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231 Car care and technical information
Changing a wheel
WARNING
Lifting a vehicle and getting under it to do
maintenance or repairs is dangerous
without the appropriate safety equipment
and training. The jack provided with your
vehicle is designed only for changing a
flat tire. If it is used for anything else, you
or others could be badly injured or killed if
the vehicle slips off the jack. Use the jack
provided with your vehicle only for chang-
ing a flat tire.
Changing a tire can be dangerous. The
vehicle can slip off the jack and roll over
or fall on you or other people. You and
they could be badly injured or even killed.
Find a level place to change your tire. To
help prevent the vehicle from moving:
1 Set the parking brake firmly.
2 If you have an automatic transmis-
sion, put the shift lever in PARK (P).
For a manual transmission, leave the
car in gear (1st or REVERSE (R)).
3 Turn off the engine and do not restart
while the vehicle is raised.
4 Do not allow passengers to remain in
the vehicle.
To be even more certain the vehicle won't
move, you should put blocks at the front
and rear of the tire farthest away from the
one being changed. That would be the
tire, on the other side, at the opposite end
of the vehicle.
 The car jack is designed solely for use
in changing a wheel or fitting snow
chains.
It must not be used to
support the car during repair work
or servicing.
Never
crawl under a car that is
supported only by a jack.
 Raising your vehicle too high or with
the jack improperly positioned can
damage the vehicle and even make
the vehicle fall. To help avoid personal
injury and vehicle damage, be sure to
fit the jack lift head into the proper
location before raising the vehicle, and
raise the vehicle only far enough off
the ground so there is enough room for
the spare tire to fit (no more than 25
mm or 1 inch clearance between the
ground and the bottom of the tire).
 Switch on the hazard warning lights if
the car is on a road.
 The jack should be stored correctly
under the carpeting in the trunk. If it
lies loose in the car, it could thrown
forward and cause personal injury in
the event of a crash or if the car rolls
over.
 Grit, salt and rust can clog the inner
threads of the wheel bolts if the car has
been driven for several years exclu-
sively with alloy wheels.
If steel wheels are being installed, the
bolt hole threads in the brake hubs
should be cleaned before the thinner
steel wheels are fitted. It may other-
wise not be possible to achieve the
correct clamping force, despite tight-
ening the wheel bolts to the correct
torque.
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237 Car care and technical information
Washing the carWash your car frequently. To facilitate clea-
ning, a suitable detergent can be added to
the water, which should be lukewarm. Saab
offers a full line of car care products, inclu-
ding car wash, for the care of your vehicle.
See your dealer for available products or
visit www.saabcatalog.com (U.S. residents
only).
Do not use a pressure washer at close
range on stone chip damage, scratches or
other damage to the paintwork. The paint
can otherwise start to flake.
Remove any bird droppings without delay,
as these can discolor the paintwork and
prove difficult to polish out.
Use a soft cloth moistened with methyl alco-
hol to remove splashes of tar or asphalt. Do
not use strong cleaners, as these can dry
out the paintwork.
The underside of the car also needs wash-
ing regularly, and this should be done extra
thoroughly at the end of winter. Clean the
underside of the car by hand if the car is usu-
ally washed in an automatic car wash wit-
hout special facilities for underbody clea-
ning.
Never wash or leave the car to dry in the
sun, but wipe it dry with a chamois leather
immediately after washing to avoid smears
and streaks.
Clean the window glass inside and out using
a high quality window cleaner. This is parti-
cularly important when the car is new, as
upholstery and trim have a tendency to
sweat a little at first.
Keep the glass well cleaned, as this helps to
prevent misting.

NOTICEAvoid using any alcohol-based cleaners
on the front and rear light clusters, as
these can cause cracking of the lenses.
NOTICE The door mirrors must be fully
retracted before the car enters an
automatic car wash.
 Remove fixed antennas, e.g. for
mobile phone, before putting car
through an automatic car wash.
 Try your brakes on leaving a car wash.
Wet brake discs may reduce the
performance of the brakes.
 Cars with Saab Parking Assistance:
Do not spray the sensors or closer
than 20 cm to the sensors with a pres-
sure washer, as this can damage
them.
