tchedoffaltogether

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Heating and ventilation system Ff'9sha1r isdrawninthroughaninlet inthe bonnet An efficient Mer removes dust and other particles from the air belof'9 ~flows ttlroughtheheat1ngandventila1ionsystem into the car. On the Combi Coupe air is evacuatedlromthecarthroughanou1Jeton e1thersideat1he rearo1thecar. Onsedan andCOnvertiblemodels,thea;revacuabon ou11et h; located underneath the rear bumper

Healingal>dwnrilahooron/ro/s 1 Fan switc11 2Temperarure oontrol 3 Air distr...,tion oontrol

ll!JI ''" The amount ol au admitted 10 the car is con1rolledbythe fansw11ch. Thtilan ~ns

;:u~1Se~~;!-lheaird1stnl>u·

~asetheairflow,tum lhefancontrof

Tempera ture control

lntinuetyvartablecontrololthe temperature ofthtisupply8ll'(belweenthekmts)1s pos·

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sible by means of the 1empera1Ure corm(lj Tum1hecon1rol dockwiseto increase11\e

- Alrdlstrlbutloncontrol

Theairdisrributioncontrolisusedtodirect thesupplyofairtothede!ros!ef , paneland floor vents

Joysticksonthepa~ven1senablethedi· rectionoftheairflowtobese~tedasde· sired (tor instance, in very cok:f weather it maybeadvisabletodirectthealrflowon10 thesidewinOows1oenhancethedelrost1ng effect). The thumb wheels on the panel ventsenabletheamoun1otairadmitted1o beadjustedtoreachvent individually. Note thatthetopsectlonolthesldeventsls permsnentlyopen.

Recommended control settings

Cold wuther. For raptd defros~ng. tum lhaairdistributioncontrolto position W and se~t the ma~imum fan~·

Thereaher. tokeeptheinsideo11hecara1 ar:omfonable!emperature,tumtheair dis

1r19iooand ':~t at~it=':, s~ ~ temperatuf'9 Hot weather. When 1he car is very hot and maximum cooling is required, tum the air distributioncontrol toposition<l:(>and select1hemaximumfanspeed

TllereaMer.tomatn1a111comlortabit'V«1tila·

~ t~~~s:~.oe: F: an'°9qualellll'changeratelnsi0elheear. lhll!an1t'louldbeusedevenwhentll9car istrav&1hng11spee<1.Regulatathet&mper· atureo!theincomingauasrequored Notathatthecemralpanel V$0191dmlt on ly unhea1ed !reshaor

Miiied windows

ForraoctdemosbnglUmtheaudistribubon controltoposrborl ~ andselllc:lfan speed2or3a1highspeed<tiving

S~alort111Jairconditionmg1.1"5tam

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Air conditioning (when fitted)

When fitlad. 1he 111r conditooomg sys1em is incorporatedinlhet1anclar(jheabngand "'8nblalion IJYll!em and operated by the samecontrolf. Totw1tchontheaircond1· booing,depress1heACswttchon1hein· stn;mempanet

N.B. S1arting ot the air condition&.- com· pressaris0tjaf*lbyabout10seconds whentheengineisstaned.inorder101void applyWlgaddobonalloadontott>eeng1ne Thrsdelaywllbeoperaliveonty~tt>eAC swlldlhasi.tlprelMdbelorelhlligrubon hasbeenswilcll«lon. Forrapidcoolingottt>eaorinsidethecarin hot weathei"or to 1YO!d •~haust 1umes be· ingdrawn in1ott1,tcar lntrafficjams,press Iha air recircu lation switch, whereupon1he ffeshairintakewillbeclosedandtheairin· side1hecar1ecirQ.llatedthroughlheventl· lation system. To reduce 1tle hke~hood o1 lhewindows_mistingupinsidett>ecar.the aorreon:ulabOnluncborlwiMonfyoperate when1heAC1ystemlsswilChedon N.8 . Do not use 1he,;,. rtom.itation tac111y in coldweatt>eru1hiscanresultinoceand mistk>nrwlgonthewindaws

Whenlhe airdi11ributklnc:ontrolis se!toO or <U> . thesy11emwinovernda theair rea1cu la!klnsenlng,l,a. the1reshaorin1ake willbeclosedregardlessolwl\ethertheAC andeirrecirculationswi1cnesareonoroH N.B. Htheengineisrunmnghot,lhe<eisno needtolWi1enontt1tACsys1emu1tt>er· mostatinthesystemdswm::hotttri.AC

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compressorau1orna11C11yijnecess.ary.H 1he•condmorwlgsystemitnotworking properly, relef!OthellllC1ionA.irCOfldinon. ing·!auhO'agnos!S

Climate system tips

Oelogglngwlndows- Swotchlngon theAC compressor "' combination with tumong up the1emperaturecon11olwi ll accelerat&de­logginQ Therecirculationswitchshouk!be

"" Oelra.llng wlndshlekl ·For maiumum ef· feet. tum the temperature conttol luly elockwtseand!he111rdistribub0ncontrofto 1w.rveoclock.lncreasethelanspeedas 1he • irbeg1ns1owarmUI) Heatplu1lresh1lr- Onalongwint81drive cootaordire<:ledtoward1tl,tlaeacanl\elp fight drowsiness. Select the nine o'clock po91tionontl\eairdi1trib\.ltioncontrol and adJV11 lhecem81panelV«1ttosurt. AC mod1.1l1tion - For manT111m cooldown, erqege1heACswi1enlllldse1t1c1tt>eseven oelockpos1110nontheaordislribuboncon­tnll(tamperaturec:on1rolluftycaunterelock WIHIObluespoO.Asthedllsiredcomlort t,ev.iisreact>Bd,$Wl1chtheairdi11ribtltkln toeighto'cloekandadjust!enspeedtosu~

Tomam1a1ncomfortonmo<ierated.ays.add heattotheoulerventttly tumingupthe temperature conlrof ?11'1 way. Direct the fultycoldairfrom11\eeenlMV9flttowardthe rear. betweenthelrontseats.oreloseit :::11h91h\.mbwheel1witchon1heventi1·

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Interior equipment

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Seats Thebllckrestandcushio!'lol1hefron1seats areequ ippedwitheleclric:l\ff11ng,which;9 ooniroHad au1omatictlly by • thermosi.t wtl8fltheignitionison. lntomemode1$.1he l'IMbog ol tha drivef's SUI is adjUSlable

~ ~:9~~=~when1heig· Bolhlronlsea1S canblladjus1edtorleg· roomandtharakaangiflolthebitcluasll hulnllnltalyvariablaadjustmantwittlm1he Hm.ts.Thadrivingseatlsalsoadjustablator haight, lnConve<ibleandthrN-doormod· .it, lhebad<restscanbllloldadlorwards

