Document Outline

• Introduction
  • Warning labels
  • Safety
• Safety belts
  • Safety-belt reminder
  • Safety-belt pretensioners
  • Correct position for safety belt
  • Front seat belts
  • Belt guide
  • Safety belt use during pregnancy
  • Safety belts, rear seat
• Head restraint
• Child safety
  • Car safety tips
  • Protect your children from getting trapped in the trunk of a car
  • Lockable belt tongue
  • LATCH
    • LATCH installation
  • Child tether anchorages, Coupé and 5-door models
    • Forward facing child restraint in center rear position
  • Child tether anchorages, Convertible models
    • Installation of child restraint using the standard safety belt
  • Integrated booster seat
    • Folding out
    • Fasten the belt
  • Folding booster seat
• Airbag (Supplemental Restraint System "SRS")
  • Front passenger seat
    • Side airbag
  • AIR BAG warning light
    • SRS servicing
    • Scrapping or working on airbag and belt pretensioners
  • Frequently asked questions on function of the airbag
• Instrument panel
• Exterior
• Interior
• Engine bay
• Security
  • Doors
    • Opening handle
    • Central locking
      • Key
      • Electronic starting interlock (immobilizer)
      • Reprogramming lock system functions
      • Locking/unlocking the car
      • Changing the key battery
      • Child safety locks
      • Trunk lock
  • Car alarm
    • Activating the car alarm
    • Window glass sensor
    • Electronic starting interlock (immobilizer)
    • Alarm signals
    • Panic-function
    • Overview of functions
      • Overview of, LED signals and SID messages
• Convertible
  • General safety instructions
  • Folding the soft top
  • Raising the soft top
  • Manual raising of the soft top
  • Fault messages in SID
  • Central operation of the windows, 9-3 Convertible
  • Trunk, 9-3 Convertible
    • Hooking up top storage bag
    • Trunk lid lock
  • Rear seat
    • Lowering the rear seatback
    • Trunk Pass-Through in the rear seatback for long, narrow loads
  • Cleaning the soft top, 9-3 Convertible
    • Cleaning the rear window
  • Interior lighting
  • Manually opening the fuel filler door
• Instruments and controls
  • Main instrument panel
    • Warning and indicator lights
      • Autochecking of lights, main instrument panel
    • Instruments
      • Tachometer
      • Odometer and trip meter
        • Reset button
      • Speedometer (U.S. speedometer shown)
      • Temperature gauge
      • Pressure gauge
      • Fuel gauge
      • Gear selector indication
  • Trip computer SID
    • SID (SCC)
    • Outside temperature (Frost warning)
    • Entering values for the functions
      • Setting the date
      • Turning the Alarm and Speed warning on or off
    • Calculation of arrival time and average speed
      • Using DIST as a trip meter
      • CHECK messages
      • Night panel
    • Units and language versions
      • Selecting units and language
      • Clock
  • Switches
    • High/low beam
      • Headlight flasher
    • Courtesy Headlamp Feature
    • Turn signal & lane change indicators
    • Hazard warning lights
    • Back-Up
    • Rear fog light
    • Front fog lights
    • Instrument lighting
    • Wipers and washers
      • Windshield wipers
      • Washers
      • Rear-window wiper
  • Manual climate-control system
    • Temperature control
    • Air distribution
      • Settings for various weather conditions
      • Condensation water
    • Recommended settings in severe cold
    • Fault diagnosis and care of A/C system, see page 232.
  • Automatic climate control (ACC)
    • Condensation water
    • Functions
      • Action to be taken in special types of weather
    • Calibration
      • Programming I
        • Cancelling program I
    • Programming II
      • Useful tips:
        • Extinguishing the lighting in ACC
      • ACC - 9-3 Convertible
      • Fault diagnosis and care of A/C system, see page 232.
