2008 SAAB 9-5 Owners Manual

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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 73 Instruments and controls
Switches 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 do not 
want Daytime Run

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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 74 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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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 75 Instruments and controls
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 2008  Owners Manual 76 Instruments and controlsFront fog lights3
33 3The front fog lights can be activated in both 
low beam headlight and parking light posi-
tions. Fog lights should only be used in poor 
visibility con

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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 77 Instruments and controls
Wipers 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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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 78 Instruments and controlsWhen the engine has been switched off, 
the control stalk must be moved to posi-
tion 0 and back to position 1 to reactivate 
the sensor.
Set the sensitivity using the contr

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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 79 Instruments and controls
Automatic climate 
control (ACC) The ACC system automatically works to 
maintain the desired temperature inside the 
car.
The system will achieve the desired temper-
ature

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SAAB 9-5 2008  Owners Manual 80 Instruments and controls
The system has five sensors: 
Outdoor temperature sensor
Interior temperature sensor
Sun sensor (mounted on top of the fascia)
Two blended-air temperature sensors 
(mou