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267 Index
IIf a tire goes flat
________________ 223
Ignition switch
__________________ 132
Immobilizer
_____________________ 43
Indicator and warning lights
________ 52
Indicator lights
___________________ 52
Instrument illumination
____________ 69
Instruments and controls __________ 51
Interior equipment
_______________ 105
Interior lighting
_________________ 116
Interior rearview mirror
___________ 107
JJack
_________________________ 232
KKey
___________________________ 38
Key to chassis number
___________ 263
Key, remove
___________________ 132
LLATCH (child safety)
______________ 22
Labeling, tire sidewall ____________ 224
Labels
__________________________ 7Leather upholstery, care of
________ 236
Light horn
______________________ 67
Light switches ___________________ 67
Loading your vehicle
_____________ 226
Luggage-compartment lighting
_____ 116
MMain instrument panel
_____________ 52
Main/dipped beam
_______________ 67
Maintenance schedule ___________ 246
Maintenance, A/C-system _________ 234
Manual gearbox, technical data
____ 258
Maxi fuses
_____________________ 212
Milometer ______________________ 58
Motoring abroad
________________ 241
NNew tires, buying
_______________ 219
Night Panel
_____________________ 65
OOil capacity, engine
______________ 254
Oil change, engine ______________ 187
Oil specification
_________________ 254
Outdoor temperature
______________ 61
Owner assistance
_______________ 247
PPaintwork, touching-in
____________ 238
Parking Assistance
______________ 177
Parking lights
____________________ 67
Plates and labels
________________ 262
Poly-V-belt
_____________________ 194
Power steering
_________________ 191
Power-steering fluid
______________ 191
Pressure gauge
__________________ 60
Programming I, ACC
______________ 79
Programming II, ACC _____________ 80
Programming the ACC ____________ 79
QQuality grading, tires
_____________ 221
Questions on function of airbag
______ 35
Quick guide, Audio System
_________ 85
RRadiator fan
____________________ 194
Radio
__________________________ 88
Rain sensor
_____________________ 71
Rear fog light ____________________ 68
Rear seat, 9-5 Sedan, folding
______ 121
Rear seat, 9-5 SportWagon, folding
_ 124
Rear-seat head restraints
__________ 16
Rear-view mirror, auto-dimming
____ 111
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268 IndexRearview mirrors
________________ 107
Reclamation
___________________ 242
Recommendations for cars with
automatic transmission, towing a
camper or trailer
_______________ 162
Refuelling
_____________________ 138
Relay panel ____________________ 214
Remote control __________________ 38
Remote-control battery, changing
____ 41
Remove the key
________________ 132
Replacement, wheel _____________ 222
Reporting safety defects
__________ 248
Reprogramming of systems _______ 264
Reservoir, power-steering fluid _____ 191
Rev counter
____________________ 58
Reversing lights _________________ 70
Roof load
_____________________ 166
Running-in ____________________ 157
SSDM
_________________________ 249
SID
___________________________ 61
Saab 9-5 Audio System
___________ 83
Saab Information Display (SID)
_____ 61
Saab Parking Assistance
_________ 177
Safety belts
_____________________ 16
Safety belts, care of
_____________ 235
Safety-belt pretensioners
__________ 16
Safety-belt reminder
______________ 16
Seats
__________________________ 12Securing a load
__________________ 42
Selector lever indication, automatic
transmission
___________________ 61
Sentronic, manual mode
__________ 148
Service costs
___________________ 247
Service information
______________ 248
Service intervals
________________ 246
Service record retention
__________ 247
Settings, seats
__________________ 12
Side airbags
____________________ 32
Signalling, horn _________________ 106
Sliding floor, 9-5 SportWagon
______ 129
Snow chains
___________________ 159
Spare wheel ___________________ 230
Spare wheel and tools
___________ 170
Spark plugs
____________________ 257
Speedometer ________________ 58
, 59
Starting in cold weather, ACC
_______ 79
Starting in hot weather, ACC _______ 79
Steering wheel adjustment
________ 106
Steering, technical data
__________ 259
Steps for determining correct load
limit
_________________________ 228
Stone-chip damage, repairing
______ 238
Storage compartments
___________ 118
Sun visors
_____________________ 117
Sunroof
_______________________ 114
Suspension ____________________ 259
Suspension, technical data
________ 259
Switches
_______________________ 67
Symboler ________________________ 9
Systems, adjustment
_____________ 264
TTCS OFF
_______________________ 57
Table of fuses
__________________ 213
Tachometer
_____________________ 58
Tailgate, opening
_________________ 42
Tank gauge
_____________________ 59
Technical data __________________ 251
Temperature control, ACC
_________ 75
Temperature gauge, engine ________ 59
Temperature zones, ACC
__________ 75
Textile carpeting
________________ 236
Through-load hatch ______________ 123
Tie Downs
_____________________ 123
Tightening torque, wheel studs
_____ 231
Tip, driving at night
______________ 168
Tip, to avoid theft
________________ 179
Tire chains
_____________________ 223
Tire date code __________________ 229
Tire inspection and rotation
________ 218
Tire markings
___________________ 225
Tire pressure ___________________ 169
Tire sidewall labeling
_____________ 224
Tire terminology and definitions
____ 226
Tire, compact spare
______________ 230
Tires
_____________________ 217
, 260
Tires, winter
____________________ 260
Tools
_________________________ 170
Touching-in the paintwork
_________ 238
Towbar attachment
______________ 161
Towbar load
____________________ 165
Towing the car __________________ 171
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