2004 Saab 9-3 Support Question
2004 Saab 9-3 Support Question
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Question posted by ayaunnathompson on March 26th, 2016
My Anti Theft System On My Saab Has Locked Up Please Help?
remote key won't work. Says immobilizer failure key not accepted contact saab dealer
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Owner's Manual - Page 2
... the policy at [email protected]. Enjoy the road ahead! The Saab 9-3 will be pleased to help, or you may cause personal injury. NOTICE
NOTICE texts warns of...WARNING
Failure to heed warnings may call the Saab Customer Assistance Center in the U.S. Importation and distribution of the book. In Canada, please contact the Saab Customer Assistance Center at the back of Saab ...
Owner's Manual - Page 33
... soft top) are deployed.
The side airbags, which help protect the upper body (head also in Convertible), are...this could interfere with side airbags and no extra seat cover should be fitted. Failure to the mounting of accessories on the dash. • Keep feet on ... be occupied by an authorized Saab dealer. After a crash, these could reduce the effectiveness of the head protection and inflatable...
Owner's Manual - Page 37
...merely supplement the car's normal safety system. The safety belts help to inflate. The airbag inflates very quickly and powerfully in... belt if airbags are inflated, the airbag will make the optimum contact with great force - to severe frontal, or near -frontal crash...activated in minor frontal crashes, major rear- Don't have your Saab dealer. Recline the seat back to drive the car after an ...
Owner's Manual - Page 40
... recognize the new (ordered) remote control. Once the new remote control has been programmed, the old unit that is lost will not start. The car is supplied with the ignition key.
Contact your car.
If the code is dangerous. Central locking
WARNING
Leaving children or pets unattended in a locked car is incorrect, the car will not work.
Owner's Manual - Page 42
... doors and the trunk lid locked. To silence the alarm, insert the remote control into the ignition switch. Contact Saab dealer. 42
Security
Remote unlocking Pressing the button once: the driver´s door is also dangerous to leave children in a vehicle with the ignition key. Saab Information Display (SID), see page 83.
Locking/unlocking the car WARNING
Leaving children...
Owner's Manual - Page 45
...on the remote control within 15 seconds. 3 The Saab Information ...key Key No: 1 Trunk Release Handle
2 Press the button on the latch.
Security
Trunk Release Handle
There is in the ignition switch. Example of these (1-5) is a glow-in-the-dark trunk release handle located inside .
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Reprogramming lock system functions
Certain lock system functions can be reprogrammed at a Saab dealer...
Owner's Manual - Page 47
... for 3 s) and it is locked, proceed as the old battery, with the positive (+) side facing down. 4 Fit the two halves of the remote control
3 Change the battery. If the car has a car alarm, this will not be started. Contact Saab dealer. The remote control and receiver unit are now synchronized.
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Immobilizer
The remote control contains an electronic...
Owner's Manual - Page 48
...LED is locked with the remote control, the LED will appear on the SID: Key not accepted. Locking the trunk lid: If you lock the car with the traditional key (see page 42). button to leave children in a locked car ... open when the car is located on the remote control, you must lock the car with the ignition key. It will not be badly injured or even killed.
Contact Saab dealer.
Owner's Manual - Page 49
...car alarm and the locking system work. Turns off lights and horn. Turns off lights and horn. Contact Saab dealer.
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What trips the alarm? Turns on the remote control or, if you lock the car with the remote control. Turns off ... are closed and you are sitting in the car alarm system, the Saab Information Display (SID) will display: Theft protection failure. Unlocks car.
Owner's Manual - Page 51
...See Changing the key battery, page 46. Contact a Saab dealer for 30-second intervals with 10-second breaks (max. 10 cycles) or until you press one of functions
Locking/arming Unlocking/.... Remote control battery Remote control
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Normal range: 5-16 yds. (5-15 metres). Direction indicators flash for 5 min. Security
Overview of the remote control buttons or turn the remote control...
Owner's Manual - Page 52
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Security
SID message Key not accepted. Immobilizer failure. Flashes once every 3 s. Try starting again. Contact Saab dealer. See page 46. Change of status of remote controls programmed for 3 s. A door, the hood or the tailgate is Flashes for 11 s. Reason/action Error when remote control inserted into ignition switch. system, valid remote control inserted or removed ...
Owner's Manual - Page 55
... of the windshield after folding the soft top. • Check that the soft top cover has locked properly after raising. Error messages that can appear on the SID are bystanders close to the pinch hazard... of the car and force of the wind can be programmed (0-25 mph/0-40 km/h) at a Saab dealer. Switch for operating the soft top a Raising b Folding
NOTICE
If you drive off while raising or...
Owner's Manual - Page 62
...tool as possible towards the soft top cover.
11 Now lock the rear window to the soft top cover. Use the lug wrench and the Allen key. Turn roughly 1/4 turn , anticlockwise on the right had... be checked and rectified without delay at the soft top cover when locking the rear window. Look at a Saab dealer. The soft top must make a tight seal against the soft top cover. Turn roughly 1/4...
Owner's Manual - Page 63
...below 23°F (-5°C). Failure of the soft top to lock automatically to fold the soft top...locked. Displayed if the soft top is standing level if on the SID together with a chime:
Cause Soft top front not locked. Move the object hindering soft top operation.
Remove cargo carrier to cool. Only manual operation possible. Soft top power pack overheated. Contact Saab dealer...
Owner's Manual - Page 71
Contact a Saab dealer to damage the paintwork. 3 Unlock the trunk lid using the traditional key.
Unlocking the trunk lid manually 9-3 Convertible
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Unlocking the trunk lid manually
If the trunk lid is not unlocked by the central locking system, it can be unlocked manually. 1 Take the traditional key out of the remote control by pressing the emblem on...
Owner's Manual - Page 77
...8226; To help avoid injury to yourself or others, have your vehicle serviced right away if the airbag readiness light stays on after you start your vehicle.
Contact Saab dealer. Non-deployment...removing the remote control. • Do not apply the parking brake while the car is applied (see page 167). Parking brake warning light
This light comes on the Saab Information Display ...
Owner's Manual - Page 142
... outside with automatic transmission: select position P to leave the car, lock the car by pressing down . Contact Saab dealer. If the gear lever is not in this may cause a crash. - There is leaking. Be alert to unlock. If the steering wheel lock malfunctions while the remote control is parked with the engine running.
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Starting and...
Owner's Manual - Page 175
... the wiper blades have built up the key or use of different types of little use... • If necessary, inject oil into the locks to prevent them from freezing and causing interruptions in...a de-icer. • It is full. Your Saab dealer will prevent condensation water in the fuel tank from freezing..., see page 199. • Add gasoline anti-freeze when refueling several times before the onset ...
Owner's Manual - Page 280
...contact a Saab dealer. • To increase the flow of washer fluid from the ignition switch. • Trunk lid locked when car driven off when the soft top is washed. Consult a Saab dealer for further information. Contact your Saab dealer
Central locking...car alarm. • Automatic unlocking when car stopped and remote control removed from entering the car, recirculation can be deselected...
Owner's Manual - Page 281
... brake malfunction. Contact Saab dealer. Refill. Make a safe stop . Pull out key, turn steering wheel. Engine malfunction. Refill. Gearbox malfunction. Steering wheel locked. Make a safe stop . Contact Saab dealer. Make a safe stop . Contact Saab dealer. Immobilizer failure. Battery not charging. A/C off engine. Theft protection failure. Technical data...
