User manual SAAB 9-3 2003

[. . . ] 1 Owner's Manual Saab 9-3 Sport Sedan M2003 Safety Security Instruments and controls Interior equipment Starting and driving Car care Maintenance and owner assistance Technical data Index 10 37 53 97 121 171 229 235 251 © Saab Automobile AB 2002 Service Readiness, Saab Automobile AB, Trollhättan, Sweden Printed in Sweden 2 WARNING WARNING texts warn against the danger of injury if the specified instructions are not followed. NOTICE NOTICE texts warn of potential damage to the car if the recommendations are not followed. Since the policy at Saab is one of continual improvement, we retain the right to incorporate modifications and to alter specifications during production without prior notice. If you have any questions concerning your car, its equipment, the warranty conditions, etc. , your Saab dealer will be pleased to help, or you may call the Saab Customer Assistance Center in the U. S. at 1-800-9559007 or email them at saabcrm@saabusa. com. [. . . ] · Do not fill fuel all the way up the filler pipe. The gasoline must be allowed room for expansion especially during hot weather. Filler cap Refueling 1 Switch off the engine. 2 Open the filler cap, located in the righthand rear fender. 3 Insert the fuel pump nozzle beyond the flange on the filler pipe and let the first mark (a ring, a pimple or the first springcoil) rest on the flange. Do not withdraw the nozzle while filling is in progress. 4 Cease refueling the first time the pump stops. NOTICE Do not overfill. Fuel should not come right up the filler pipe as expansion room is needed when the temperature rises. 130 Starting and driving To avoid deposit formation on the fuel injectors which can cause poor driveability, use only quality gasolines that contain detergents and corrosion inhibitors. Because gasolines sold at retail gas stations vary in their composition and quality, you should switch to a different brand if you begin experiencing driveability and/or hard starting problems shortly after refueling your car. In recent years, a variety of fuel additives and alcohols or oxygenates have been blended with gasoline. These types of gasolines may be found in all parts of the United States and Canada, but particularly in geographic areas and cities that have high carbon monoxide levels. Saab approves the use of such "reformulated" gasolines in its products, which help in reducing pollution from all motor vehicles, provided that the following blending percentages are met by such fuels: · Up to 10 % ethanol by volume, with corrosion inhibitors. · Up to 15 % MTBE by volume (methyl tertiary butyl ether). Up to 5 % methanol by volume, with an equal amount of a suitable co-solvent and added corrosion inhibitors. Other, less common, fuel additives used by some gasoline dealers are also acceptable, provided that the resultant gasoline is not more than 2. 7 % oxygen by weight. In many cases, you may not be able to determine the exact type or percentage by volume of fuel additive in the gasoline you purchase for your car. gasolines contain an octane enhancing additive called methlycyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT). If such fuel is used, your emission control system performance may deteriorate and the malfunction indicator lamp on your instrument panel may turn on. If this occurs, return to your authorized Saab dealer for service. However, these blended gasolines are regulated and should never exceed these recommended blend percentages and service station operators should know if their gasolines contain detergents and oxygenates, and have been reformulated to reduce vehicle emissions. Nevertheless, if you begin to notice a problem with the way your car starts or runs shortly after it has been refueled, try a different brand of gasoline. Recommended fuel: For optimum performance we recommend 90 AON for 175 hp engines and 93 AON for 210 hp engines. Octane rating is determined according to the formula: MON + RON 2 where MON is the Motor Octane Number, and RON is the Research Octane Number. The average of these two values is the octane rating of the gasoline as it appears on the pump at a retail gas station. [. . . ] The values for tire pressure in table above are for tires at 68°F (20°C). The tire pressure will increase as the tires become warm (e. g. during highway driving), and decrease as they cool. When the temperature of the tires increases or decreases by 10 degrees the tire pressure will correspondingly increase or decrease by 2 psi/10 kPa. 60/420 60/420 Technical data Plates and labels When contacting your Saab dealer it may sometimes be necessary to quote the car's vehicle identification, engine and gearbox numbers. [. . . ]