The-tsolcassfor1heFE·andME·rrwtr· katshllYBnoalactric:hfftmg

He1dreatraint

The head restramtscanbllraisedorlow· arad and to give maximum prot<'IC!ion

~~~~~10thesamehaigh1 as c_ __ ~._ ·""

TorMB1heheadr9Slr.-itgrip~onttithtr ~andpul~Slraigh1up

TolowertheheadrastraintPfassthatop straight down

TololdJINJMclrrnllot· Wltd, (3"doorlllld C<ln-1iblf>J ReiHH1tl9t>ld<rffltly

=:.=i-:..: Backrntrak.aangla

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Electrically adjustable seats

Some variants are equipped with electri· callyadjustable !rontseats.whicharealso anopt>ononce.iainO!hervariants.

The top control is for adjustment of the backrest In add~k>n 10 legroom adjust ment.theklwercontrol provM:les indMdual heigh! adjustmen1 of the front (thigh sup· port)andbacko!thaseat lnthell\lemo1anelec1rical fault.aspecial winder incllKledmthetool kitcanbeused toadjus1thesea1maooally1orlegroom

Seat belts AlwayslastBnyOUrseat be l1. Thisalsoap· plies to back·seal passengers. Research

hasestabtishOOthat~isequallydangerous forrear·sea1passenge1snottowearsea1 belts. lntheevBntofacollisk>n.unre· strainedrear·seatpassSf199rsare1hrown violentlylorwardagainst thefroot·seat backrests. Thisdoubtes1helorcepu1onthe ffoot·seatoccupantsandsea1belts. fre· quBntlyresulting ininjurytoall theoccu· pants.Eacllbel1mayoolybewombyone personatahme Apar11romthebe lt!OfthemKidlerear·sea1 passenger( .VaCorwenible).1heseatbelts areoltheinertiareel type.Tofastenaseat belt. p<.1llthtistrap gentlyoutofther&eland insenthetonguemthet>udde. Makesure thatthe tongue;s!)<operlysecured. For maximum protectk>n. the seat belt s.hotild be worn with the h;p strap klw acrossthehipsandthed1agonal s1 rapwell

Takingflokiofthelrontsearben

lnontheshoulderbutnottooclosetothe neck. Makesurethatthebeltisnottwisted or rubbing agwns1 any sharp edges and thatthereisnounnecessaryslackonthe s1raps.Tora lease1hebuckle, prassthe red OOttonmarlledPRESS. Expectamroothersshouldtakacare totit thebeltsuchthatitdoesnot apj>lypreswre to1he abdomen. The hip strap shou ld be as lowaspossibteacross1hehips. Most ot the time when the belt is be<ng worn the reel wi ll not be locked, 1hus allowing freedom of movement. However. the reel will lock n 1he strap is jerked Of wilhdrawn sharply.nthecar is~ lteda1asteepa~1e. Ofif11lecarbrakashardoris involved1ne cci lision.Theseatbeltwarninglighton the Instrument panel wi ll show~ either of the

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1Tontsea1occupantshasneglectedtofas ten his belt Thebeltlorthemldd~rear·seatpasseoger isolthe lap-belttypeandcanbeadjusted manually. lfrequired.kmglhenlhebeltbe-1oretastening itbyt.:)4ding1headjus1erat rightang~tothestrapandpullingthe strapout. Tlghtenthebeltbypu llingthefree end un1il the belt ms snugly against thtl

;:1~~: ;:~~he belt. press the red

CAUTION

Makes.ure1ha1thebeltsdonotbecome ==t~,;ar seatlstippedfor·

• Seatbeltsaredesignedtobearupon lhllbonystruetureofthebOdy. and shouldbewornlowacrossthelrontof thepelvis, orthepelvis,chestand shoulders. as applicable: wearing the tapsectionollhebeltacrosstheabdom· inalareamustbeavoided.

• Seatbeltsshouldbeadjustedasfirmly aspossibje, consistentwittloomlon, to prov'datheprotectionforwhichttiey havebeendasigned. As"1ckbeltwill ll:':~~ucetheprOlectionallorded1o

• Car&shouldbe1akentoavoidcontam· ina1ionofthew11bbingwrthpoli$h11S. oils andchemicals.andpartk:ulartybatt&ry acidCleaningmaysaletybecarriedout using mild soap and water. The bell

Correc1pos11Jonotlhe sea100/t

shouldbereplaceditwttbbingbecomeS !rayed, contaminated or damaged

• ltisessentialtoreplacelheentireas· sembly after It ~ been worn +n a se· vereimpaeteven1tdamagetotheas· semblyisnotobvious

• 6eltsshouldnotbewornwi1hstraps !wisted.

• Eaeht>eltassemblymustonlybeused byoneoccupant;ltisdangeroustoput abeltaroundachildbeingcarriedonthe occupant's lap.

• No modi!icalions or additions should t>e madeby theus&rwhicheitherp<&Venl theseatt>eltadjustingdevices!romop. arating to remove slack. or.preventlhe seatbeltassemblyfTombelngadjustad toremov11slack

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Child safety Totr•vtlN.lelyinlhee.r,chiklrllf'ln'IV51be reslfalnt(I in some w•y However. the ..­strU'lt uHd must be turt.able lor the si.:e ol lhecholdFor1h1sreason,bel0<&fittorogany typeo1sa!&1ysea1orhamess, consullyour Saabdfflle<,who""" l bepleasedtoa!N1se youQl'llhemost~typeolrntr'"'1t

When•dmldisabletosotupbyilMll.a propertylittedd'MldMa1pn.wid$$1hebe$1 protec!oon. However. these should no iongerbeusedwhenach;ldhuoulgrown them. i e when they no longer proviOe am CM:J .-.stra•nt ancllOrages. 900

PieSUP!)Orllorlheheadan:.llegS ComOICO<¥J'ill"'1S«M/I

When• child has ootgrown chlld seata. the star.::lardseatbekwithalXX>!:ltereustMQn should be used. Mah1urethatyou1r1 Chlldrestralnt1nchorage1,900 famlll•r with the l1w regarding 1;hlld Combl Coupe 1nd Sedan (Australia

pasaengera. only)

1 Remove the CO'lering plugt from tile t>olnunOerthetwocross·shapedculll In the luggage companment flOO< <:ar· ,.

2Fastentheancholbollawith!Mlr shacklesonlheholes,usingspecially dfflgnedspacers

3 6o1t dom&flSIOll UNC 5116, ieoght 25

mm.Spacefdomenston•20nvno(hole 12mmo),tt.cknessl0mm

-.'i Chlldres/rlJ1Ne~J.

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Child re1tr1iot 1ochorages, 900 Convertlbl1(Australlaonly)

Toartachtherestra111ts

1RarsetheconvwtJblel(l!)andlowerthe rea<sc'-1

2 Clp&ratnig 1rom outsocle ol the car. IQ.

cat•thezopper111tuatedin1hespace be!w&e0theDfleksea1andtherear scroon,ju1tbeloweachheadres1 0penlheZ•PP8•

3 Detachtheheadrestbyunscrewir.gthe wir.g screw wtuch locks the head re straOn1. Remove the head rest and ret'11'1ten1hescrew

WARNING :

::a,~:::.IOpWlll'l~in

Whelld"""""1w•ththetoplowered anda ctiddrestra1n1111thebacksaat,Oonotfot lheCOlle<~ll

Cl'oldrts!rallllanctior.Qesaredesogntld IOW1!hs!andon/ylt'IOM~imposedb)I c:orrtie1lylitttctehldrtstraimsUndttrno corcumstano1taretheytobeuse<lfor adult -I belts or hllmmses

Rear-v iew mirrors TherNr·VMIWl!lllTOl'ISol!heantl-dazzle typtandcanbtdellec1edbymeansolthe ltverUl'ldtmtaththem1rror Thedoormirrorsareanti-gla .. truatadand ara adjustabla b)I means ol the !avers on 1hansldeol1hetrontdoors

+ Some models are equipped w11h eleclrica lty ad1ustable door m•r<Ors. The sw1tchesforthesea1&klcaledonlheinstru· ment p&ntl. to &<the• side ot the ste&ring whet! The swi!Ches may be moved UI), down,l&florright

900Convertible: lfsubjecied1oexcess1ve lorce,thedoormirrorswillfoldback. They can also be parked in this posit>on. Care· fully foldlhe mirror backwards until it en· gages lhe catch. To release the mirror press ilbackandpushinthecatch

llsubjected1oexcess1veforce. 1hemirro•s tittedtoConv&rtiblesw1llfoJdbackThemir­rorscanalsobeparked1nthefo4dedback poSilion. Carefully !old !he mirror back· wardsuntil ilengagesthecatch.Torelease the mirro<. push it further into the !oJded positontotakepressureo!!thecatch.Push inlhecatchandreleasethemorror

Ashtrays Thecaris!it!edWlth!WOashtrays:oneis 1ncorporatedin1heradioconsoleandthe 01heratthebacko1thecentreconsolebet· ween the front seats Tor{lmOVethelrontashtray!romitsOOus­ing, depress the spring catch (as shown) andpull1heashtrayoutofthehousting. To replace the ashtray, simplypush~bacicinlO the housing Toremovetherearashtray, makesurertis fully open and then press down and pull it forwardTorefittheashtray,engagethe IWOspnngs inthecorrespondinglugs, pressdownonlheashtrayandpushhin.

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"' ----=-­• . . .

SwlfCllMlorel9cfllc>Wldowsand SW1J(:fllo,.,,,.,doorswill;:tlnlor rNr-"*""'inoper•W.

Electric windows

£B Thetwo-posilionrockerswm::h­estonhetleciricwindoWsartloeatedon lheawitchpanelontheceotrtconsole.The swrtdlnlorthelrom-doortwindowhave • Uwllposib()l'lbeyondthe!P'1r9-loadecldot­lentposrt1011.W;ttitheswi1chinlt11Sposi­llOn. the wirldow win.,, fut!)' withoot the nttd\O kffPtheswitch<!eprassedDoor sw.tchesarealsoprovided foroperationot lherearwindowsbutttlesecant>eren­d9rtdinoperalivflbyaswl1chon1hecentra ooneole(markedONIOFF) \OprtYen1child­r9tl playing wi!h lhem

WARNING

APways rerT10Ye !he ogmtlOl1 key when leavmgthecartoaven!herisko11njury aris.ngtromuna1tendedch01drenopera1-'ngthewmdaw!I

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Sunroof Toopan!he~$1idathepanelback bymeansofthehandla Aaleasethehan· dlewhaottlesunroof lsopan1hedesired amount, whereupon it will lock in 1ha1 polll· llOl'IToelo$t'1hesunroorslldalhe~

lo!wa1dbymeansollhehandle,maklng .... lha!ildid<sltlut

ROOF Some models are equopped with anelec1ncsunroof.Theswitch1orlhesun­;;:;'~islocatedattheffontofthecen1recon-

Manualoperahonofsunroof

Amanualwinder1oremergeocyoperatPon o1 thesunroof(e.g.in1heev(lllto1anele<:· tricaltauh)is!itledtothesunroolmotor.The motor1slocatedon1heright·handsidtiun· demealhtheluggagecompartment floor Toclosethesunroof.rotatethewinderina cloci<wlsedireciion

Convertible top

GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

• Wh(lllra1singorloweringthetop,keep handswellclearo!thehinges,linkages andwuldscreenlrame

• Removt1a ll objocts!rom thespaC<:1be· hondthe rearsea1be!orera1singorlow­enngthetop. Th1sspace<s1orstowage of 1he top only. Loose items left here coulddamagetherearscreenorthetop assembly

• Before rai singorloweringthetop,check thatpoopleares1andingw~lclear.The rear seat must not be occupied during operationo1the1op

• Beforeloweringorraisingthetop,re· moveanychildseats, carrycots,chil· drenorinlan1slromtherearsea1

• Donotoperate1he1opwhen1heootside lempera1ureisbelow35'F(2°C)

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• Beforednving off, make surttthat the topiseitherproperlysecuredtothetop ofthewindscreeoonbo1hskles,orthat ~~ prope~y slowed behind the rear

• Before operating lhe ROOF swhch, make sure 1hat the manual va lve Is

"""' • Donot runthecarth roughanautomatic carwashasth1sisliabletodamagethe .,

• Do not lower the lop when his wet or damp as moisture can damage or stain lheinteriororcausemildewtoformon thefatir;cotthetop

The900Convert1blaisdes1gned1orama><· imumo1 fouroccupanlsincludong1hedriver, twointhefrontandtwofnthebaci< lt isst1onglyadvisedthatrear-sea1passan· gersalsowear saatbeltsata ll tomas

22 Interior eciu1pment

Lowering the top

CAUTION

KM!)l'landswellclearof!helwlgesand llnk*'!)ftwhenklwenng the top

Seforelowenngthetop. makesurethal 1herNrMattareunoccupiedar>dlha1 ~••ewetlclearo!tllecar

R&n"IOVeanyloosei1emsfrom1hespaca b8h1ndtherearseats(thisspaceshould not be uMd !or st0<age other than !or stowageo!1hetop1tselfl

No1e1N111n.rear..,_,muste1therbll raisedar>dsecu•edW11htheZ1PP910<10W· ered ""1hrely inlO the IPke belwid !he rearseatsNl!Yerlea.,..rtresllngllonzon· talyagalllSltherear·sealbackresl

1Appfy!hehandbrllke(Thelopcannol beopera1edunless1hehandbrakeis ~.)

2~mtheignitionkey1othedriveposi·

3Loweralllidewindowsand111esunYi-

4 Undo the two lalching handles. to re­lease1hehooks1romthestrikers

5 f'resetheROOF switeti toraosetlletop 10 the position at Wtiich ~will remain open (appro•. 1 - 2 feel {30 - 60 cm) abclV'ttheWW'ldweenr....,.)

6 Retum1he1WOl\8ndlestothmroriQ1nal ........ Fadure10dosoa1thosstagecanresultin damage to the hancles 0< !he car uphol·

'"" 7Presslherootswt\Chtolowerthetop completely5wi1cholfth8igru!IOO

e Checkthat1heinne1boingott1>etopN!s 1oldeddownpropertyb8hondandclear olthetop&dgeofthebackrt1st lf'10I, 1uckltdownbyMnd

Fitting the cover panels

()pentn.b0ot,umooktheelasbc:straps11 oo!herendol1hestoragebagaOOtakeOU! .... ~ lns.pectand.dnecessary.clearanydtrt lromlhegt"wv.11111'1eblackme1alr811atlhe b9c:k ol 11'19 llO'Wage compartment (1)

Start1ngwlll'llhepanelloflhelight·hand $1de,inserttherearedgelmolhegroove111 N.B. theblaekme1alrall.ll0$ltK1111ng1hepanel awrox1matelyonel0ch(25mm)in!romthe eodofthe1al l Pressd0wn1hetron1011he CO'ler(2)unt1litanapsintoplaceand1sre· tai~by thesl)l1ngclipSlidethebaci<into pos1tK>n.ln llriew1ththeblackrall(3)

F1tthelett·har.:lcove<pa~inlheSilme .. , Makeeerteinthattheinna<l1nong olthe top does fl01 become trapped between 1hep1~1and t~o! 1hebackres1

W11h1heboo1hdopen,shOe1heedgeo!the moddlecoverpa~underthemetal rallend

hneUl)thestudswrththecorrespOndong tastenersinlhesidecoverpa~slnsert

theStrlj)Sonthebackoflhecove<unde< lheb0otlldar.:ldo$ethelld Pushdownon

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thepaneltoengagethestudsHookthe strapaontothes\Udsonthetrontoflhe -

CAUTION

Makecertainthecoverpanellllfesecure bekQdrMngoH

To remove the covers

()penlheboot,unhooklhestrapslromthe trontollhenllddlepanelandeasethepanet Slud1outolthe!as1enersAaasathelead· ingedgtlandrerno'<'ethepanelToramove thesidepa~s.releasetllebackedgtls

tirs1

1 AW"! !he h<uidbrak• (The top e.nnot tit0p«a1edunless!hehandbtakei1 ~)

2 Lowerdsdewww:lowsandthesun'o'l­IOnl. sld rl!f'"ICMltheco.erpanels

3~1heRCXlfswitd'landr-lht 1optohallway.ii.r..1ter.lowerHQt11· t1yunMlt1S81JPO'O• 21et1(60cm)aboYe 1hllwiridscte.itramt(1opreven!1hll 1opeloslngloosoonwithensuingdam· •1olhtlaldwlgnool<s)

4()penlhtlatdwlghtn!lesluly

5 PresalheAOOFsWlld!llQil'"unllllht :mecomes 10 rest on lht windscreen

6Whhonehandon!htgrabrailat!he 1Tontollhe10p_ hokllht10pfirmty ~lhe~frarnesldlod<

lhtlOpbypushnglhti.tdwlghandles lullyhomtl

Stowtllecoverpanelsinlhebag(seein- N.B,

Slruebonsinsicielhebag) 0onolpulllhel0pdow'1by,,_,.olthe

Raising the top

CAUTION

l<Mphandswellclearofthehiol(laand hnklges when r--.g the top

8elort1&1S1ngthelop.makesurethat1ht rear11eatsareunoccup;edandtha1peo­plearewe1lclea10!1hacar

•. ,, .. .,,,_ 7Check11lallhfll'IOOl<s•epropedytn· ,.,.,

8.l!neces$81'f.adjusttheVelcrofasten­ong•longt,,.edgesolthetoplirnng ,_pie! ..... )

9Swit<:nol11heignlb00

Rellll'lg the lop m1nuelty

l!nec8$Sll)l,int,,.r1entolasys1em1 ... ure,lhetopcanbera1sedmanuallyoncaa l'lydr•ulicvaMl{behlndaftapinlhetnmat theb&eitottheboo1)hesbeenopeoed

CAUTION

Keephanda wel l clearo!thehlngesand tlnkagnwtienra1s111gttie10p

Belorereisingthe10p.makesurethatthe •ea•-ts-unoa:upiedandthatpeo­ple-welclearolthecar

1AP91Ylhehandbrake 2Lower .. SKMwindowsandthesun'li· -3()penlhemanuelvalvelullybylunwig

lhehandl9aquarter-1umclockwlsa

4 Remove 1he OOYer panels and s1ow 11*'1.-..odelhebag Oonotsec:urethe baginlheboolyet

5 FromtherHrseat,griptllegrabra>lon thelrontolthe1opandra1sethe~to lhe 1i.i1way pos~ion

6 Open the latching handles!u l ~

7 Pullltltttopdownon1othew1ndscreen

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8W!ll'lonehandonthegrab,ailatlhe lron1olthetop,holdlhetop!1rmly eigaonsllheWllldsaeenll'ameandlodt thetopbypuslwlglhela\chmghar'ld* .., .....

00001 pu~the top down by meanso1111e iatchlnghlndtes

9 Cheek !Mtthehooksaref><operfyen­

g•"' IOl!neces!lry,adjusttheVelcro fasten·

lngalongtheedgesof lhe1op lirung (-poctute)

11 Fully do9e the manual vaMI by turrwig 1taquert8f·tumanti-dockwtse

12Secure1hebagntheboot

Hrequir«!,inth9eventofa$ystemfailure. lhe10pcanal9obeloweredmanually.onc:e lhehydrauhcvalvelocaledbelwldallapin lhetrml11hebeckollheboolhasbeen .,..., CAUTION

• K&ephandtwelldearotthehongesand hnka(J{lswhenloweringthe top

• Betoreloweringthetop, make sure that therearse1ti1unoccupiedandthat people are well clHrolthecar

• Remove any loose otems 1rom the space belwldth9 ..... Slll(lhr$spacesllould notbeused1orstorageotherthan1or $\OWlgeolthetophwfl)

• NolelhatlherN•screenmustertherbe rlllsed and MCUfed with the zipper or loweredenbrelyntothespacebehind lhe•NrMlts Nevarle1W9~resltng

=:ootallyagainstlherear-seatback·

1 AW'/ the handbrak1

2Lower1ll ai0ewin<lowsandthesunvi­

~• 3 Open the manual valve 1ully by tuming

lhehandle1quanar-tumclockwise

4 Openbolh latcNng handleslully

5Hotdinglhegratoraila!1hetrontotthe top,P'ftlyr..sethfttopandthenretum ::.llltdwlghllndlestottledosedposl·

6 F•omlhetl(ltoollhec&f.wilhlheopen palmol1hehanduoderthe5'deol1he top trame, ~h 1he t~ towards the bade KeepharldswellclHrofthelinkages

1 Pu9.hlhetoprightthewaydownbehind 1herearsea1a

8 Fullyclosethemanualvalvebytuming naQUanaMumantl-cloci<w•se.Replace 1hetnmp11neloverlhevalve

9 i:-~ the COV9f panels as detailed earliar inlhltMClion

Opening the rear screen

TherearscraencanbeopenedtoproYlde agreatarllowolairthl'oughthftin!eriof whenthf!S>dewndowsaredown. Open the rea<scraenaslollows

1Supportlhescreenbysecuringlhe s11aptolhehanger

2 ReleaHtnei"11ogHapsooertherlide lld1ac:emtothescreen

3 Open 1he zipper comp~tely

4 UnOo the strap and lower the screen ceralully down beh ind the rear seats Ra-secure the lining flaps

CAUTION

To pre~t damaQe to lhe rear screen nevef&1or.anyhafdOfsllarpCJbredsbe­lwldlherearseal$

R•l•lng the, • ., screen

10penlheta1etnngti.nc1esa11hetro111 otthe~toreleasethetensionin1he labrie

2Rel&11$41the liningflapsone1therSlde, ldJae&nltotherearsc roon

3Llltlherearscre&nintoposi1ion.socur· ingltbymeanso!thastrap

4 Ck:IH tl\fl:opp&randr&·sec\n&thelln· S>gftapa

5 Clo$&thel•tclwlghe.ndl&s

Checklngthelevelofthe hyd .. ullc lluld(Connrtlble)

The-islocatedundemeath1he rears .. 1ToremoYet11esea1ws111on,gnp lhelrontottheseatandlillitup Therewrvoiristr...sparentto1aalo1ate chedungol!l\fllluKllevel.Thelevelshould beabovelhemarkwhenthetop~down

andbe4ow1hemarl<whenlhe1op~up 11 lhelevejitiow,dOnollKldanylluidyoor· sel!COntactanauthorizedSaabdealer, whowrlleheckthesystemforleaksandtop itupw11htlle1?9cial11uidrequored

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Audio equipment Aeableforlhec.r_,alllasalreadybeetl run.,•llmooelsoftheSaalJ9001nllO!!lll rnod91scableshave•lsoi-irunlor"'1 eleetne a..t. Of complete wrth eleetrle -i.llldlrontand<eafsetsolspeakefs. Thecabln•re~behindinstru· mentp11neloonsot&.lhespeakereov!"~ lheonstrumentpanelandb&hindlhetnm., lhe~ageeornpf;rtment.

Furtherde1ailso1theseandOlheracees.so­nesareeoot1ined inaleafletavailable !rom yoorSubdealer

Doors, locks and luggage compartment 29

Doors, locks and luggage compartment

-· 30 Cenlrel locking . . 30 Luggage compartment 31 Bonnet . . 32 Glove compartment 33

30 Doors, locks and luggage compartment

Doors Bo1h!romdoorsmayt>eloci<edbykeytrom lheOtll~.MostmodetshaveOlll'ltratlock·

ingThekeysupplledWllhtheCllflitsatl loeks.The-..lnumbe<ollhekeyis stamped on the disc on thekeynng K&eP lheditcinas.aleplacealldmakeaflO!eo! lheae<lal numb(lr ine.iseakay'slostand youneedtoorderarepacem&n1

1Toun1Ddc 2Tolock

Central locking ~tl"ltdriversclool'illocked/unlock.O,

atlotherdoorsdallobrllocked'unlock.O tlylhe~lodungaysltm,thepasMn­

ge.rdoorscanbel.wllocl<edbykeyfromthe oulSldt(lrontOOOronly)orbyraisingthe lockingbuttonsonlholinSldeolthecloor• Simil1r1y. the p;1ssenger doors can tie kx:kedl)ytnelodungbubonswhen tl\tc.n· trat locking system" unlod<ed. The lug· gageeompartrl1'11"1000rcanal90brl locQd.funkll:Udsepmratelybykey

';:!,"":Z::/dl ... 4.mtJrand

10oo<.,.,.beOl*>edkomW...0.0<0UIS«l9 2Doo<Clll'Ofttbe0!**"°'10UISlde

Luggage compartment To open the luggage compartmen1 door, 1eleasethecatctlinthe handle.Toclose :~~,usethehand!eprov>dedonthe

The luggage compartmen1 door is fitted w~h a catch which holds tile parcel shell upr>ghtto!aci li1ateloadinganduntoading

Doors, locks and luggage compartment 31

~~~=~doorSaab900 , ~llKlbycentrelloclung

2Locl<edposi1.,.,·caMOlbeuti· locl<l<lbyceimal locl<ingsystem

3Tountod<wt>e<ilocl<O<lbycentr•I locking system

Luggagecompar!,,,.,,,tdoor. $aab900CombiCoupe

!Tournock 2Tolocl< ,~.

Tomakemorespace inthelvggagecom­pamnent theparcelshelfcanberemoved, or to e><lend 1he luggage compartment it· se l1,therearseat canbefoldedllat.Todo this,release1heca1chfortheseatcushion by lillingthecushions1rapandstandingtlle cushiononedgebeh1ndlhefron1seats Remove the head restra ints(it fitted)!rom thebackrest,release1hebackrestca1ch andfoldthebackrestforwardl<eepthe seatbeltawayfromthetixingbracketwhen thesea11stoldedinorder1hatthebel1will not becomedamagedortrapped. The parcel shell should be removed wllenthebackrestand1eatcushlon•re loldedlorwarda. Otherwlse.lntlle event ofacolllalon, itmightbethrownlorward andcauselnjury.