• Saab 9-3 Audio System
  • Saab 9-3 Audio System, description
  • Quick guide to the Saab 9-3 Audio System
    • Radio
    • Cassette player
    • CD player
    • CD changer (option)
  • Sound controls
    • ON/OFF
    • VOL - Volume
    • BAL - Balance
    • BAS - Bass
    • TRE - Treble
    • FAD - Fader
  • Radio
    • Preset station buttons
    • Seeking
    • Band selector
    • AS, Autostore
    • WB (Weather Band)
  • Cassette player
    • TAPE
    • Playback direction
    • Dolby® noise reduction
    • Eject button
    • Music search forward/reverse
    • Fast forward/rewind
    • Auto music search (Blank skip)
    • Type II (metal) tapes
    • Cleaning-due indicator
    • Tape care
  • CD player
    • Track search
    • Rapid play (passage search)
    • Fast track changes
    • Random playback (RDM)
    • Eject
  • CD changer
    • To select the CD changer
    • Selecting CDs
    • Track change
    • Rapid play
    • Fast track changes
    • Random playback (RDM)
  • General functions
    • Volume-preset mode
    • Adjusting the volume
    • Speed-dependent volume (SP D VOL) ON/OFF
    • Loudness ON/OFF
  • Steering-wheel controls
    • Control functions:
  • Security lock
  • Technical data
  • Antenna
    • Multipath interference
    • Shadow effect
    • Sources of FM interference
    • Cross-modulation
    • Radio waves, FM/AM
    • Sources of AM interference
  • Installation of car phone (option)
    • Mobile phones and communications radios
  • Fault codes
    • Adjusting the frequency steps North America/Europe
• OnStar - Telematics
  • Using OnStar
    • OnStar is Easy
    • System status light
  • The OnStar Center
    • Connecting to the OnStar center
    • Your personal identification number (PIN)
  • The OnStar Safety and Security Plan
    • Automatic notification of air bag deployment
    • Emergency services
    • Roadside assistance**
    • Stolen vehicle tracking
    • Accident Assist™
    • OnStar Med-Net***
    • Hands-free communication
  • The OnStar Premium Plan
    • Route support
    • Ride Assist
    • Information and Convenience services
    • Concierge services
  • Additional Services
    • Personal Calling
    • Signing Up for Personal Calling
    • To sign up for Personal Calling, simply
    • Voice Commands
    • Voice Command Error Messages
    • Universal Commands
      • Placing a Call
      • To dial a number:
      • To dial using a ”Nametag”:
      • To redial the last number dialed:
      • Receiving a Call
      • Ending a Call
    • Storing/Deleting Numbers in Memory
      • Storing a number
      • To store a number:
      • Deleting a Number from Memory
    • Setting Tone or Voice Response
    • Units Remaining
    • Adding More Calling Minutes / Units
    • Automatic Replenishment
    • Security/Locking your System
    • Volume Control
  • Virtual Advisor
    • Calling the Virtual Advisor
      • Getting Information from the Virtual Advisor
      • Information Available
      • Weather
      • Stock Quotes
      • Sports Scores
      • News Headlines
      • E-mail Reader
  • OnStar Subscriber Website
  • Limitations
    • OnStar Operation:
    • Personal Calling:
    • Virtual Advisor:
  • Additional Information
    • OnStar Subscription Information
• Interior equipment, trunk
  • Seats
    • Side airbags (SRS)
    • Head restraint
    • Height adjustment, driver’s seat
    • Legroom adjustment
    • Backrest rake angle
    • Front seats, Coupé and Convertible versions
    • Lumbar support
    • Manually adjustable front seats with ”Easy Entry” function, Coupé and Convertible versions
    • Electrically adjustable front seats (certain variants)
      • Height
      • Legroom adjustment
      • Backrest rake angle
      • Memory function (certain variants)
    • Electrically heated front seats (option on some model variants/markets)
    • Electrically heated seat cushions in the rear seat (option on some model variants / markets)
  • Electrical windows
    • To open
    • To close
    • Child safety: rear windows (ON/OFF)
  • Steering-wheel adjustment
    • Horn signal
  • Sunroof (option)
    • Emergency operation of the sunroof
  • Interior lighting
    • Trunk lighting
  • Cup holder
  • Ashtrays
  • Glove compartment
  • Rear-view mirrors
    • Door mirrors
  • Trunk, Coupé and 5-door
    • Trunk lid lock
    • Lowering the entire rear seat
    • Lowering the right-hand part of the rear seat
    • Removing the parcel shelf
    • Load opening (trunk pass through)
    • Tie downs
    • Trunk lighting
  • Tools and spare wheel
  • Manually opening the fuel filler door
    • Starting and driving
      • Ignition switch
        • If the car does not start
        • Starting the engine
        • Starting the engine
          • Useful tips on cold climate starting
        • Important considerations for driving
          • Limp-home
          • Important considerations with catalytic converters
      • Refueling
        • Recommended fuel:
        • Fuel (Gasoline Engine)
      • Engine Break-in Period
        • Wearing in new brake pads
      • Manual transmission
        • Shift-up indicator for improved fuel economy (U.S. models only)
      • Automatic transmission
        • Lock-up function
        • Kick-down
        • Park Brake Shift Lock
        • Overheated transmission oil
        • Driving in hilly country with a heavy load
        • Towing
        • Selector positions
        • Adaptive gear-change patterns
        • The SPORT and WINTER modes
      • Cruise Control
        • To set the desired speed
        • To increase the preset speed
        • Temporary increase in speed
        • To cancel temporarily
        • To re-engage the system
        • To reduce the preset speed
        • Disengaging the system
        • ABS brakes
      • Braking
        • Brake pad wear indicators
      • Traction Control System
        • How the system works
        • TCS OFF
          • TCS indicator
        • Turning the TCS off
      • Parking brake
      • Parking
        • Parking on a hill
        • Long-term parking
      • Economical motoring
        • Factors affecting fuel consumption
        • Breaking-in
        • Weather conditions
        • Driving technique
        • Road conditions
        • Engine block heater (standard equipment in Canada, accessory in U.S.)
