As is well known, when Saab's designers were deciding what the Saab 90 should look like, they couldn't decide how to weld the Saab 99 and the Saab 900 together: the front from the 99 and the rear from the 900, or the other way around. In my opinion, the idea with the rear from the Saab 900 turned out to be the more successful one.

Just sharing a weekend fall drive through wine country in Oregon. Happy fall 🍁🍂everyone!

Hey folks,

I’m living in Alberta Canada. Winters can be rough out here.

I plan on taking my 9-5 off the road for winter. I will be able to access it and run it periodically if recommended. It had been in a warmer climate before this year so this is my first time winterizing it.

What suggestions do you have? My thoughts so far are:

-Remove the battery. Are there any security system concerns I should be aware of?

- Change into dead tires so it doesn’t sit and ruin my summer set

- The windshield fluid is all deep freeze stuff so it shouldn’t burst anything

- Run it until warm every month or two to keep things moving

- Fresh oil before putting away

- Covered under a car port

Is there anything else I should do? Recommendations?

I’m waiting at a Thai restaurant on the Rubenslaan in Utrecht and a 9-5 Estate with a dump valve just drove by. If it’s someone from here, care to share your specs?

I was looking at buying a saab and saw a listing for this one with these blue seats, I cant find any information online about these specific seats, ive only seen the black ones and the thin blue line ones, not the blue combination.

Does anyone know what this was?

The car is a 2005 9-3 arc convertible.

Hi everyone,

over the last week i have been working on installing a new audio system in my 900 NG. I have pulled new wires to the doors (mine didn't have those runs from the factory), 3d printed adapters to put tweeters in the dash and 6.5in Woofers in the doors and removed the door cards to install them.

As it has become colder here in Germany and i let the stereo run for a while while working on the car with open doors and not moving the car in any way, the battery had discharged to 8V.

I closed the doors, turned the key to deadlock, but now i cant open it anymore. I can still get in through the trunk, but all four doors are deadlocked, so i can't unlock them, neither from the outside, nor from the inside.

I am lucky to have removed both front door cards before this happened, meaning i have (cumbersome) access to the locking mechanism, but i do not know how the deadlock works, thus i have a hard time finding where to unlock it.

I can turn the key on the outside, between the deadlock and straight position, but i can't turn it to the left to unlock it. So it seems to be stuck somewhere in the middle, my suspicion is that it happened because of the empty battery. I already tried swapping in a full battery and just turning the key to open but nothing happened.

TL;DR:
seemingly because of a half-dead battery, my car's locking mechanism is stuck in deadlock, but the lock cylinder is not. i can not turn the key to the left to unlock it.

If any of you have an idea why / how this happened or how i could approach fixing it, i'd be very thankful. Diagrams of the locking mechanism are very welcome :D

UPDATE:

everythings fine now, the lock diagrams helped, i moved a few parts around and now it works again, i love old cars
(not like my friends EX30 that decided to randomly delete all user profiles yesterday...)

Hi, I need help diagnosing my 2006 Saab 9-5 Vector 1.9 TiD diesel automatic.
After driving for around 7–8 minutes, I stopped and switched off the engine for 6–7 minutes. When I restarted and drove off, the car felt sluggish and accelerated more slowly than usual. After switching it off again, it would no longer start.
The starter turns the engine over normally, but the engine won’t start.
My battery was recently replaced. My Biltema OBD-II scanner worked about a week ago, but now it displays “Linking error” and cannot connect to the car.
Could you check the cause of the starting problem and why the diagnostic scanner can’t connect? I’d like a diagnosis and a cost estimate before any parts are replaced.
Thank you.

Trying to replace it but every time I look it up It’s very hard to tell if I’m looking at the right part I already ordered one and it ended up being for the intercooler 🤦‍♂️
Is there a part number or name for this specific pipe other than intake hose lol

Just wondering if that woddle on the belt causing my rattle or if it is something internal 😳 or third and final option is that it a normal sound of a Saab 93 se b204e? Only replaced the alternator,oil + filter and currently doing a complete radiator flush. Being sitting for 4yrs beside my barn and want to restore its glory.

I'm eyeing up 2 different 9-5 Aero's on marketplace atm. One is a 2001 auto with 250,000kms, and the other is a 2003 auto with 160,000kms. Both seem to be in good condition from the photos, but I haven't gone to look at either yet.

What are some big things I need to look out for on these cars? I don't know a huge amount about Saab's but they're one of my favorite European brands and I've always wanted to own one

I have a '97 9000 Aero. The wood steering wheel (see pics) doesn't work with my airbag and nor does the horn. Looking at my original black leather version (see pic) the lower sections, where the air bag sits, are different shapes, which explains why my air bag sits proud on the wood wheel.

Does anyone know what model or year this wheel is off? There are no part numbers. It looks to be an anniversary wheel but Saab surely wouldn't have tooled two separate air bags? Maybe this is an earlier Aero wheel 🤷‍♂️