On tha 900 COnll9<t1ble. the seal is ti• ed andcannotbek>k*I Thesparewheel.1ackalldtoolki!a1e $towedunderapanel1111hekiggagecom-

",,_"°" CAUTION

Makesurerhat1heb&llsd0ootllecome tr~ when tharearseatisbppedlor· wardorlokleclbaci<

Bonnet TtlebonnelrMasehandleisloca1edon1he ltlt·lland Side. undemealh 1he tnSlrumenl pane1Toopen1t1ebonnel

lPuUlhehalldlewllereuponthell)ading 4dg.tol1hetlonnel....,Ns.prvigUl),pro­V>diogaccnslO thes.all!lyea1ch

2 Prestdownon!heleadingedgeolthe tlonnetandpull1heal1chk><wardsThe leadongedgeolthebonnetwillnow spnngup-bln;Jthebonoe1tobe ~tted forward

Doors, locks and luggage compartment 33

Glove compartment

--1To.-2Tokld< 3Toapen

Starting and driving 35

Starting and driving

Ignition •witch and gear lever lock..... 36 Starting the engine 36 Running In . 38 Gear changing 39 Cruise Control . . . . . 40 Steerlngcharacterlstlcs . 42 Braking . . . . . . . 41 Economical motoring . . 42 Driving In winter weather . 43 OrMnglnhotclimates . . 44 Towlngatrallerorcaravan .. 44 Driving wltharoof·rack load . 45 Driving with a toad-carrier (900 Convertible) 45 Driving with the luggage compartment door open . Driving with the compact spare wheel fitted . . . 45 Boot! •tarting using jump leads . . . 45 Towing the car 46

36 Starting and driving

Ignition switch and gear lever lock ~igrntionswi1d'lhU1helollowu'lgposi·

Locking position ··~r Theign1tionkeycanonPyberemovtK1wtien thegearle';erillin '"'erse (R)orlhese­leC1orleYer(au1omaticg.earbol)is intheP pos1toon.lnthl1pos1tlonthegearlever/se­leC1orleverl11ockedandthepa'1<inglights ~ndtw:srdwamingliglllscanbeswitched

··cl)·· Parking position

Theg.earleveflselectorleYefisunlod<ed andlhe~beam.taitliglltsandnum­berplate~luminatKJnlll'tSWl1chedon, pro­VIOedlha11helightn;iswr1chisin1hehead­ligll1poslb0n

Drive position

The en~re electncal system 1$ operative Neverleavathekeyln1hednvepos1tion unlesstheeoglnelsrunnlng Never 18've the lljlnlt lon switched on (key In drive posltlon) without the en­gl,..runnln1j1Hthl1candam-i1ethel1i1· nltlon1ystem.

S .. rtlog pool"M -<2;·' Thisoperateslllast.artermotor.Wherire­leased.lhektyll)rinljlsbackautomalledv 10thecn...po$lti00Thecarisequ1pped withattarterin!atkx:kdevice.whichmeans th81lfthelflljlllltl.,1Stostar1thekeymus1 be return«! totheparkingposi1ion t>olore~ canbetumedto1hes1artingpos.itionagaln.

Starting the engine

Thestarte<motorshouldnotberoolor moretllan15Mallldslll11lm8.W81120· 30llllCOlldsbelorennwi1j11heSlartermo-10Jaga1n!Og1Y81hebel1erylrnlelOrecover When starting in~ oold wea1her. make surelha1aNheavypowtNconsumersart swilchtdotl(t.1j1.heated1ear~and headliljlhts) A.OOraclrog1heeng1neorputt1ngaheavy ~on~wl'i lt~illeoldD!'iveolfassoon

as the oO I warfflng light has been extin· gu ished, toenabletheengme toreachits norm.al runnirog temperature as soon as possible

WARNING

When ftlrtJng lhe car nSlde • 1181'111111· mall• 11.1re lha1 1ht garage doors.,.. openlOallowlhepOl!IOOOU!leidlaust gase110t1Cape

Startlngfuel·lnjectlonenglnes

The~ntl'IUanautoma1icchokeand sl'louk:lbestartedastoOklws·

1 (Manual gearbox onty) Depress the clulcllpedal (Automatic g.eartlox) Nole tha1 the 811· ginecanbestanedontywhenthese­lectorlevefi1inthePorNposition

2 Tu~thekeytothe11art111gposi\lonand lelll. sprWlljlback.8$ $OOl'lllS the engone l\atstarted{inveryeoldwea!herll.may benecessary1okeepthes1arlermotor rurinongloruptolitleen!>EICO!lds).Lel theengonerunforaboultensec:onds belore10Uchinljllheaccelerator~. 00 nol run the engine on ful llvoltle (.a:elera1orharddown)untiltheeng.ine hesbeenrunr'llrogfora11eas1twoor th•Hmi .... 18$

In very cold weather, i1 ltleeng•neshol.lld stalllOOl'la!terhavingbeenstarted (e.g.as aresullo!theclu1chhavingbeen released tooquickly),holddowntheaceetera1orand tumtrittngontOV91'on1hestilrtermotorfor abou1S·10seoondstopreven1theeng.>nl lromt:>toomorogffooded(fuellairmixturetoo rich).Thereafler.startthecarinlhenormel _,

No\ettwlllheengineha.shydraulic:camfol­lowers (whic:tl opera1e 1he velves) and lhese-completely"8<VIC<t-lree The valve ca.ranee is HI up aca.iralely at lhe ="'andwilnotr9QU1relurthllraqust-

lncertawlconditiionsthe tlydrauliccamfol· lowersmayemitalicl<lngnoosetl\iltcanbe heardlnsidelhecarF01ins1ance,thenoise maybeheardf0fat-seconc1sinvned1-a1etyattertheeoglnehasbeer15tanedum11 theodP<essurtl'\astluiltup

ltispossJbleloraortoen1erthelub6cat1ng s~1emwhen1heoil01oilMer1schanged Of1l1hecarl'\asbeenle1ts1andingforapro­longedperlodlnthiscase1het1C1ungnoise maybeheardlorulongaslittoonrTWlutes slter1t1rting,bul.agaon,!1'11Sisnormaland does not indicate any malfuncuon How­ever. donote~ceed 3,000rmm un!d the llOl&ehlll~

lmpo!Unt points to note when driving {900 Turf)o 16 models)

1Startinganddrivlng

· ~aooelerateatlulllhrottlebelorelhe readingonlhetemperatureg.auge1Snor· mal(needleingreenzone)

• lltheneedleontheprKSUre!Jilugere­Pffledlyenter.ltheredzone,aklSSot enginepowermaybee~periencedOW1ng tot11eufetycut'()Utsys1em hm1t1ngthe chargmgpressure.lf thishappens, take thecartoanauthofizedSaabworkshop withou1delay.Undefcena1natmosphenc cond1tkln1,1hlln&edlemaybrieflyenter thebrol\enredzone.tlutthls1s110rTrn1I anddonnotindlca1eama!funclion

• Theengoneillal9o9QUIWedW1tha$81111y CU1-(IU! IO prey«it lhe engine e~ceedong appro~. 6,000 f/fTWl

• Donotrevlheengtneimmedial&lybetor. llW11chongit ot1 butSWltch ~ollontywhen itisldlinglhlsillto~retk;itlheTUrbo

compreseor is not run umecessarily wi1houtll0equateoi1Jl(essure

Starting and driv1 37

3 Automll1N:PerlormanceControt(APC)

• ThtAPCsys1emisdesignedtog,....ap­hmllmengoneperlormancewt>en97oc­tane fuel (AON) is being used . When luel olt1'11Sorar.gtier0C1anerabngisused lhe engtne will deliver maximum power l-loweover,oneottheadvantagesoltne APC syst&m is that the engine can be run oncl'IHpergradesotlow-octanefuel tmm1mum 91 OC1aoe AON) q1.nte safety Theumeperlormanct1 asthatachoeved with970C1aoeluelcanalsobeachieved Jorshor!bu~ts.lngeneral , ahigh«:laoe

luelwillg<vethebestpe<f0<manceanda low-octanefuelthet>estlueloconomy The APC system adiusts the IJoost WP· plied by !he 1urbo to su~ the knodung· 1ponkmg tendencies of the engine an.r spetlsofl<nodonginlheengineareper· leedynormallhesecanoc:curwhena heavyloadasput0fltheenginea1aboul 3,0001,rrwiandlheet<tentoltheknock· ingwtldependonlheg<adeolluelbetng

""" ~edtnStancesolknockingaremore hketywhenlow-octaoefuel15betngu&ed Thlsoontrotledloonolknoc:kinglonowed byared0C1klninthecharg1ngpressure merely ind'cates that the APC syst&m ill worl<ingnormally,andisper!ecilysafe ror theengo~ Howeva<.rtconstantknockingoccu~ev· 91Yt>meaload11pu1ontheengine,thls indoca1esamaHuncTioninthesys!em

38 Starting and dnv1n

Important considerations for cars withcatalytlcconverter(certaln models only)

Thecatalytoeconvertl!fisartexllau$1· mussooncon!roldeviceincorporaledl!!the exhaus1sys1em ltcons<s!Solahoneyoomb cerarnoconsert,1heC91sofwhlchhaYetheor W!lllscoaled with ea1a1yticma1eR11I (olat•· numandrhodrum)

Toensurelha1theea1alybceonvaner1unc-11Dns propefly and lOavOlddamagelO!n. aclrWCOOSll!uentsol!heca1atystlhe1ol· lowwigpoontsmustbeobs&rled

• llwonlyunleadedpotlrol(UMolleitded petrOlwilldamage theeatalysl andO>y· gonsenllOfanddrastoealiyreducethe perloonancaotthedevice.)

• Alwll.ys keep lhe ear prop&rty MfVU<I ;,, ilCCOfdancew1ththese<V1Ceprograrrme Thisapplo&Spartoeularly1o1he1ueland igrn!ionsystems

• Alwaysbealef!toanymoslinngo1the engme(engone001runmngon1Meyltn· ders),anyklssofpowe<oranyaymp1om o! reducedper!ormanc41A1 thelors1Sign o! anvth1ng being wrong, reducetpeed and 1ake thecar1oanau1nonzedSaab dealerassoonaspossob~

• l!!hecar 1sd1tticul!tostart(inseve<ecold or~ the batte<y Is Ila!) the car can be startedw1th1heuseor)umpleadarrom anotherbaU$fV{&ee1hesectiononatarT· 10Qassjstance)Howeveraseoonasthe engITTfl has starTed, ~ js NnPOrTan! ltla11!

runsonallfoureyhnd&rs.ltno1.le1the eng1ne!dletor1 mlllUITIUm ot five mjn. ul91lO~rttunetorunsmoothiy . lt,a! terthr$penod. !he engine shl moslires, lheSp11r1<plugsmus1bereplaced.ltthe engone!aiis 101U"1properlyevanalter ....,..plugshavebaenlitled, getontouc:h withentulhonzedSaabdealer

•Ne.,.r dr!V9olld!heengt081S11'11Slinog!

• l1!hecar1Sbeingbl.mpstartedand!he engme os already a! about normal tem­pera1ure.theenginemustrunonaHlour cyllnders mmedialely alter startJng.

~--~l.ii...-.system 1EIK!ronoccontro1 ....i •o.,,.,-3Cloalybe:converter

ltalterabumpstartongattampttt'leengone laolstos1arTommed1ately, dono!aU~t 10 start ~ agam by blimp startong

• F11luretofollowthesednection1eanr• suit on damage 10 thfl ea1111ytic converter and assoeoat«l oon'll)Ol'le01S and may represen1abreachottt>ew111Tantycon· .. ~

Running in Pts1ons, cyW!derwalls11ndbeanf'9Sneoed bmetobedon_ toob1aonunolorm.-r· re51Slan1sur1aces Hanewengoneosdriven lool'lard.lh11gradu8ll)r(IC9stolwearing., Wiii 001 be possible and the l~e ol !he en­gone wiU be ahOrtened

Aooord•ngiy for !he ~rSI 3.000 km or so neverdnvelheearaltul thronleotherthan

"""""'"'"" lntheeas.eofturbo-engoneears.duringlhe tirst2.000kmdono1excMd5.000rtlTlln

Running In of new brake pads

Therunn•ng-lnperiodtornewbrakepads isaroundlSOkmorcotydrivongorSOOkm of hoghwaymotonng Toextend theservice lile,avoidMrdbfakmgdunngthlsperiod

Gear changing

Manual gearbox

Thegearposmonsaremarl<ed011thegear lever.Belorereverse gearcanbeengaged the releaseringundernea1h1hegearlever knobmustbeh!ted

Tochangegear,fullydepresstheclutch pedal and then release ~ smoothly. Never shporridethflclutchnoruseitasafootres1 as1h1scausesabnormallyhlghwearonthfl releasebearingandclutch:thepedal Should be all the way up or all the way

""~ BefOfe selecting reverse, make sure that

Gearleverendgearpcsinons(marwalgear· boxooly)

G\ ~

SGlll

thecarisstatoonaryandltialtheeng1neis at idling speed F0< maximum fuel economy it is recom mended1ha1youchangeupatthefollow­ingroads.p&eds --15rl'l!lh(25knVh)

25mph(40krnlt1) 40mph(65kmlhJ

Automatic gearbox

The selector positions are mar1<.ed0111he consoleoover P • Parl<. R • Reverse N • Neutral 0•1S1·3rdg&ar } 2 • 1s1·2ndgear forwardspeeds 1 - 1s1gearonly

~ ND

~PR21 Se/ec/arlever(automar1egear1Jox s..111~

""''

Selector positions

Tol)<even1damagetothegeart>ox,some Tnisisthepos1tionfornormalforwarddriv· gearscanonlybeselectedalterthebutton ing. The gearbox will au1oma!ically select inthetopoftheselectorleverhasbeende· whichevero1the1hreeforwardgearsbes1 l)<essed (see;11ustration). Theselect0<le· matchesthevehiclesp&edandloadon1he verwiHmovefroolytromtheR.2orlpo· engine 5'tionstotheOorNpos1tion When 1he car 1s at a standsti ll , do not move 2 lheselectorleve-rexceptwhentheeng1ne isatidhngsp&ed;ITl(Wingtheselectorlever Whenthispos1tionisselected,therewillbe wh1leyourfoo1ison1heaccelerat0<willbe automaticchangingbetweenfirstandsec-Oetnmeotal to the gearbox. Always keep ond g<Jars but third gear cannot be se-yourfooton the brake pedal when sel8C1· lec!ed. l!the car is travell ing in tturctgear

40 Stariing and driving

w!lhlhesel«lorintheDposition,movu· P "*1lolU1111eY9ftoll0$lllOf12willgiYean immediale change-down 10 HCOnd gaar for gr.ai.r engine braking power. Posr1ion 2 ITlli$lnolbe""9ctedlllroadspeedsex ceedingSSmph(90km1'1)

Po$ition 1 may be uSed to oblain maximum eng1n11-braktngonsteepOOwnttt ll Ofuphll slopestoavoidr~atedgearchang1ng,

whichcanlead1ooverheatingolthegear­boxoil lf1heleverlsmovedfrompos1tion Otopos;tion I whi lelhecarisinthirdgear an~ateenange.oowntosocondgear

Wlll!al<ept-.Oncethespeedolthecar has dropped below abOut 37 mph (60 kmlh).lhecarwtfchangtdowntolirstgea1 Never movt Ille leYef IO !fits posi1ion 81 Sl)e&dstxeetdongSSmph(90kmlh). Sec­ond and ltwd gears ean•IOl be engagad whenlhtltvtrisin position I

W~hlhesel«lorinthilpos1tion,thecaris inneutralandnopowerislransmi1tedtothe wheejs. Remember to apply the handbrake to?reventlhecarrollingitonask>pa

Thilisthepo$tionlorrtversegear.Never set.el this position~ the car is moving for· ....

This111he110$1110nforparking.TheleY9f mustbe1r11t11Spo1111011beforelheigrution key can be tumedlOlhelocklng po$lllOl"I andWl!hdrtwnlnUllllpOSlbOn.lheMledot leverl$loek«landlhegearlloxommobi­~zed.

Ne119• Hlect position Pwhen the car Is mQVl"iJ

Dr iving oll

1 Withlhebr1kesapplied.movethese­lector lev9r to 1 dnve pos.rtion (pos~ion Dis"°""'"l!orlorwarddfivmg)

2RMaselhebrakesandapplylheac-otlt<11or

Kick-down

lf•chilng&-downosrequredlorrnaiomum ~bOn.t.glorO'lllrtak.o'lg,pressthe

acceleratorharddown. beyoodlhefull­ttwortltposition . Forinstance.•lthe<OCCel· eratoritpu9htddowntolheluck-downpo­sitionwhenthecaristraven;nga1aspeed otbetw"'134and6Smph(S5·105krr\lh), thecarwilllmmediatelychangedownto second gear A$$00rlas1heeng1ne reaches the maximum speed for these­lectedgearorlheacceleratOfisreleased. thecarwillau1omatiullyc:hangeuptothe ne1<11i19••

Cruise control WARNING

00 no! use the auose control system whenthtroadsareweiorstipperyorin c1enseualhcWhenthesys1emisno11r1 ~:.,1heswilchshouklbein1heOfFpo-

Ce11a1n vanan11 are equopped wi1h the cru•se·con1rolsys1emasstar.dard;oncer· 1aino1hervanants thesystem1sava1 lable asanoptl0!1 Thecruosecon1rolsys1emisoperaledby twoSW!lchesineorporatedintheleh·hand 1tallcswl1chTheslidingsw;u;hha!lfourpo­SOtlO<'ll OFF TIP. ON and RESUME The push-bul1on1WJtd11r1theendofthestalkos tt>e SET SPEED switd'I

"'""'""""-. ,, '· 1-

1

'ti''' ;n .. I

"!