      • Driving in cold weather
        • Tire chains
      • Driving in hot weather
      • Towing a trailer
        • Trailer hitch attachment
        • Trailer weight
        • Driving considerations
        • Trailer hitch load
      • Driving with a roof rack load
        • Installing the roof carriers (accessory)
      • Driving with a load
        • Tires
      • Driving with the trunk lid open
      • Driving in deep water
      • Towing the car
        • Transporting the car
        • Saab 9-3 Viggen
        • Towing a car with manual gearbox
        • Towing a car with automatic transmission
      • Jump starting
      • Driving considerations with compact spare wheel/tire fitted
      • For long trips
    • Car care
      • Hood release handle
      • Engine bay
      • Engine
        • Engine families
      • Emission control systems
        • Saab Trionic engine management system
        • ORVR (Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery)
      • Engine oil
        • Checking the fluid level
        • Oil changing
      • Transmission fluid
        • Manual transmission
        • Automatic transmission
      • Coolant
        • Changing the coolant
      • Brake- clutch fluid and brake pads
        • Checking the fluid level
        • Brake pad wear indicators
      • Power steering
      • Battery
      • Drive belt
      • Wipers and washers
        • Wiper blades
        • Windshield and rear window
        • Headlight wipers
        • Washer
        • Washer jets
      • Changing bulbs
        • Headlight
        • Parking lights
        • Front turn signal bulb
        • Side-mounted turn signal
        • Front fog lights
        • Stop lights, taillights and direction indicators
        • Reversing lights and rear fog light
        • Dome light, front
        • Dome light, rear
        • Reading lamps, 9-3 Convertible
        • Other lighting
        • Bulb table
      • Fuses
        • MAXI fuses
          • DICE / TWICE
        • Fuses, instrument panel
          • Relay holder under the instrument panel
        • Fuses and relays in the engine bay
      • Wheels
        • Alternative wheels and tires
        • Tire pressure
        • Rotating the tires
        • Tire markings
        • Winter tires
        • Tire quality grading (cars sold in U.S.)
        • Uniform Tire Quality Grading (US)
          • Treadwear
          • Traction
          • Temperature
          • Flat spotting
          • Safety belts
        • Date code
        • Wear indicators
      • Compact spare wheel
        • Changing a wheel
        • Tire chains
      • Upholstery and trim
        • Cleaning and caring for leather upholstery
      • Textile carpeting
      • Engine bay
      • Washing
      • Waxing and polishing
      • Touching up the paint
        • Two-coat enamel
      • Anti-corrosion treatment
        • What causes rust?
        • Preventive maintenance
      • Recovery and/or recycling of automotive materials
      • Air conditioning (A/C system)
        • Fault diagnosis
        • Maintenance
      • Headlight aiming
    • Maintenance and owner assistance
      • Maintenance schedule
        • Service intervals
        • Engine oil and filter changes
        • Service record retention
        • Service costs
        • Owner assistance
          • Warranties and service problem assistance
          • Change of Address Notification (U.S. and Canada)
          • Service information
      • Reporting Safety Defects (U.S.A.)
      • Reporting Safety Defects to the Canadian government
      • Saab Original Service Program M2001 USA, Canada, (9-3 Models)
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