2002 SAAB 9-5 Owners Manual

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Switches  
Daytime running lights
The parking lights and daytime running 
lights come on automatically when the igni-
tion switch is ON. 
Note to owners in the U.S.: If you

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SAAB 9-5 2002  Owners Manual 66 Instruments and controlsCourtesy Headlight FeatureA delay function allows the headlights to 
remain on low beam for about 30 seconds 
after the driver’s door has been closed. 
To activate this fu

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Instrument illuminationThe brightness of the instrument illumina-
tion can be varied by means of the dimmer 
switch adjacent to the headlight switch. 
(See also Night panel

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SAAB 9-5 2002  Owners Manual 68 Instruments and controlsFront fog lightsThe front fog lights can be activated in both 
dimmed headlight and parking light posi-
tions. Fog lights should only be used in poor 
visibility conditions.

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Interior lighting The interior lighting consists of one dome 
light in the front and one in the back, a 
map-reading light in the front, two reading 
lights in the back, fl

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SAAB 9-5 2002  Owners Manual 70 Instruments and controlsWipers and washers  There are three intermittent wiper positions.
Moving the control stalk to the 
spring-loaded position between 0 and 2 will 
produce a single sweep of the

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sensitivity is selected, the wipers make one 
sweep of the windshield for reference.
The rain sensor has a daylight and a night 
time mode. The sensor measures the 
amount

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SAAB 9-5 2002  Owners Manual 72 Instruments and controlsAutomatic climate 
control (ACC) The ACC system automatically works to 
maintain the desired temperature inside the 
car.
The system will achieve the desired temper-
ature i