To select the required speed

Move lhe switd'I to ON Accelerace 10 the ,.qu ... d speed (lowest speed. 25 mph or *lkmn'l)lnd Pfes&SETSPEED

To reduce the selected speed

Touch1hebr1kepe<111luntditiereqi.ed !ij)&tdisobl111·1edand1henPfessSET SPEED

Tolncre11e theselected speed

Acceleoratetotherequiredspeedarid1hen ~esaS.ETSf'EEDSPEED. 11isalsopos-5jblftlQ>nertHe1hespeedbymeansofthe SET SPEED control Tht speed will in­Cftlseloru long IS SET SPEED is de-

~-Temporary Increase In speed

Thtsys1tmdowsyoutooncreasespffd temporlrily.torinstWICltooo:eh:tratelor overtlkingWhentheaccelefa1orisre­leased lhe systtm will !hen revert 10 lhe Pleseleeltdsp&ed

Temporary reduction in speed

The eru<seeomn:il$Y$temisllw•Y$ can· celledbyop9l'ilb0nol1hebrakeorthe dutd'I pedal A lmOOlher reduction '" lptediSobt.-.dbylTCWIQ!hesliding SWllChtolK*IOflTIPHowevefthesystem e.nbetwougl'llinl0op9rlllor1"91l"'lorthe Pfeselectedlptedbyl'll*ingtheSWl!Cl'lin theRESUMEj)OllloOnloral-rnomen11

Disengaging the 1~1tem

The crv1se control system w.& be disen­gaged(SWltchedoll)

• 11e1therthebrakepedalordutc:hpeOal ·--• l1thesw.tch .. moved!OTIP

• HthelWl\ch,.moved!OOFF

• When thetng1r1e .. sW<ld'ledotf

Starting and driving 4 t

Braking Whendowlg onalplnecountry andsimillr COl'ldlhons.toavoodlhenskolthebralc• overtiea\Wlg on long deseenb, always 11$8

lhebrlklngetleciollheenginebydl'IYlllg inalowgear 11youreathas1111au1oma11e gearbo.l,poso11on1or2shouldbeselecttd

lnl'llgh·Speedmotoring,lheti.ollhe brakescanbeITTcreased A\IOldbralong ov«longs1re1ches.lnstead,brakemor. lirmlyoverashorterperiodo!11me

CAUTION

ltiSIJOOdPfllcioce1otryyourbrakespe­nodic.itywhiledrMngbutparlocullt!v90 ~you havt1 been driving through snow sh:4hord"'!lpuddlesorlords;d1he brlkelar.-.thelrefficlency,...ytoe drasbe91y'9duoeduntif1hey6ryout.

Braking with ABS anti-lock brakes

Tostopascµcklyaspossible.Pfassthe l)tdall'lardd0wnregardlessofthecondo1iorl oltheroadsurtace(dry,wei,slippery.ete.) The ABS system modula1es tt.. braloog P1essure1omernspectivewheelstomtllflo tainthemaxlmumtlrakingeHectoolheear w.thou1iossofdirecioonals1abihtyors188f­ingcontrof.Adis11nct1vepulsat1ognoisee.n be heard when the sys1em is operall!lg Beeauseoperationol1heA8Ssystem

42 Starting and driving

wil be ntlated by orq light pedal pumure M.ltlerote!itsbppe!y,youcantes11heClOll­dillonoltheroaidbylrylrlgyourbrlkn•nd lhenai;laptl'(lUrdrMngaccordingly

Steering characteristics TheQl'haS•buift-intendencytOundtr· Sl-.l••l•givenpositionolthelleering wheelttlelUrTWlQardetenibtoonereaseas lheSPHdolttlecar increases_ The ear it d&br•!elydeslglledthrsw•yto Nnprov9 Slability•ndre<lu<.:elhohkeW'loodolrear­wheel Skids. One ol !ha ways In which un· de<&te&rhasbeenachi<'lvedisthroughthe weightdistrlbutionlnclud1nglheweighlof thedrivtr,about60%otthevefliclewt1ght Is over the tron1 whools; the cor<HpOnding ligurtlor alully loadedcaris50 %

Economical motoring Tok~ fuel consumpbOn down and Wffr to a minimum, thecarneedstobedl'l\'&n smoothlyandgentlyands.&NICedregularty

Avoid n&rd acceleration. (Caffl woth_ a man­ual gearbox) avoid racing the eng•ne and obseNe the recom~ speec!9 tor changtng gear goven untie< Gearchang· .. Frequentgearelw1ngong (e.g .lowndnvlflll) . shor1ffipswhentheengineisookl.drivtng

wnhan:iolrtd<ortrllllerattaehadandrun­IW'OQonSluddtd.,.,..cyresalincreueluel .,..,..._, Conclltlon11ffec1fngfu11 consumption

FuelC0<1S1Hnplion 11greatlyaffectedby1he geoeraldf!V!nQcondrtionsandthestyleot drMng,the-1h4ormtstandatdol1he road,theeondlllonolltle~- the$Pf*l•1 whochil1$dr1Y911.tle

Weather conditions

Fuelconsumpll0nm8)'be asmuchas 10% betterinsu~11'1'"inWln1er.Fueloon­

sumption is hpr '" cold weather because ofthelongert1mtftt1kestortheengine10 reachnormaltemptratureendtorthetrans­m1ssion and wheel beanngs 10 warm up Fueleconomyosalso•ffec:tedby thedos­tancedriven shOntr4>Snolongerthan5· 8 kmdonol~theengir>esuff1C11:1fllb~IO

relldl its normal runn1f111 temper.lure i!iongwil'ldSeanalloaffectlueloonsump-

ttthegeneraltueloons1nnptlOf1lortheear With ttle engine al normal temperature" 1.0ltr/10km, thentheaC1uattuelC0<1sump­tionatterthe ear nu travelled 5km after S111rtng from coO:I will be 120 ttr110 km at an ambient 1empet1ture of 20"C ·an In· creaseol20 %: 1601trllOkmaiO'C·'" increaseol 60 'II.; and 2.ottr.10 km al an ....._,!lempefalureol·20'C - anncrease ol100%

•i; .. ·~ . .... ... , . ---... . ~'.:~.:..~.:...~.:..::..::. ~ =:::..

Graph-""""119/heinctu$11dlutl 9G012

.:or.sumpt>on•l61ftr&rlloord:lotr.rn­Pll'•11Jrtsoricoldsrarr11111asllga!Nf st1t1rngwlm1~1nginea1norma1

~lure

Whenstarring1romcold,thedistance11av­etled by 1he carand !he l~•!ure OU1-sidoegreatlyaffeetlutlc:onsu~.as

shown on the graph . For N1anet1. ~ Y<N usethecarpr9domlnanllylorshor1tnps(5 · 8 km), the average 1uel consumption may be60-80 "' Ngtierthan normal.

Road conditions

Wttroadsincraaseluelconsumptl0f1asdo gravefroadsanddnvlflllinhilycoumry(1he at'l'IOIM11olluelsa....:ldrlwlgdownhilillless ~the.sdmonalart'IO\Ol'll..,quo•edlofdn'i· lngo,.Viin)

Driving 1tyleandtechnlque

Drivingathighspeed,!requentaccelera­tion.bra"1ngandgearchang1ngalllnertase hJ:'leonsumption,whereusmoottl<lrivlng will reduce~- Since engine revolutions •r• higher tn the low gHl'S &1 I given road speed,fr9Quenlorprolongeddrivinginlow ge11111wlMinereasetueleon1Umption. For 1hlsreason, always~Ul)IO&~ gearusoonQlhetr•fliccondotiontdow =-~riveinl911"rlorQlongQPQ1-

Practicallriallonthero«l1havedemon­stral9".1tllll!SUbstanbal .. 'Mg1inlueleon­$l)'Tlpllone&nbemadeWll'leM11pt ... fol. ...... The condition oflhfl Cllr

!he98fl9l"•lcondil1011ol!hecarisolgrNt mporUnce to fu&t IKO"IOll1y. For economl­cal molOring. pay particut.r 1ttention 10 the -• Makesuretl\etthecarisservicedrtogu·

:.Zn~ ICCOfdanc• with the seMce pro-

• Makesure1ha1 the tyre11recorrecHyln· flated:ll the !yresare sol! theirrollingr•· sistancewillbehigh&randluelconsump. tionwillbelncresSed

• "::rool•ackredl>Cflthea&rOdynamlcal· !iciencyofthecarandthusincressesruel consumption. Remcwe the roof rad< whenno1inuse

• Towing a caravan or trailer great~ in­cr.asesluel consumplion

Driving in winter weather Belora driving off in cold wea!her, check 1ha!1heWWldsaeenlllidheadlightwiper ~hll ..... no1beoomelro.zento1he glusBNsl'lawayanysnowfrom1hemr intakelor1hehea11ngSys!ttmand,inex tremelycoldweather, apptysult&bleluOri· cant(molybdenumchulphida)tolhedoor loekstopr-1thelr!reezing"•lockha!I frozen, lllk1ca<enoltobreak1hekeywhen trying10unlockrt. Haa1the_keyNrs1orap­pl)ltomede-ic:angagem toR.

NowandagaJ11whenrefuo:tl~nginlhewwi-1er, llddatuellldditrvetolheluel1opreven1 any COflOen5a!IOl1 In 1he fuel tank rree21ng .-iddisr\IPllfl5lthe!uelwpply.Tokeep downthenskofeondensation,keepthe luellanklul 11 itpafbculaflyimportantwhe!ltheroads aras.lipperythatthel>rakesandtyresarein

C:, =~1:ed ~h ~~1v;=:1na~ a~~ parlorm well on icy and snow-covered roadl·provided!hasoowisnottoodeeii Olhermodelsinthe$aab900rangearetit· tedwi1htyreswhichpr0Yldee•09jlt101111.I gnponl)QthW1111.nddryroacts, allhough thl1hasbeenachieVflda1theexpenseol somewhat reduced g~ on snow and ice

Starting and driving 43

Fordrivingintl\eseconditiont,wetheretore recommend thatapecialwmtertyr&Sbefrt· ted.Thesei:"ovlde1hebllstgri\)onlcy roads,espeaallyitlinedwi1httv0s.

HWYl!Bftyresaretobllused,theMmetype oltyremustbetinedto•lllourwheell.Your localSaabdeelerwillbllpl&asedtoadvise youolsvrtabletyres Hthecargetsin10atront·wl'IM!skid.dil· er>gagoe1hetranatnlSSIOl1bydlpreAing1he eMch (90 thll.l the wt-'11 are treewhffling) andsteerlhetrontwheelsftll'llcti..:tion youWIShtogo AlalCOS19.•void1ouclwlg lhel>rllkesloeontro11rear-wheel$kld, S1eerimolheskid(l .e$1-inthedirtlC!IOl1 lherearol1h&carislTIOVlllg)

Conventionalsnawcha1fllmaybe11t1ed10 lhelrontwhMlsbul~caratulty~ll'llSa arefi11edassharpcom&ringandexcessrYe ..-.cNemen1 of the SUIP&flSion may C&UH thechaifl1toscrapeaga1ns1thebody Beforeliningsnawchll1ns.youarestrong.ty advised1oconsukyourS.abOealer.who wlllbepleaSedtogNeyoudetaillottf'411-gal and sale1y requ 1remen1$ invoNed and a1so1oactvisayouot the1u;1abOlityoltitting ~;:~::oa,thewheelsand tyresonyoo r par-

44 S tartin a nd d rivin

Driving in hot climates 1Alwayschec:kltl8coolaotlevelbelore

511rltog)IOU•JOUm8)' 2DriWllhecarinlhehlghestgearPQSSt­

ble, evenuphill(1tuskaepstheengl!lll revsdownWlththeresultll>allheen­gonedoesnolgotsohol) . 11\IOUl'carhas .-iautoma1'C'geafbox. aYOldusingthe kk:k--downlunction

3 Attheendof)IOUrjoumey. dono!S!QP lheengineimmedia!etytlutletltkAalor lWO()(!hr&eminutesfirst

411thenoed leonthe temperaturaga~ ent&rs theredzorn!wtlileyouaradriv· mg.

• Stop the car immediately bu1 do not SWl!Chofltheengine.

• Even~thee~1ankisBfTIP1Y . do l'IOtfemoYB!helille!'cap

• PourQOldw;1.1erOY1.t1"tharad1atofunbllhe needleonlhetemperaturegaugehes lali.tnbelOwtheredz(lf'lll

• SWllC:tlolllheengine • Waltunlitlheneodleanlhetemperawre

gauge indicates normal !empera!ure (aboutmidway)andlhenremovelhe !lllercaponlheexpans.ontankand!Op up1hecoolant

• Tllkatllecar1oanauthorlzedSaabworlo.· thOpassoonaspossible.

Towing a trailer or caravan

Towing attachment

A IOW!ng anactwnent.smabieklrtowlng loa<lsup \0 1.SOOkgosavailabieasanac· ceuoryf>nMsion ... thelonnolboltholn Nos alrelldy been made to facilitate rming ottheanacllrnent.

Traller(orcaravan) weight

Onnormal roadsWltllgradiefltsno1e•cMd· ing 10 %. the maximum perms~ble !railer w&igh1is1.500 kQ . On roads wi!h steeper gradlen!s(10·12 % ). thecorresp0ndlngl~· urels1.200kgandonro;idswi11'1staep

=~~~·~)IO~~~i~~~~. The maxunum pemllSSlble weigh\ of a traolerWl!tlou1brakes1S500kg Atrailerllhoulclr>OlbelOWed~~-tsol 15 % ()(morearelikelylobeencounterlld Thlsilbecausetheloadanlhelront (drill· ing)....,_..wilbesolowthatthewh9els arelik.ry10lose1hau'trac11onandspin, makinglurlhe<drMnglmpossibla Makaaureyouarefamillarwlth ttM lllw f9Vlfdlng apeedllmita lor towlng, mH• lmumtr1llerwalghta1ndtrallefbraklng requ!r1mentaand 1 l1o any a~laldrlv­lngllc1ncepr0vl1lon1.

Towing attachment load

Theweighldistnbulionofthetrailerload mllkffalotold1fferencetothellandling l)foperbeSolthecarandtrailerc:omi-· bOn.QnasongltMlldetrailef, wheneverpos· soblllc:oncentraletheload.w.lhewlleelt .OOkeeprtaslowaspoSSlble.Thllo.i sl'IOuldt>edislntlutedsuchttiallhlloadon the1owonganactimentosbetweenSOlnd 75kgNotelNl!thtsloadmuSlbeinefUded atpertolthecar'scarryingcapaoty, !heret>yreducing!heloadcapacityolthe luggage compartment by the same amount. llheavief1raHersare1obe1oweditilre· commended tllat pneumatoc s.pring t:>oost· er11,ava ilableasanaccesse<y.befl1led

Driving with a trailer attached

When towing a trailer always maka allow· ane.fO<thealteredhandMngcilaracteostics oltnecarandttiereducedbra.kiogellect Thetr1ilerbrakes.spnngsanddampers gre1illy1nlluencelhesecharacteristiel Tol)ftMclem11nmumcoolinglor1heenglllll wl\enta.nnga1railerupsteephik, Hltha heallng sys1em to maximum and SWllCh the 111,IOl'llglls!)&ed

(Carswo1hanautomallcgearbox)f()(dri\r· lngonsteepvphollordownhillslopeswith• rrailerattached,movethaselectori.verto po9'\ion1

Driving with a roof-rack load Thema~imumpermit!edloadcarriedonthe roof- raci<is100kgl2201b(nlaConveriibfe) Notethatroo1-rackloadsareincl\ldedinthe car"s carrying capacity. The roo1-racic moontiogs must be robus1 and able 10 with standhoghstrassesandtheloadmustbe SB<.:urelylashed.lnsomecountries,spe;:;ial sp&edrestncuonsapplytocarscarryiog roo1-rackloads.A100!-raci<dt!s1gnedspe­C1ally1orthecarisavailablefromyourSaab dea ler

Driving with a load­carrier (900 Convertible) Themaximumloadpermittedonacarrier­barsystamonthe900Convertibleis30kg (60 1bl.Note thatthecanittf loadisinciuded in the car's carrying capacity. Carrier moom1ogs mus1 be robust and able to w11n­stand hogh s1res.ses, and the load must be tieddownSB<.:urafy.AVOldhigh-speeddnv­•ogwhencarrymg a load-carrier. and note t~t .m some countries spec.al speed re­stncbonsmayapply.

