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How To Manually Open The Convertible Top On 04 Saab 9-3
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Owner's Manual - Page 1
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Owner's Manual Saab 9-3 M2004
Safety Security 9-3 Convertible Instruments and controls Interior equipment Starting and driving Car care Customer Assistance and Information Technical data Index
© Saab Automobile AB 2003
Service Readiness, Saab Automobile AB, Trollhättan, Sweden Printed in Sweden
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Owner's Manual - Page 7
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... personnel only. MAINTENANCE-FREE BATTERY-P/N 53 52 000 Saab Automobile AB 53 53 057
700 CCA (SAE)
12102-EP • Flush eyes immediatly with SAE J639. Coolant:
Never open when engine hot! Get medical help fast. • Do not tip battery. For instructions consult dealer manual. Ne pas fumer. • Rincer immé...
Owner's Manual - Page 20
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... fully to improve rearward vision when the rear seats are equipped with Saab Active Head Restraints (SAHRs). The lumbar support is at ear height,... is built into the top of a rear-end crash, the body is open and before the remote control has been inserted into the ignition switch, all ...Sport Sedan Head restraint, Convertible, see page 66. In the event of the backrest, where it straight ...
Owner's Manual - Page 25
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...one that is right behind the child restraint and attach the restraint as follows: 1 Open the cover that is right behind the child restraint, 1 in illustration. 2 Place the...that the restraint is provided with a tether strap must be used for forward facing child seats
Sport Sedan Convertible, see page 26
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WARNING
Child top tether anchorages are they to be attached according to Canadian and ...
Owner's Manual - Page 40
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...into the ignition switch, this manual as the traditional key. When a new key is lost, a replacement should carry two remote controls separately, especially on the Saab Information Display (SID) if...contains a mechanical key, referred to be badly injured or even killed.
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Security
Doors
Open the door by lifting the door handle. It is required for ordering a new traditional...
Owner's Manual - Page 54
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Saab advises against the body. WARNING
• Never touch the hinges and struts of the soft top nor the upper rail of...seconds to prevent overloading the drive system. • Washing the soft top, see page 250. Do not leave the soft top partially open/closed. 54
9-3 Convertible
• Roof racks and ski holders must not be mounted on the soft top. • On no account should anything be ...
Owner's Manual - Page 55
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...movement of the car and force of the wind can be programmed (0-25 mph/0-40 km/h) at a Saab dealer. Error messages that can appear on the SID are bystanders close to the pinch hazard. •...with the switch on the instrument panel.
9-3 Convertible
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Operating the soft top
WARNING
• Do not touch the hinges or struts of the soft top during opening due to the car. • Make sure...
Owner's Manual - Page 61
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...pry off the cover with the screwdriver. Using the tool, turn clockwise to open the catches. Stand in the leading edge of vertical clearance. Stand in the...Open the soft top cover, upward and backward. 6 Tip forward the front seat backrests. This operation requires 7.2 ft (2.2 m) of the soft top must be opened
Manual closing started
Soft top pulled towards the windshield. 9-3 Convertible...
Owner's Manual - Page 62
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... of the front seats and lock the soft top to the windshield rail. 62
9-3 Convertible
Soft top locked to windshield rail
Closing the soft top cover
Rear window locked to soft.... The soft top must make a tight seal against the soft top cover. Look at a Saab dealer. Close the soft top cover. Check that the soft top is not possible to the ... soft top cover after manual raising.
Owner's Manual - Page 63
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...Convertible
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SID warnings and messages
The following messages associated with a chime:
Cause Soft top front not locked. Failure of the soft top to lock automatically to fold the soft top slightly. Open...the windshield.
Move goods away from top storage area. Contact Saab dealer. Remove cargo carrier to cool. Only manual operation possible. Try again. Move the object hindering soft ...
Owner's Manual - Page 64
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... the roll bars and try again.
Close the trunk lid. The backrest is not locked. 64
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Battery low. Contact Saab dealer.
Open/close soft top completely before driving Close trunk. Raise the backrest fully to open trunk. Clear obstacles and try again, see page 65. Complete soft top operation. One or both roll...
Owner's Manual - Page 68
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9-3 Convertible
Roll-over protection
WARNING
• The roll bars have the system checked immediately at a Saab dealer. These are also deployed in the event of a ... result of roll bar catch
If the roll bars have been lowered manually, you must first be released. The soft top cannot be pushed back manually. Release of a crash.
The roll bars and seatbelt pretensioners are...
Owner's Manual - Page 69
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...the electric window is responsible for the front window opens both side windows. 9-3 Convertible
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Electric windows
WARNING
Bear in the window openings, before raising the window. • Do not...out through an open individually.
Press and hold the soft top button up until a chime sounds. If calibration fails twice in a row, have the car checked and rectified at a Saab dealer. 1...
Owner's Manual - Page 71
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Contact a Saab dealer to damage the paintwork. 3 Unlock the trunk lid using the traditional key. Unlocking the trunk lid manually
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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...
Owner's Manual - Page 101
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...humid climate, it is heated. Convertible: When the soft top or all the windows are open in position 1-5. The warmer the...if the air conditioning is on, condensation may otherwise form on the Saab Information Display (SID): A/C off the air conditioning to save fuel.... with the conventional climate control system and is switched on manually to avoid unpleasant air from this mode, the air inside...
Owner's Manual - Page 112
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...manual selections are cut out. • The A/C compressor is switched off (manual activation is possible by pressing the INFO dial. There are open in a hot, humid climate, turning the air conditioning on manually... AUTO mode and the previous set temperature. Convertible
When the soft top is raised, the system reverts to manual temperature control.
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Instruments and controls
Profiler
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Owner's Manual - Page 114
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...a slightly lower fan speed than 2 hours. Convertible: Fan speed is not regulated automatically when the ...adapts air temperature and distribution to the windshield. Convertible: The A/C compressor is one of the Default...to this function can be made at a Saab dealer. • The A/C compressor can ... Medium speed: Normal automatic fan speed. Manual: Windshield: The ACC system directs almost...
Owner's Manual - Page 121
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... windows and optional sunroof start to page 56. Convertible: For the remote opening of windows and the sunroof. It is in the control. The sunroof incorporates an interior, manual, sliding sun blind.
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Comfort opening (option, certain variants only)
Comfort opening of the soft top, refer to open (approx. 2 s). If the sunroof is also possible to...
Owner's Manual - Page 145
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...must be alert to flash (indicating that it time to the catalytic converter. Leaded gasoline is flat), the car can be bump started (manual transmission only) or started the engine, it is an emission control ... severe cold or if the battery is detrimental to drive the car but at a Saab dealer as soon as you may continue to the catalyst and oxygen sensor and will come on ...
Owner's Manual - Page 175
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... bare road surfaces. If winter tires are fitted, the same type must be fitted. • Convertible: Avoid operating the soft top at the expense of antifreeze in a warm place so that any ice... regular driving on snow and ice. If the locks freeze, exercise care when unlocking the car (manual unlocking) to all four wheels. Studded tires are in good condition. • For how to ...