Aioad-canittfsystemdesignedspe;:;1ally!or the900Convertibleisobta inablefromyour Saab dealer

Driving with the luggage compartment door open Owiogtothefactthatdrivingwiththelug­gagecompartmentdoor0!)8flenablesex­haustfumestobedrawninto1hecar.this shouldbeavOldedwhenevt1r?QSs1ble However, ~ this Is unavoidable. close all wmdows. andse11he heat1ngandvem11a 11on1omax1mumventilationandthe high· es1de!ros1ersemog.

lfthecar is tobedrivenwi1hthe luggage compartmen1 door 0pen, always lash the doorsecurelytolhe bumper

Driving with the compact spare wheel fitted Pleaseobserve thefollowiogwheo driv1ng wt!h thecompactspar11whellltitted

The tyr& on the compact s.,are whool shouldbe inflated!Oapr&SSureo1420kPa (4.2bar)

Donotdriveanyfurtherthanisnec&ssary asth&max1mumh!eof1hl!whl!elis3.500 km approx. Reinstall a standard unit as soonas?QSsil)je

Donotexc&ed80kmlhasth1smaycause

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f:1!~i.:~n!';: tyre and deteriO<ation ol

Avoid driving 100 clos& 1o kerbs. as ltl& ground clearance is klwer wh&n th& com pactspar&wheel isfitl&d.

S1milarly.donot!itsnowctiains.Oonotma :::-'x~. cap. as 1h1s would oov&r the warning

Thllcarmusl nol bedriv&n w~hmor&lhan one compact spare whelll

Boost starting using jump leads Toavrndarcing0<flashov&rthatcanserl­ously damage th(! car's elecirical compo­nents . jumpl&ads musl be connected cor· ,~,

1 Switch off the ignition and all power consumers (lights, radK>. &lc.) in thll lau~y car

2 Sw1tcholfth&&ng1nemthedooorcar

JStartbyconn&Ctingthll?QS1tive(+)ter­m1nalof the donor car batl&rytothe pos1t1v&(+)terminalof1hl!fla1batl&ry

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4 NutCQl'l(NKI the neo&tive(-)termirntl olthedonore.rbattetytotheengine mountJngotthet•ullyear,lurthestaway lromthe~ery(dono!connecithe neoatwe(-)leadlromthedonofcarto thelaultyurbanerybecauseaspark couldignotathottxploslvtlgas1nthebat· ,.,,

5Star1thotdonorearandth9nstarithe engine in the faulty car ltt ~run for a wtlole bttOrfl disconnecting the jump leadsinthertverseorc!e<

Towing the car Thec.-is9QlllPl*lwllhtowropean.:n­ment~tn:wnandrear Dnwtcaretully and-txoeedthespeedlimrtlor!Ow­ingKetpthotlOWropetaulandfllfll8ITlbtf lh.i when theengone isnolromwig, much grtatt<pre»urflwilhlYetobtllppl;edlO thebr•keped.iutheserYOlorthepowe<· ass1S1edt>r1kas..,.btinoptrativft.T!Mt same apphes to the steflmig: wothout powM ass1stance.tllaste&nngwrHbtveryheavy Important polnl1 lo note before being :-;~Hyour<::arh11anautomatlcge.r·

1 Maktturath.ithaS&lflc:lorleVflfisin theNposmon

21tisvilalth.llttl\tral$SUlfiaentoilinthe geartlo•.Alx:onlongPy,addtwolitresol auiomat1Ctra""""5SIOllfluidtobnngthe ==•omatefy5cmabo\lethe ~tlwn:lpa~ll>"'

3 ObseMt the llllhOnlll speed limlt appll- iilillll!!!!!~ cabletovehlclesontowbut,inany cua.donotexoaed40kmlh.

4 Nevfll' tow tile car Ollfll' a graatfll' dis­t1ncethan40·SOkm_lfthedistanc.11 oreattrthanthis,thefrontwheelsmust bt raisedoltthaground

5Be!orethecarlsdrivenagain,checkthe trangmjasion lluid level and adjusi ~ to theprascribedlevel.

6Nottth.eite.rswothanaummatlo;gear· bo•cannotbtatar1edbytowingor

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" 49

" 50 52

Car care and maintenance 47

52 Seat belts . . . . 63 53 Upholsteryandtrim 63 53 Textilecarpeting . 64

Engine compartment 64 54 Washing the car . _ . 64 54 Waxlngandpollshlng . . . 65 55 Touching In the paintwork 65 55 Anti-corrosion treatment . 66 56 Service Program . 66 58 Faultdlagnosis. 67 60 Accessories. . 68 62 Motorlngabroad 68 62 Additional literature on the car . 68 63

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Undllf/heoonnetotlheS.lib900Tllt0016

,,,_~--2Wlll0punp

~:;.::-"' 5Clutc!111>dbfel<e fluid rt'Se<VOU eCoollnt••l*'"""' tank ~t,~OpstO<

Engine The car llas a tour-qlinder.tn.~ne wa!er· oooled engine with twin OV9rhead cam­sha1tsaf'd1he cylinders fndirledat 45' IO 1he right Tneengmeis equ;ppedwithan exhaus1em1ssioocon1rol 1y11em

Theclulch1smoun1eda11hefroo1oftheen· r·fomungaunilw11h1he119arbo•below

Engine oil Checi<theoillevelintheeng•ner&!;PJlarly. Makesurethecari•onlevetgroundand 111owlhe engrneto cOOlromnormal1em­pera1ure1orbelween twoaOO!iveminu1es Remove1hedipstick,w1peitonacK1anrag andtllEl!1checkthele';el, Thele~m..ost neve<beallowedtodropbelowthemini· mum marl< on the d1psliek but 000' should thelevetbetopped~hlgherttlanlhemax· imummarltastl'IScanresuflinel<Ce$$MI Ollc:onsumption.Thedi51arube_,the MAXandMINmerksonlhedipsbclcoorre­spondsto appronmaletyonelllre Top up Unect1Ssarywi1hoilot1herec:ommeoded gradethrooghthed1ps1ick1ube.Donotadd oi l ~ thfl level is higher than mtdway be· tween the MAX and MIN mar1<s. Make sure that the dOpshci< is S<:f....ed down lightly (finger-Ught) afler use

Tll<ecarenottoconluse1hed•ainplugl torlheengoneodendgeart:ioxoil

Oil filter TheOllMermustbechangedatthelnte•· vals specitied in the Service PnlQ•amma When hrnng a new li"er. Jightly lubricate tile rubbersealwrthengmeQland tl!enlighten ll'lt'hlterbyl\end

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Cooling system Expanelon tank

Theexpanslontankistranspartntlofacll· ita1echeckingottllecoolantlevel.Thelev~ shoukj be t>etween the MAX and MIN mar1<sonthet.;leoltlletan~. Top up as ..-sary wrth equal parts ol wei. end Saabcoolent. A11err..,ien.stungenempry expansiontank.runtl!eengonetononnal temperatU<etl!enlopupageinasrequ11'9d

Coolant Thecoolingsy11em isctiarged 1tthlllac· 1orywitheooolentcontaining50%specaal antmllflzeendant1-oorro&IOfliquld.Thll mu«ureshouldneve<bewealc8fthllnttn owingtotherlSkolCOfTOSOOfl.Forprolac­bOninextreme-a1hefcondmons1hogll8f

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concantrauonwi ll benecessary:torprolec· bonal·50'Ca60%coocentrationofant1· freeze will be required The corrosion inhiboting properties of 1he coofantdeteriorateintlme but Saab orig•· nal coolant must be used all the year Changethecoolantasindicatedintheser· viceprogramme.AlwaysuseSaaboriginal coolant.asantilreezeo!othe<makesmay requ1rechang1ngmorefrequen1ly N.B.Whenaddingantifreeze1othecoolant. alwaysmixi1withwaterinthe requiredpro· portionsf1rst.llneatant1freezeisad0ed,the enginemaystil lbedamagedbyfros1as the anti1reezawillno!bedistributedthroughout thecoolingsystemuntilthelhermostathas opened,allowinglullcircula1ion

Checking thelreezlng polntolthe coolant

Check1hefreez ingpointof1hecoolantin good1imebe1oretheonseto1winter This ~~~IO~S done al most garages and service

CAUTION

Thecoolingsystem isapressurizedsys· tem.Alwaysopenthetillercaponlheex· pansiontankcall!lully,reteas<ngany vapoorbe!ore removingthecap

Changing the coolant

1 Set1hehea!ercont~(TEMP)tomax imum

211theeng1nefsho1.openthefillercap ontheexpansiontankcarelullylolll· lease the pressure ifl the system. Do no1remo"9lhe!illefcap

3Placeasuitat>Jereceptacteunder the radiator and unscrew the drain cock in the bottom lefl comer, hokfo191he inner nuttopreventitstuming

4Removethetillercapontheexpansion tank

5 Unscrewthedrrunplugintheright-hand si0eo1 1he block, underneath the ex· haust manitold. Allow the coolant to dram completely

6 CIO!lethe dramoockontheradiator. re· fit thedrainplugintheblockandmake

~:,;:;~~l~~!tEMP control is still se1 to

7 Open the bleed nipple tor the cooling systemandaddcoolant1otheexpan· st0n1ank unti l rts1arts tollowoutotthe nipp1e

B Close1hebleedn1ppleandreplacethe fillercap oo1heexpans>ontank.

9 Start the engone, n.m ~up to normal tempera1uraandthentopup theexpan siontankasnecessary

Gearbox oil

Manual gearbox

Check1ngand1ow1ng·upolthegearboxoil arepartoftheServiceProgramme

Automatic transmission flu id

Thedipsticklor1heautomatoctran.sm1ss'°'1 fluidha$differen1markingslorhot11ndcold fluid levels. Check 1he fluid level regularly as follows:

1 Appty thehandb<akeand lettheengme idlefora1 1eas1'11teensecoodswithlhe selectorlever inlheDposihonThere· alter, move.theseloctor1o Rand again lettheeng1neidle lor atleas1tiflaen seconds. Now move ttle selector to P ~~01;~:i1neidleloralurtherti!·

2 WijhJheselector st1llinPandtheen­gineidling,checkthalthe levelof!he transmission fluid is between the MAX andMINmarl<sonthedipstick The distance betwaen the MAX and MINm1111<sonthedipstickcorresponds 10 a volume ol0.5 ltr of transmission ,,., Notethatatverylowtempera1ureslhe fluid level maylallwellbelowtheno<· mal min1mumlevelloracoidgearbox

3 Tep up with aU1om11tic transmission fluid as necessary

4 Alter lopping up, leave the engine to idle !orafewmmutesandthenrecheck the level Wipe1hedipsbckusinganylonrag,lin1-

:~::~;a~~1~1 l~e11~;i~e;1 use rags

Atway1observ<!lcrupulou1cleanliness whenche<::klrlgortopplngupttietrana­mlnlonfluld.

Auromaticgearbox 10rainplug,gearbox 20rainplu.g,hnaldr;.,e

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Brake fluid and brake pads

Checking

Thabrakalluod'"8Ml'•1Stransparent10 faei11ta1acn.ekingollhaltuodle"81The levelshouldbabalwaantheMAXandMIN marl<sNo!all'la1HtheearhasABSbfakas the level mus1 be checked w11htheign~ion switched on Top up asne«issaryw111l bfake!luK::fol.1herecommend&dgrade. and use only !luKl from a toghtly closed con­tainer, as lluod txposed to air woll deterio­rate ln11tT'4, lhe bfaketluKlwollabsorbwa· lei' and vapour may be formed: A is lh&r&toravitaltl\8!1hebraketluidba char>g«fallheon!etVeilsspaeiliedinthe

SerVIOt~Thosworl<shouldba doneb)'ana...thonzedSaabW(l<l<shop Sn:e the loolbfake and handbrake tl8V'8 au!Offi8t1Cadp.lstmanl-"1Sno1p;lSSibleto de1ec1 when the brakll pads are worn and ~~bysignsolexCl'IS5IV'8 pedallfavel0<..,_~_ThusA11 1111a1111a11r.1hodmeSSolthebnongsbe checl<ed~larlyasspecdiedinttieS&r· vicePrograrivn. The work of changing Iha brake pad1 mutt ba carried out by an authorll«I work1hop u1lng ganulna Saab brake pad I.

Power steering fluid reservoir Thllevelollheftuodinlhapow91'Stearing nl5efYOO' must ba checked regularly M spaeiliedontheS&rW:eBook.Tha-r hU graduatiOnS f0< oold and hol nuid Whan the engone 15 II normal runl"Ong t~­peratura. ttie lluid le~ sn<>uld be be­the HOT and COLO marks. If the level Os ch&ckedwhentheengine isoold.lhalevel should be be1ween the COLD and ADO marks TopupwithTexacopowersteering nuid46J4

Battery

DANGER

Thebatteryemitshydrogen which,when m1xedwiththeox~en intheair,formslhe hoghlyexplosivegas, oxyh)'drogen

Theelectroly1einthebatteryisdilutesul· phuricacidandlheretorehighlycorro­$1ve. ShouJd the ltqmd come1ntocon1act with the eyes, skinorciothes, wash im· mediately with plenty of water. In !he evento1contactwiththeeye.orilalarger quanMyolliquidcomesmtocootactwith the skin, afterwashirigcon1actadoc1or immediately

Healshieldabo\18b.atr1>ry 1 Wingnuts

Tht>batreryisalow-amimony,easy·service typewhichmeansthaltheel8Ctrofy'tele119I needschecking!essfrequen!lythanincon· ventionalbatteries.Theelectrolyte level shouJdcome tothe0011omo11t1efil!erpipe Useonlydistilledwatertotopupth8 bal· tery. Check tht> charge of the batlery at regular intervals and morelrequ1>n11ydur· 1ng1hew1nterwh8nthe battery'scapaci1y willbereducedbylowtemperatures

lfthecar isusedrepeatedlyforonlyshon )OUmeysduringtht> winter,thebatterymay needaboostercharge·e1therbymeansof abatterychargerorbytakingthecarfOfa loogerrun Neverreversethepolarityof the battery.

Hthebatteryleadsarecoonectedto 1he wronglermmalsore.theroftht>batleryor alternator leads is disconnected whi le !ht> engme1srunning,thealtematormaybeir· fl!parablydamaged.Atwaysmakesurethal youconnecttheredpos1tive(+)!eadtothe PQS'live(+)batlery1erm1naland theblue negative(-)lead to th8negat1ve(-)bat1ery terrrnnal.Atwaysdisconnectbothbattery !eadsbe!orecoonectingabalterycharger 1oboos1th8ba1tery

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Alternator Thealtemator.whichisloca1edlo1heleft 01 the engine compartment. close to the bolkhead, is driven by two voo belts from thecrankshaltpu lley.lt'8 importantll1a11he beltsarecorrectly1ens ioned:~thebeltsare tooslack,hghlenthemby slackernngbolt (1)and adjustingthtlnut(2)\seeillustra­tion) . Wheo 1h8 be lts a'e corr8Ctly ten­sioned. ~shouldbepossible1odeflecithem by aboot 5mm at a pomtmldway along lhel<

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Spark plugs and ignition system OwinglOlheveryhlgtl'o'Ollageinltleogl'll· 110nsystem.1t1SUre.lha1theognmoo_swnch isinthelockpoa1110n{01,bet!ershll.key '81'1'1(lY9(l)MIOfe1ouctnnganycomponen1s ol !he ign~oon system lllhe Olflgllll! i$ to run smoothly and deliver maiumum powe< and JorqlJ8,lhe r&COmmendtodsparkplu9smust alwaysbeus&d.11thesparkplug 9ap(elee­trodegap)needstobesdjustad(seesec· 1'on'Technicalda1s forcorrecigap),make the adjustment !o the side elec!rode only Tahc1r1no11oallow1nydlrttoentar thacyllndarawhenramovinglhe 1parlr. pluga.

Thelinngordefolthecylindersis1-3-4-2 (numberonecyllndefisa1therea1ollha ..,.., Wipers CtieckandciaantheWll>dscrMnandhaaO­lightwil:larn.il»trtragularly.WMespirllie recommanded101claamngtherubbers.Re­newtl'lerubberbladllsassoonastt>e<eis anysigno!wear

Torernoveit..~...,....111-*'

l~!lll~dop 2:::::1111--1nllwdirldl0nclllw

~it..~wiperrut>­

Changlng a windscreen w iper rubber

Swingthewiperarmawayfromthflwlnd· screen Squeezetheplasticci~andOetach the wiper blade

To!'emoY91herubber,slldetherubberin lhedi..ctionollheel'l1)Wtorele11$9ltlrom the eii!J •t the end F~ the new rubber by

~~~1::,~rretanersandse-

Chenglng a headlight w iper blade

Swing tile arm away from tile headlight Remove tile blacle and 1~ 1tle new blade

Washers Thewasher11uid reservoir has a capacity Of4_7 l~res. Topupragulartywitha mixture ofSaabwasherfluidandwa1er, tal!ingcare nottoalklwdirt1oenterthereservoir. Toadjustthewasherjets.insertapininthe jetholeandswive1101heco.,.ec1positioo

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Headlight alignment Adjustmem of the headlight alignment is Knobs for /"!Ndl.gl!r 11lignmem made by means of t~ knobs on the back 1 Lateral llclju$1menl ofthelampunn.accessOblefromth(leng1ne 2 Adiu~tmen1olheight o1be3fl\ comp11nmeo1 Thetop one islorlateralad justmemandthebottomoneloradjusting lheheoghtofthebeam N.B.Saab900TurboBeforetheLHhead lampcanbetodjusted,theplasticair batt1e behindlhel.lfll1.......,stfi rst beremoved. Dis· engagethebaffleandpu ll itstra1ghtup.

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Changing bulbs

Head tights

UnOOthescrewcaponthebitekolthelamp UM. N.8. Seeb900Turbo BetoretheLH headltghtbulbcanbe raplaced,tlle~astic airbalfltbeohindtheunit mustf1rs1 be re· mDlled~thebalfltandpulit smugh1up Pulottlheeonnector.open!herttatrwng spnngtlndWlthdraw!hebulb Takingcartonot!01ouch!heglauwo!hy()Ur fil"9tft. nsert the.._ bulb, making sure thattllethreetonguesengagetlleoorre­spondongslotsinthe refl&ctor•nd seeure thebu lbholderwrth1hetwosprings Plug ontheconntc1orandrefitthescrewcap

Front light clusters

Slacken!hetwonuttP lnd2)andremove the screw (31 C•retullypullou1 the la~p housiogThebulbhoklerhassbayonetllt· ting Gnpttietwopllst.octonguesandtWl&l lhebulbholdefsno-docl<wise.Pulllhebulb holderOUloltllehlllnglndchange!hebulb Make sure that the MW bulb os securely to!· 1edandmalonggoodeont.c1..

Fronthgh!cJusr1tr 1Dutcll0<1.no.:.l0r 2Parl<n;l191t 3 Sodoor-.nglognt (-matl<e!s)

Rearlightclusters(900Sedan and Convertible)

Remove the1rimpanelfromthebacl<olthe lamp unit in the lvggage compartment. Fold bacl<the trim to expose thebackollheuM. Squeeze the clips. withdraw the unit and replace thebulb1ha1hasblown

Rearl'!Jhtc!uster(g()()SedanandConvert· .. , 10.roct>Onndicatol 2R~llghl 3R .... rllgh\lt>ral<;e ligh1 4Rear ltght 5Renr!ogloght (LH0<RH-onty)

Rear light clusters (Combl Coupe)

Ur.do lhe screws and remove the lamp g~ssPush1nthebulbandlwlst ~anlK:lock· wisetoremove Fitanewbulb.makingsure that It is secure and making9oodcon1act Wipelhebulbandlampreflectorwithaso!t cloth and then replace the glass. making sure1hat1tmakesa toghtmwith1herubber

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RearllghtdJs1er(g()()Ccmbl"eoop.j/

1Clir..:t>onn:llC810< 2~0ght 3Rear0ghl!l:>•akeligh1 4 Fle.-k>gllght[lH0<RH•odflM~I , .......

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High-mounted stopllght(certaln markets)

Thebu lbisaccessib lebehindthecoverat 1hebackof1he lightunit.Squeeze1hecover at the 1wo ribbed mark ings, lilt it off and change the bu lb 900Convertobl: Undothetwosc•ews. Re· movethelampgtassandchangethebulb

Rearcourtesylight(900 Convertible)

Remove the trim from around the light to gainaccesstothebackofthelighttitting Pullootthebulbhokferandchangethebulb

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Side direction Indicators

Tochaoges.dedi recitOn indk:ators,push theglasstorwardstoreleasetherearend oltheglassandchangethebulb. When fastenong thtt glass, make sure that thtt grOO'.'e in the metal tongue engages thtt body sheet.

Number-plate lighting

Remove lhe lamp glass. Carefully push backoneot1hes.p<ingcontactstoenable thebu lb toberemoved

Dome light

Pulldownthetrontoftheglass.removei1 and change the bulb Cars W11h sunroof: Pull down 1he entire \~~~~s1ngat1he!ront109aioaccessto

Fuses Thefusesareonlhepowerd•stribution panellocatedunderther:>onnet.ontO!}ot theLHwheelarch $.pare!usesare stored atthetrontofthepanel.FusesfortheABS system are OOusedon the fuse and relay panel on the RH sK!e under the bonnet ThereosalsoalusepanefontheLHsK!e undemeaththe1earsea1.Thepanelisac cessibleafterthesea1cushlonhasbeen fokled 1orward Convertible: The seal cushion must beremoved:gnpthelrontot theseatandhftitup.Eachfus&hasanum­ber, marl<edonthepanel.lnsidetheoov&r

:~: ~~u~~uie~heAcil:~ ~~l~~e...'1s ~ alsogivenunder'Techmcaldata N.B.NotethatthelndMduallusenum­bersshownonthechartlnsldethecover donotcomelmmedlatelyover!hefuse to which they refer.

The fuses are of the plug type and must thereforeberemovedlorchecking.Aspe· cia l toolfor1h1spurposeisprovidedatthe Sldeo1thefuses;pushth&t00onto1he1use andw11hdrawi1carefully.bamine1heluse and~thewireisbrokenthefusehasblown When re~acing a fuse. make sure !hal a fuse of lhe correci rating (amperage) is usedThefusesarecok>orcodedaocord­ing to amperage and 1h& rating 1s also marl<edoneachfuse

PowtNdlstribullOflpanel

-- ~- -, . , . /.

PowercJ;srtiOO!ion pane/fl:x ABSsyslBm

FUS1J(25A)for powersupplyropumptor RBmovirigrhe s.,,.rcusllion/Conven1bl8) Conven!IJ/elnp

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1111 If the same fuse blows repeatedly, ha~e tile electricalsystemofthecar checi<ed.

ConsultyourSaabdea lerbeloritaddmg any add~ional wiring as thos could cause ~;'1agetoElect100H:Con1 rolUn1!sinlhe

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Wheels and tyres

Tyres Thewl\ffl1•nd tyresfinedhavebeenc•re· lullymatche<jto thedesigned ehtracteris­lietolthtca1andmakea mlljOl'C(lf1tnbu· flon to !IS OUIS!and1ng rmodholding We strongtyrecommendyoutooonsultVoUr Seabdealefbelorelrtbngnon-1t9tldtrtl wheelsoriyres.asyourdealerWll~the latesllll!OnntbononthetvPeSofwt.ef•nd tyresu1teble1oryourcar

Tyre markings

Toillustrate themea,,,.ngoltyremark1ngs the s.ze de~ngnaHon 185165 R15 87H can beusedasaneKample

185 - TyreMalorlw.dth111mi11metrn 65 - Aspec11a110.1ethesecb0rl

':.::is65 % ollhesection

R - Radialply

15 .. Rimdiameter15inchesatbead seats

87 • Loadrating

H · Speed marking H - ryreap­pro11edupto11WC1111Umspeedof 130mpl\(210km'h)

Tyre pressures

Thetyrepressuresshouldbedleekedreg­ularlylnflatelhe\yfestotherecommended prenureslofthelosdtobecarriedandttle normalcruis.ngspeedofttlecarlsee Tectl­nical dala fo• recommended lyre p<llS· sum). The recommended prHSUres apply !Ocoldlyres.Nevar~theprll$!!Ure whenthetyresarewarm:il warm tyresare beingchecked,onlyincrffsetritpressure Tyrnlhlitareinoorrectlyinfl•t«tdwear mucl'lmoreqmcldyand•ltogrea~reduoe theroadholdlllgeat)abititle$ollhllcar A leaking ryre valve can readily be

:~nct:C~!Jinu=oneltle defective

N.8. Always remembef to adjust tile tyre pressureslftheusualkladorcruising speed11tobe atteredsut>stantially

Wear Indicators

Thelyrelin<:Ofporate-indicators,in thelorrnolsmooth,treadlesllstripsrurvwog .:rotSlhew.dth.whoehbeeom9,,;$ible whenonly1.6mmolttletreadremaina As soon as the wear indicator becomtts visible, thelyfeshould berei>faced

MakeaurethatyouarelamlllarwlttlttM ~~::i•r<llng the minimum traad ttllck·

Changing the wheels

Thesparewheel,jack, jack handle andtool k~ are stored beflea1h a panel in the lug gage compartment !loo<. The jack handle can be removed from the clips sacunng ~ lO the~rewheelbysqueezingthechPS andpullingthehandleup To jackup thecar. insertthe jack inone ol the jack1ngpo4ntsunderneathttiesills(tvro onei1herside) . lfa lrolleyjack isused,th•S mus! be apphed to one of the re>nlorced sectioosoftheundersideo!thecar

WARNING • Never crawl under 1he car when •t 1s

supportedonlybythe1ack. The 1ack Shouldontybeusedforemergency wheel changesandnotlor regular main-

Toolrray

tenanc<J repairs.The jack is !or &mer· gencywtieel changingand snowchain attachment only and not for regular maJnteoancerepairs

• Do not place anypartofyourbody un­~::;!'9carwhen supported by the jack

• Particu lar care must betaken on a hill or acamberedroadsurface NOTEChoci<sshouldbeused Placechocksat thelrontand rearofthe wheel diagonallyopj)Ositetheonetobe ,_.,

• Hai:ard lights shovld be used when wheel chang<ngattheroa-Oside

• The handbrakeshouidbeappliedand the gearsplacedin' 1'or"R(Reverse)

~1=1~11r~~~::i" 'P' (Park) on

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• Neverjackttiecarwithpeop~insid6

• Oonotstart thet!O{linewhenthecaris jacked up

• Ensure thejackisposiMnedonfirm. levelgroond. bu1no1onmeta1gratings ormanholecov&rs

• The jack should be slowed in the de· signedmannerandnotlelt loosfl

• ltisverydangerous foruserstogoun· demeath a car supported by thejack­whe1herornotsupportsare in use

• Thesuppliedjackshouldontybeused wlthyoorSaabcar

1 Applythehandbrake. lnsertthejackin the jacking po4nt and wind the jack down, checking that the flange at the tO!)oflhe jack sits snugtyagainstthesi ll

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andthalthe..,hrtofootosineonltciwilh

"'"°""' 2 RemovethehubC8;lbycarelullyPflS· ing rt off usmg a screwdnver Slacken :::.wheel atudsbyundoirigthemhalfa

3 Wind1hejaci<upuntilthewheell•c~ar

~t-;8~'1ne ~';!111\e wheel 11udl

4Fitthesparewheellto<rmglhewheel S1Uds slack. Make sure Illa! lhl whMI 1tudsarepropertysea1edonthewheel

5 .Lowerthecar.TightenlhewheelSl...:ts "1fheHQlHHlCtlshownU$11"!glhewheel wrench included in the car 1ool k•1 Tighten•rig to<que: 105· 125Nm N.B. Neverovertoghten1hestudsbyusinga percussion nut tightener. as~ may not

;;:'.,,=~':.itow~:i1fltlm ag.aon uftng

6 Check·tighten the studs after a few

~~N~ the Nm& torque load ing 105 -

Compact spare wheel Thelightweigh1~ewheelisdesignectlor ease o1 handhng a1 the roadside when 1

whetllneeds tobechangedbecauseola puncture . Thesparewheelshouldonlybe usedonan emergency1nd.wi1htht1spare wheel fitted, 11\e car thouldno1 be driven tunher than 3,500 km nor at a speed e~· oeecling &Okmlh.Thetyfeontt>espare wheelahouldbe•nflaited\oapresSUreol 420kPa(4.2bar).Putlhlwheel1ha1has beenrvmovedinsidetheplast>cbagpro.

vodedandstowrtseoeuretyinap0$lb00 wl'l9rl~"Mllnollle!hrownlorwarddthecar

sl'louldbrakeha<d

Havethepurocture1epaoredand1haorig>­nalwheelrefinedassoonaspossble

Remember to ctleck lhe prenure ot the ~are wheel a1 least once 1 month

Changing the wheels round BlcauHthtlcarlwlslront·whffldnve.the trontlyl'esWlllWtoarlasterlhanlhertoar ones.1ti11hereforeagoo<1ideaa1terafew thousandmoles1ochange thewheel1roond so that tht1tyresw1ll haverooghlythesame lile However. the wheels should be Tined so1ha1 theyr01a1einthesamedorecoon:11>e lefttron1wheelshouklswapplaeeswiththe ltohrurand1he righ1fronlwhfflwi!httle ngh1rearwheel

Thewheel1and1yresfittedhlovebHrlcare­lulym11tched10thed•signedchar11C1-bcs otrhecarandmakeamltjOleontnbubOnto ~outstandingroad~Wes1rongly recommendyootocon:w11yaurSaab clea ler llef0fe titt1ngnon·s1andardwheelsor 1yr111.esyoordealflrw.ll havethe lates1in· lomiation oo 1hetypes o! wheel Ind tyre 1Uhab4efor)'OUrcar

TyresahouldllekepCl!lflateda1therecom­mendedpressureslllldit1tl)lltoeularlyim­por1anlm&!tyresonlh&Nmeaxleareat thesameprtoSsure

Air condition ing (AC)

Faultdlagno111

HamallunctJon$llOuldoccur1nthe • oon­Miorwigsys1em.youcancanyoutlhelol­lowingch«:l<1you1$&11 llthefau~pen.ists taktthecar10anau1honzedSaabwork· -No1e. Wheo the air-alOdilioflong system LS runn1ng.condenutoonwilllormonthe e..apor1tor.Wht-nthecar1sparl<ed, this cofldensationmaydripolfandformasmall ~o1 waterunc!erthecar

Inadequate cooling capacity

1 Chtd:.tllatthottemperatureand,...tU­tllbulion COfllrolfaresetto thecorrect - · 2 Chkk Iha! thot condenser {fitted lor-wardol !Mtadlator)has not become dogoedbyd1r1lfldiflsec:ts.

3Chtd:.tllat1hednvebeltlortheoom­pr"'°' ~ no! sbppmg

4 Checkthottempe<a1ureolthe11r191ne ThotACCOll"l!)rffSOl"willbeswilchectolf automatieallyby11lesystemiflhenee· die on 1he temperature gauge enters the red zone

s;:.thefuS&!llorthelan.sandcorn-

Maintenance and servicing

• Tlltcarshouldbetakenioanau1honzed SNbworkshopooceayearlorselVIClfl!I olthe..,.oondd!OfWlgsystem

• Tlltdriveb&ltlfldsec:umgboltslorthe compressorlfldtheelectromagne!lc dutchshouldbecho:ld<tldeachtomethe car ~ grven a r9g1Jlar sernce

• Thecood&n$erandradiatormustbekeQt clearol insec:ts and other dirt When washing the ear. use a hose (not h'!lh· preuure equipment) to spray the raoia­tor and c:ondenser to !lush away any dirt orlore~n bodies, spraying through ltle gnllt•t thelrorttolltlecarandfrom1n­l'dettleeng1nebay Do not UN• hoH when the •nglne 11 .....

• NB N4rverplace 1 lin&-mesh net or.,~ OlherlormolllC<M!WlgW11ron!olthera­doalolasthiswil<lrasbeallyreduce1ts

""""'-. During 11111 winter months when the AC system~nolbelOQU$8d,~shouldberun lorbe!weenltvto1ndtenmuiutesc:nc.or lwic.lmon1honcelhecarhaswarmed up. ThltitlOpreventOeterioratX>nofthe ~skets end seals in the compressor whieharelubricaJtldbymeansofalubri­cant eirt1Jl1ted with the refri9erant N.B. Remember that the AC sys1em can· notberonwhentheou!sidetemperature ~belowirc

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Seat belts Adleckshouldbemadapenodocallytoll'l­sureltlltthesea1 beltsarewor1ong prop-9fly A11larptugonlhes1rapshouldeause 1he1ner1>11reel1olock. Chec:kthelloorar.. chon1gepointstoensure1ha1theyhaveno1 bffnweak81ledbycorrosion. llthebehOS womorhasanylfayingedges11shouldbe

::::i in:;!cjh~taW::e'::S ~i~ ni:,t: bereptaced regardlessof wtlether!heyare vis1btydamagedornot.Nevercanyout any be~ repairs yourself nor attempt to modily thetunc1ionof thabelts

The behs must not come into contlci Wl1h 11Ubli.nee&suchaspolishes.oolorchtmi· calsl11Mstrspsgetdlrty.wash1hemWl1h soap~warmwatetorhaYethemre-·-Upholstery and trim To remove llulf or strancls ol t\llr trom the

~~:::;~i!~=rriiir.:..= rojitor [lirty marl<s can be removed by meansolasoltciothaodalukewarm soapy ~ution,Whenusmgastaonr9<TIOV&rto,. move d1ny marl<$, always worl< !rom the ou1side1owards thecentretoavoidle1Vlflll 1nng Howev11.~adirtynngora1p01ol du11houk1remain.ttftcanusuallybere­moYed using warm $0apywat11 orwlllf -

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WetpatchnceusedbywoltllQltdrlnkor ttunoilmustbew•pedofftmmedietelyus· inganebsorbentmatenal.1uchask.itdien paper.andtreatedW!ltls1aonritn'IOY9r wtutespirl1isrecommendedlorrernovmg grease or orl 11eJ111 Plastoc lflm may be washed with warm wat., and was/Mng·up ilquldorlhekke Aserni-snttbrusllmayal9o

'""""' Cleanlngand<:arlng for leather upllolstery

Thereasonlordreulngortreatinglealhe< 14lh01$teryisioenhancelhenattJralbeauty olttleleatherand•lsoto•llordrt•protec· lrv9eoating Alterahmll.leatlleruphOlstery hasanaturaltanaencyiob«Ome~ lour&d.wr.ctiispar!leularlytrueollhe ligllter sl\ades Altr•ough lt111is1n no way dvtnmental to the leather (• we&·wom pa· 1tnaisoflenadvS1rable1.,1ureollealhe<). the leather may appear a little shabby We 11\ttreforerecommendthattlleleattlerbe deaned as l<)jlows

TheleaU..upholsteryshouldbecleaned end recond~ionad wtlen 1tle car It in· spectedinttlespringandaulumn(twicea year)

MoistenasoltclothinamlldsoapsoMion Carefullyapplythosdamp(rootwei)dothto theleatherwilhliglll.cireularrnoverneots untilthelea1herisclean Repeal thiSl)rl>' cedure using clean water Let the leather dryoompletotyThenapplySaableather Cleaner.aleatllereond1toonerwt1id"lcenbe

purchl.Mdlromau1horised5aabdealers. Applytnelea1tl9feondibonefwrththesame circularmoveman1$asde$Cribedabove Use1soltcloth.Letlheleatllercondiboner G<yandpollSl!lheleathefWl1tlesoll.dry dolhFollowtheinstn.lcilonsgovenabove 0o fl01 U$8 llOI Waler. lM1kflOwn abrllSIWI ~. solvenls. spraysorsoapsthal may scratch the leather. This treatmen1 Wllhh kMP lhe leath« 14lh01$tery dean and attrlCllVelo<manyyears

Textile carpeting Theiei<1Ilecarpet shouldbevaan.m et.arl«l~larlyThe<:arpetmayalsobe cleaned USlng a Dnllhor ca<pe1 shampoo ~Wlll'la~.Beforeusrigavac· ~deanermakesurelha1ilisprope.ty

Engine compartment Clean the engi111 compartment usong an tngillldvhl<oentandnnsewi~hotwater Coverlheheadl.ghlsandaYOidsp<aymg lheairin letOpen1ng,tneracliat0<.throtlle ca~e •nd otller engine oontr<)js (risl< of 1reezinglneoldweather),tnea11ema10<and other electrical components, particularly rt usingahigll·pres!l<JrenoseUs-ttparaffin particutartyWusingahigll·pressurehos&. UMpar1ff1nasacie1111ngagem0<solvent whencarrytngoo1 repairs0<maintenanc:e woril•OOnolUMpelrol

Washing the car Washthecarfrequently.Wherlthecari!J new, wash 1h& body by hand using cold wa1erlOd1brush•ltaCl'rnentonlhetnd otahoseOunngttlefirstr;.,.or11xmonlh1. belorettlepalO!Workhaaharoenedprop­erly. aYOld 1U10mabc c•r wHhH The<NI· :1~ a car sh.ampoo .oded IO lukewarm

Useadolllmorstanediowt.1e11p1ri\IO,.. movespotaolasphallortarAVOIClusing strong dearwig agen11 as trie&e may dry outthepaintwonl T•sofven1Sshouldnotbeusedl0washlhe frontendrearfoghlduslerlen&e&,since 1tieymaycauMC1".ciungolthelen­NeV9fuse1greasesoM1nttocleantrie rearorlrontligllldusterglass Theund&fsldeof1hecaratsoneed1wasi.­ingregulartyandttuilhOuidbedOOl••tra 1horoughlyatthetndolwinter Clean tile under$1daollhecar1horoughlybyllllndd the car is usually wuhed in an automatic carwashw1lhoutspeeiallecih!ietlorunder­bodycleamng.Ne\lerwashthecarorallow ittodry1nthesunbu!wil)8itdrywitha leathe< ;mmedlat&ly aher washing to avoid smears and streaks Cleanthewinoowglas.smllldeand°"'1us· ing a proprietary window cieaner This~ paniculartyimportllntwhen1hecar15new, as uphols1ery and trim mey ha\lil etligh1 tendency to sweatatfirt1

Checkth.at1hebrakesarewor1<ingproperty a1terthecarhasbeenwashed Lo~erelec1ric aerials by swi1ch1ng olf Ille radio before entenng an automatic car wash. Fixed aeria ls must be removed or klweredmaoually.

Cleantt>eaeria l withasoftclo1hand1t>en lubricalelightlybymeansofanoilyrag

900 Convert lble

• Donotruntt>ecarthr0Ughanautoma1oc carwas.hasthisisliab~todamagethe lop.

• "Theuseolstrongorab<asivec~anersor bleache..; may damage thefab<icofthe

"' •DonotleavethetopOownforprofooged ~-nods as mildew may form on 1he lab

Fabric top:Wash usirig mdd soap suds. lukewarm water and a sponge. Rinse the topwitheno1J9hc~anwatertorernoveall 11acesolsoap. Youmustbecare!ultonnse any cleaner off the Dody pa1ntas1tmay cause streaks ii allowed to dry on the paintedsurtaces

If further cleanirig is reqwred alter us1rig soapandwater,amildtoamingcleaner can 00used.Firs1.rinsethetop.Thenusea mild !oam•ng cleaner on the entire top Scrubwi1hasmall, solH<is!le handbrnsh AOdwaterasn&ededumil thecleanergets soapy.Useaclothorsponge torernove dm so1twon"tbegrounctimo the top. 6eca1e·

fu l tokeeiianycleane<fromdryingonthe bodypaimasitmaycausestreaks

~re:i;~cl:n ~!1~nr~~~:'!i1 ~ir~:~~ cleaner.Altercleaning.a!wa)'5beWrethe top iscompletelydrybeforehislowered If thetopisk>weredwhen1tiswerordamp

~c!~;: ~;fJe!at~:':n ~s:~;!~~~n~;~

"' Waxing and polishing Anewcarsnouldnotbewaxedbeloreitis threeorlourmonthsokL The bodywork wi ll notneedl)ciishingbeforethepamthasox· ldi>edandbecomeduD.Ab<as1vepolis.hes oontairungacu1t1ngagentsnouldonlyt>e usedinexceplional casesonanewcar Make sure before waxingorl)ci1sh1ngthe carthat1hepa intworkhasbe<lnthoroughly cleaned before you start

Touching in the paintwork

=ais'11t~~;~;:i~:,~~hebe =~~ ~~ treated!he~sschancetherewillbeofcor·

;~~~ ~~~;~sinbe~~n~~ ~ i~t~c:: is usually extensive and can on ly be prop er1yresloredbyapprovedprofessionalsor

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a Saab bodyshop. However, chips In the paintwo!l<caosedbyslor>osthrownupfrom theroadaswel l asmmorscratchesyoucan dealw~hyoursel! The necessary loolsand materia ls.such as brushes, touch·mpa1nt and primer, areavaHabkr fromyoor Saab dealer lnthecaseof minor llaws in thepaintwork. wherethemeJalhasnotbeenexposedand an undamaged layer of paint remains, touchin pa•n1canusuallybeapplieddirect a!te.-anydirthasbeenscrapedawayos1ng a pointed kn ife

If the metal has been exposed andCOO'o­StOn has started, all surface rust must be scrapedo!fus1ngapomtedkmfe. l fpossi· b~. the entire damaged area should be taken back to the bare metal. The metal shou ld thenbeprimedwithtwo thincoats olprimerapphed"Mthabrush Thetopcoatenamelshould thenbeapplied inseveralthinlayer-suntilthesurfaceof1he damagedarea islevelwiThlhesorrounding pamtwor1< The pnmer and touch·m enamel most both t>est•ffedthorooghlybe!oreuse Allow :;:1,,.cllne~~~1ename l to dry before applying

Two-coat enamel

As the name implies. two·coat enamel is appliedintwooperalions.Thetirs1coa1,the

?i:~=5~rb1~;ai~~th5~e~1n:~ sislsofaclear enamelwhichprovldesthe

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tinalglossforthepaintWO!'kandprotects thebasefrommojstureandenvironmental pollutants. To10l!Ch-inpaintwoncchlppedbystones proceedasfollows.Thorooghlycleanthe area and then apply the primer, baseoo­loorandfinaJlyltleenamel.Toachievethe ~~tinish,applytheprimerin1WDorthroo

Anti-corrosion treatment Theundersideofthecarandinsidesofltle wheelarcheshavebeentreatedwithpoly· asterandavisoous oil1olmprovesoond proofing and anti-corrosion propertie$ Cavities inside body members and doors havealsobeentraatedwithaspecialpen­etratingwaxtoprolli0eadditionalpro1ection against corrosion Theanti-cormsiontreatmentontheundef­sideolthecarandinsidethewheelarches lsparticl!larfyexposedtowaarandpossi­~edamage. thedeg rooolwhichwillobvi· ously depend on driving conditions. Din and, moreespecially, saltthrownupfrom ltleroadcantllencauseoorrosiontostart in places where the pr01ection has been

"'"'"' It is ~here!ore a good idea to hose the un-6&rside of the car lrequenrty and to inspect theantj-corrosiontreatmentasamaMerof oourse. Thefactthatthecarisooveredby

an anti-perforalionwarrantydoesnotfree theownerfromtheneedtocarry_outnor­malmaintenanceofltleanti-oorrosiontreat­ment,andtotouchhupasneceSS!lry. Altttrtheunderbodyhasbeenhosedciean andallowed1odry,apptyviscousanti­corrosionoi l toanywomordamagedareas usingaS>JrayappticaJororpaintbrush ltlsnaturallyadvisalllf.l10oontinut1malnte­nance of 1tle anti-corrosion treatmem to avoidOOffOsion lataron. avenaltarltleanti· per1orationwarrantyperiodhasexplred seams;n the body and doors are particu· lartyvulnerabletotheonsetofaxternalcor· rosioncausedbydirtandroadsaltandon theinsidebymojsture. notleas1ttiatoccur­ringasaresultolcondensation. Keepthe seamsclf.lanand. atthefirstsignoloorro­slon, treat the allactedareaw~h a thin anti· oorroslonoilbymeansofa5?1"ayapplica-1or or brush. If necessary. consu1t your ~bdaalarwttowillbeplf.lasedtoadvise

Service Programme AustraNaonly:ThisV8hicleoonformstotha Austrahan Exhaust !Emission Control Regulations ADR37 applicabhl to 1992 new motorvahiclas.Sarvicingolthaami$$ion oontro/sysremshouldbflcarriedourbyan llUthorizedSaabdealer. Everycarneedsregularservicingand main1enance il ~is tooontinlltl 10 provide

trou~e-free motoring. A Service Pro­gramme has been drawn up tor your car andthislncludasspeciticationsofworllthat shouldbecarrledoutatgivenin1ervals 11 istobenotedthatcertainoountriesuse service programmes which might ditler slightly!romlheonedescribed intheSer· vice Sook. The WarrBllty Conditions specify that the prescribed services and oil changes must becarriedootatthes1atadintervalsbyan authoritadSaabworllshop Toensurelhalyourcarlsproperlyserviced andtokeapservicingooststoaminimum. the Saab Original Service Programmein­ciudas preventive maintenance to avert possiblema~rctions. toensure thatthe highlf.lvel olsaf&ty lnherent lnthecarls maintainedandtha1thecarcomplieswi1h therelf.lvantexhaus1arnission ragula1ions Haveyoor5ervicaBookwithyouwhenyou l\andoveryourcar!oraservicaandwhan cci lectingyourcarmakesurethatall o!ltle Items specified in the programme have beencarriadoutandthattheBooi<has beenstampedttitheoorreciplace. Avalid . stampedBooi<isnotonlyanassuranceo! reliabilityandmotoringeconomybutalso ad<:lstothetraOe-inorsaoond-handvalue of the car Tilasaipeandoontent olthe5ervicaPro­gramme may be changed from ~me to time butyourauthorizedSaabwori<shopwi ll al­ways hav& u~H<rdate details o1 any changes affecting your car

Fault diagnosis N.B.llthecarhas tobeleflatlhe$ideof therood(e.g.becauseofenginetroobla, Mat ty<e or having been involved in a col~­sion), unless it is in a built-up area, the haz­ard warning ligh1s shoukl always be switchedontogiveapp<oachingtralfic plentyolwaming. Remember to chock that all fuses are intaci OOforethe!aultd iagnosis

Fuel·ln]ectlonenglnea

Starter motor operates normally butenglnefailstostart

1 Checkthattherels!ueflnthetankand that the charging warning light shows whtintheignilionlsswrtchedon

2 Unscrewoneofthesparkplugs. Real· tachtheHTleadtotheplug,earththe plugbyplacingitonametalparto!the engine.letgoo1theHTleadandbriefly runthestarterrnotor.lftheignitionsys­tem isworkingproperty.astrongspark should be visible.

N.B.

Never disconnect an HT lead when the &ngineisrunningasthismaycauseflash· over in the ignrtion system. Similarfy, neverattemp1tostartthe&nginewtththe distributor cap removed

3 lftherelsnosparkorontyaveryweak sparkcheckthattheHTleadsare pushedlulfyhomeinthedistributorcap andigrMtioncoil.AlsoctieclttheLTeon· nectionsatthecoil

4 Remove the dislflbutor cap and wipe dryanymoistura.Ctleckthatthereara nocrad<sinthecap

lltheenglneatillfallsto start checkthefuelsystem.

1 Checkthatlheeng1neoilfilercapt>as beenscreweddowntigtltly

2 Chock the fuse tor the electnc luel pump(!useNo.30).

3 Askahalpertocheckthatthefuelpunp Is operating. The fuel pump can nor malfybeheard runrnng by listarongin the luggage compartment. The pump shooklberunningwhenthesta!lermo­toristumingover

4 Ched<thatthealeclricalleadsaremak­inggoodcontactwiththeluelpump1er­minals(accessiblathroughlhepanelin thalvggagaoompanmentlloor)

5 Ched<thata111uef0neconnection5are

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Theenglnemlsllrea, has lost power or runs erratically. Check thelollowing:

21fasparkplugisdefectivaorthegapis notsetcol'Tectly

311tharaisflashoverorarcingin thelg· nitionsystem.

411thelow-tenslonconnectionson the ignitioncoilaremal<lngpoorcontaci

5ThattheengineoHfillercaphasbeen screweddownbghtfy

The Ignition comea on but the chargingwamlnglightlallato show. This may be due to one of the following causes:

1Thebattery;sflatorabattarylaadhas become detached

2-:::.:=~orthechargingwaminglighl

3 Oneofthelaadsismakingpoorcontact a!thelgnitionswi1chorchargingwam­ingligh1

4 Thecl\argingwamingligh1hasblown

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The t"-rglng w•rnlng light comes Accessories on while the cu Is being driven

1 Ch«:lc10-ilthealtema10rdnveb811 tlaSl>rokenOfiltlipping

2The~regulal0rorahema!oris --B•tteryll•t. Po11lblereasons:

1 Ac..,,rentconaumerhasbeenlefton

2E~trolylaleveltoolow.

3 FreqU&nt uM ot h~h-d•ain equipment e.g au~lliary ubin IMlat"', in combina­tion wuh shorl )oumeys.

4 :rect...,. vo119 ,egulator °' altema-

Ananracwerangeolaccessoriesc»­sogned$ll9CldyloryourC8lareavaitable andlheHincluderoot-rltCks.skinoc:ks, 10Wtngan.ctvnentslortraile<so..car.ivans, n-<:aren11rtauvn1nteq...pmen1.111c. Furtherclfl1a•laollhtsaand olheraccesso­riesaracon1&intdinalealletavailablfllfom yourSubOea'8<

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Technical data Gener•I Engine . . ..• T,.n•mi•slon . . Electrlealsystem Fuses ..... . Replacement bulbs

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70 Technical data

General

"'""'-"'""'­o.tir•hlogl!l(atl<8fbweoghl) Mp, htoigl1t(""""1theconvet!ibl9K)l)il

0!>9<lted)

Groundcill,.....,.(airc:an'J'l'lll 280ultl+30kgol~I

Trlltlt-front­(5112J•15H2nn11. s->

Tradc_ln>nl_ (5112J•15H2m.. .. )

Trac>c-!rorn-(S 112.J • 15 H2 rims, a~

Trac>c_rear_a

(51/2J•15H2rims,11Hil

Traclc--whHla (5112J•15H2nrTll, .i)

r,11t1t-..--1s112h1sH2nrr.."l -Turningcrde

Kitrtl-otll(wilh-weiglwlg 70kg)

Ma•Wlumweighltulfylac!en

COfnDCouptandSedan

""""""

1260·14901<g

--------""'9'1l.fron\;-Nt.mbe<ol-lnclu0i'ig""""'•

CombiCoupt--

"""""' F....itar'lleapaofy

car.i..nhcatalyllc- IMd-frwfuelonty

... ~COllalyllr;- =JuelOf ... W-&..i- •.7ltrljSlpot111)

voium.ol~~(s.o.El

CombiCoupt.IM'~•-- 0421m3

~ o.~m•

Paroollhell~.CotnDCoupt o.s.o m• eon...1illle 0.302m3

_......._~In

__ .... _ wilfr413~fllvirlll

~~ol28M10kg

(Corrll:OCoupt-S.0...VCOflV.) eClkg

FotffCh1Mreonl-on tl'le r&ar

-tr.~compartmenlkllod

........,,..,_ o1 .. .....,.; .... compat111W11

(•lCllllCon¥.J Vob'neofkl(lll9compatlnWll...,, -----11;u.-..- 1.sm• ~-five..doot'moclell 1em•

~ol~tornpa111T*11-,..,_!_ lw0-000flndfou<4oormo<lels 175511VTI !h<ff-dOO!andfiv9-door~• 1S351!'W11

............,,rool·rltd< lold [eXooplCorn .) 1001<Q Maxm.mb9d~on• loAd

cam.riC-.J 30kQ ,..,.........,_..~weoghl

Tr ..... ...;itibf91<M 1500kQ

Engine

°"'"'" ,,,.

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llOOTwboUI

"""*-2.01-vr-

2.0 lengone 2.121 engone

Oil~ inct.Jdor'lghlr.oil fttlff(oilchlng9.....,_J Oil~e>OCU:lngOil ... joil ...... -· ,,__ Opeiq---ol­

C.111with c.11talyticeml1Slon control ay1t1m

F~onpone.(2.0Q

Ratw'lg(OIN)

Torqw (OIN)

Technical data 71

1985cm' 2119cm'

9'kW(128~)

173'*"(17.6l<glm].C 3000rlmin

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F_,,,_,,,-vn-. (2-121)

Rebl'IQIDIN)

Torque(DIN) --Ti••tlOll.wHryeclul-W-.(2.01)

-(00<)

Torque(DIN) --C.rs without eshllytie emlHlon control system

~-vn-.(2.0IJ

Rallr'lg(DINJ

--TU<t!OJ8~""'9"'»/201)

RMlrlg(DIN)

11:13~(1<10'11)

MllOOOf ......

:i~~l.3 ... )• 9()0.llOO riffWI

255Nm(290 ... J• --911kW(133'11)• -·-~~~T.8 ... )•

Torque(DINJ --Engine Oii

,_...,... SubTUlbo ........ aMmoollDAf'ISG, SFICOmSFtt

~~APISG.SFICD0<

~SGS.:~con':"=-ID -IOfengWWl8ndgurbo••-

~..,:: ....... o1

v...., SAE 10Wl'JO, 10W ~. SW!JO Of 5W'~

ft,_-- .. ...-....... 15w,.iJaM"'f¥be-.-~ ...... ~ .. __ ...... _ =~=•~d5Wl30 wt.l.....ng5W-<*.ll>ejli...IObeol

lllelu!Py·Of""""vn~lyJM

Manual gearbox ,,,.

Gutbo• m(IOf~up)

Rofl0-9C).i<IMIM1000rlnwl , .. __..,GM'" ---.. _,.., 4W..epMd g9W

.._ __ -

F,.._-90 ... eyrw:IYO­..,__, onleV'ml ----~:=s~I orSAEEP75 ... Pl·GL4 °'"Pl·GL5

..... ooona . . "

21·22 m " " " '

Automatic gearbox ,,,.

-IPMd.('<mh)MIOOOtpm

1111.._..,!19"' ------

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-----· Wque~.llNli ---8.0 ~<11 -lluid1<>Fort1M2C33F

' .. ~ EPoilSAE'l!IH/or~ APIGL_.or~Gl·~

74 Technical data

Electrical system

Voltage

Battery capacily (negative earth) Starter motor

Altemalor rating

Vee belts

Firing order (no. 1 cylinder at rear of engine)

Spark plugs:

900i 16 900 Turbo 16

Electrode gap

12 v 62 Ah 1.4 kW 70 N1 4V or 80 N 14 V

9.7 x 971 mm

1-3·4·2

NGK BCP SEV

NGK BCP-7EV

0.6 · 0.7 mm

!~~t~lgfci;i

""' D -0 0 0

A • c

..... Power distribution panel

lnn[Jnr.r.i:innnl.. . 2223 2425 2627 2S 293031 ;UUUUc....wt..JUUL.J

on LH f;.~':"!ll~erneath rear sear

nnnn~nnn'l J14151617 0 18192021

U IJUL. Ut..JUU

8~~B0B~~BB3Ba -~

Fuses, power distribution panel ABS fuse panel

Fuses

Fuse no. Circuits 12.rotected Amperage Power distribution e_anel

1 Lambda sensor 10

2 Spare 3 lgniUon system 15 4 Spare 5 Windscreen wipers; headlight wipers;

seatbelt warning light 15 6 AC system 30 7 Direction indicators; rev counter;

CHECK ENGINE; charging warning light; oil pressure warning light 15

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HNdJjght,.;p.rs;door cnliHOO«ltrolsystem 10 HHMgMldven~fan JO

APCs)'5l9rn;hffdfi9hrb6.tm·~lh ----~/igllts.cigltrligflrtlf' 20 1.1.U>bHm, RH 15 M.oNlboNm,LH;m,.;,, bHmindicarorlighl 15 Oippt>dbffm,RH 15 Oippt>dbeam, LH 15 RHparl<illgligl!rs;RHrlliJ!ighr•; !ighMgkx""""""plal6 LHparl<ing!ighrs;LHUJi/ !igh/5

''"' RHrfogligl!I F""1s....,.,,.,;rv.Jg•vge /«rlp«•rur.gauge;wamlng!ighlS/of handbl'•k•: l>ral<6sysll0m;ABS;h1illwamir>gllg/ll /nslrumen/;Jluminalion; !ighllolg~

~'""""' =tor/fin """ ~rd .. a"'"1gllg/lls -'~---

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ABS fuse pane/

"' "' Pumpandcontrol<Kl!I Syst""'refay PumJJre!.ty

=.::::::."':"ua'?"" LH 5«7e

ConVflrliblflr.,,,

::;.:;:;z.::~~ eernr.1kx!<ing;~lfghbng;

=-comparim.nr!igM

Allr#ll

Rfllllr-<lool~;SJJNOOI

LH-t~r RHuatadjtJslmMr

')900Convertible • 15A.

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Replacement bulbs Suspension

Spnngtype,frootarorear

M&limumdellec!K>nofoprings

,_ Dainper.,type

Maxunumstmlc8w11Mf.nod

Brakes

8<ake !1uid O'Jtaide<liameterofdOscs

Coilspftngs

Hydfaulicdtsebralces "'thvacwm"""'° ~.

diagonal'Ys.,in circuri.. (,\SS:triplec1rcv<t);

tila1&<1a1S<Son fron1 ·-· Mecharncal. acbnQon rear-ls

-­TOlllarMolfnl:lo'l .... i.n.i ,_ -Steering .......... M.mberollu""IOCIMO·lock

J>ow..i~l'luiCI --Rims and tyres llmliz•

900i11,llOOTUltl011

900ill,llOOT...t>oUI

..... -~1-(ME-ma!U!s)

T)'f<I~'"'

900TUftlo11S ..,..,_ 5-9-(ME~)

140cm1

n~·

::",;:::'!ypl ......... * ~"'.n

" TH.::o"t!J"­_ ... 075"'1i

51/2J•1SH2 ( ............... flloy) 4JH1•15(llffl)

5 1/2 J ~ 15" (tiff!)

Front-~

(nol900Turb>16S) r.,.;n, __ ...,.

"""" Front-~

(only900Turbo16S)

r.,.;n,--nm.

""""' -Recommended tyreprHaurt1a torcoldtyrn, Mr

1.J·~-....m.m

auisrog~cllllO----............. cruiwigopMdolleGkrrVh ---mulmum c:rm.>gopMdol210krMI 195'80VR15

1.J" occupMtl - mulmum c:ruioing-1ol190-Hea--.-.;lmaidrnum cn.Qing11Pffdol 190lu'lllli

..... .--­c:ruioingff!)9«1190i\IMI

")900Convertible• 1·20CCUpMl!I

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"'--fT11Y70fl15)

"'-e !HY70 R15T) --Tool kit

Jackw!thjackhandle Toolki1(stowedunde<panelin~~lloor)

Car identification

Technical data 79

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Cllassi$numb6ronf98r CIOS!NT)(lmbtN(IJlld«fNll* inluggltfJf'compamnentflaorJ

80 Index

Index

A" -Alt~ ... .. Altoondilioning ... ........ ...... .. .. Alta>ndol~, !-~ Ail~l. lyrm

=~-·-·····-· ~~~-·-z::=~· .. ···-· "-l'fl ......... ..... .. Au!Qmlltio;lllWISl1'liasion,driving Au!Omlltio:1""8o'l'liuion,lluid

B1n11Y =..c ......_ ... : ... _,., ..... er.l<ll lUO..-·-·-· er.kll !Ucl.~-·-·· .. ··-··· ... er.l<ll fUd. ~up ..... &-c., ...... drivingwilh .. .. Citgo- .. .. ... ..... .. Clrpets, d9111ing ... C-, rM'dca -·­°*9nll _,. ....... Cl*""'ll toollrc __ ,_,_

5, •1 . 711 .. .. " " "'· " '" " " .. .. ., " " 51,73

Cl\lngO'lg ....... .. ·-·-·-···-·-·--·-·-·- 81 Cl\lngO'lg>llpef~ .. -·-·---·-·-·- Sol ""- " ~liglar 19 ~lighter 19 ~ ......................... 8: =.o"':;:9~ ... 7! ~~ s: eor-tit!llllOP,clffllw'll .... ·-·-···-·-·-· 115 eor-tit!llllOP.~ ....................... 21 Cool.-ll~fa'll9-·-·-·· .. ··-·-··· · Cooling .,....,., ri-IWMz.-.. ..... _, '411 Cooling.,....,.,blMdrlg ...... , ... _,_,., ..... 50 Cooling ~. -t:l'l9ngl .......... • 50 Cooling fY'tlm. toPl*lgup ........ ............. •9

0 am.ged!*n- e6 o.iro.ting .... .. .. 10 :-_:o~ ............... ~ ~qii'l9 "SI = :.::"'1 .. ---·--·-·-·-·--·· s; aoo.. . .. ....... -. 30 Orainoock,cool..- 50 Orli'1 pklg.qii'l9 ....... . "SI Orainpklg .~ ... 51 Orivlngeo:::inomy , . •2 Orivlng.,PIOl_llmplra1'K• .... .a<I Orivlngon""'*'fro.11 ....... _ .............. "3 Orivlngwill'la~

(900eon-itlll) ··-·-···-···· 4!i Orivlngwill'l•<oollolcl ·-·--· . 45

0rMng'"""1•nillr-- ...... DrM'lgwill'l .... oi-.. c;ompmlnWltdca . ·--·--·-- 45 DtMng_..,...""'"'11119d .. ,_,.,_,_,_ 45

Ellctricllly-•t..i~,....!Otll .20 Er.gineoompan.,...,,i.~ .. ..... ... ... .. ~ Engonl,deleriptiorl ................. '48 ~nurnblr.i.:x:.iionol ........ 711

=::::~:::::·· .. .a.~ eroin-o1.~ .... ·-· .... .a &.gr.Dil, ct.:lc ._,_, '48 ~--CDlll&'ll-·-· ..... '411 -- .. ~=~::... ~~ F...ii•W1<1ts ...................... to F>Otll- .............................. !• ~~~~- ~ FU111fa1119 .-...... .

~:..~.~ G-.llCI<:.. .. ..... 61 GffrchanQe~ .... ......... 39 = ===·~ Mldon ....... : a-~MllOmlllCll'__...... .. 39 a-~ ........ ............ ..... 39 o- c..-i- 39 Glow~ ...... 33

Index 8 1

' l"llQ-<>:>mpartmen1doof ' ., .

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' " " " " ' ~ M

" " " ~

" N umber-p4&1e ,.,.h1 .. n

" Q

o-. Q

l~tic>'lkty OilollAnglng.M"lgiN ... ..

!QMionsert<>g " ~=":!< ..

" !QMionswi!ch andgearltwerlock ... " .. Indicator lights

~essur. " ~~too " ~

' " ~::J~ P ainiwor1<

Q

" ~ . ParotlsMI! ~ n lnte<iorlightbulbs " Part<ingligh1 ' .

Polishing " Jac1c .... Powerdis!ributionpanel .... " PowerS!ffling 52. 77 M Pressur.gacoge . " Keys .. .

Kid<-<low<1 ... . 0 ...idcd1arge,ball81)' ... .. ' ..

" " " " ro ' ~ " " "

82 Index

''-~m.-. n Tr.....,_ Oil,ci.ctcing ~ ,,._ T~lllloo4inQ.N;; ~ T""""---.; . .,..... " ~==::::...... " . ""'""""" "' ,_ oo. n

u-.., ~=~:7 .... - lle•llrlg o:witr<>la

'" V.rlleal~.<:lr!Y9r'•-l

W srrng....,indocMOf11g1111

:::::·Jw..arllf'Mleh . " ·- " w..,,.,..,,..,.l'IOUIN " ·- ..

~~IM M 00

Welljfltlhl_...,. '" -~- n ~-!ytft,Cftanoong " WMell-l';tft,rolation " WondsllotldwHtlt<andwip&rswitc~ . Wondtlvtldw1V.... " W~wipeta .. ... _

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VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION AU

1992 f-= ... "',."'. =~--==------00 . .,=""'"' ... '° .. "' .. -,..-.. ,--,"="'"" •• =-----1

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FUEL SPEC. 91 RON

VEHICLE EMISSION CONTROL INFORMATION 1992 f-===~-=,,_----===----c==------

. .... o•N fU .. OCN•""'lC .... c,.I

<>"AU$f[,.,SSl0«C0Nt 00<-$VSTD0: fl<CfOCNIC•UEllNJ<CT<lN,CLCHCLOC•SVSlE"WIT" T"OElWAYCAUlY$t,

""NIT<>NrnoJNQ:1" 0 :t1 • ••oc •• • .. ••"ID4ST•••urc•••cuu ........ sc0«NlCTlD••DOlUOO<D1.

T"ISVE H<:llCON«>'t .. STCT"EAUSl .. l!ANUHAUSllMlSS.ONCONfO<>L •<OULAnO•• • o• " ... LICUL< TO '"' HEW MOfOO """'""·

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l FUEL SPEC. I 91 RON

Wif"TUNJNQOrJM ""'H

4161634

Fuel

"isrl!COl'Mltnded lhat98 octanefuel bausedbutluel downlOalTlllllmum octane ~ot91mayalsoba

Fueltank caP9Qty

"""· Oooot fiHpetrol tothet~ , the petrolmuathaVflexpan· sionspace.

Lead-freefu&I

Alearsmayberunonlead­freefuelhal'ing • minimi.m octane ratlngot91 (RON)

All cara with catalytic amluloncontrol ayatern: unleaded, 91 (RON) min.

When retua11ing. insert me ?\Imp oozzle beyond the ftarige on the !illerpipe. re­sting the ~rst noule ring , lug 0< spnng rum '!lainst lhellange. Ooootmovelhe nozzledumgfilling

1 Power steering 3 Coolant

Use T&Xaco Power Steering Oo not allow the eoohrnt ltovel Fluid4634. totallbelowlheMIN markon

2 Brake/clutch fluid

Uaebfalle lluid DOT•.

lheeiql9nSion1anit. UseSaab bfandcoolanl.

Atwayaundothlollllercap c11retully, .. 1Halngthloprn-

aureandanyvllf)OUl"be­lora .....ovlng thlo cap completely.

4 Englneoll

Use engine oil SAE 1ffWf30. 10W/-40, 5W/300< 5W/-40

5 Gearboxoll (automatic gearbox)

Use automatic transmission ltuid Ford M2C.33G

6 Battery

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