Saab 9-7X - Section 5 Service and Appearance Care

Service ............................................................5-3
Accessories and Modifications ..........................5-3
California Proposition 65 Warning .....................5-3
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements .....5-3
Doing Your Own Service Work .........................5-4
Adding Equipment to the Outside of the
Vehicle ......................................................5-5
Fuel ................................................................5-5
Gasoline Octane ............................................5-5
Gasoline Specifications ....................................5-5
California Fuel ...............................................5-6
Additives .......................................................5-6
Fuels in Foreign Countries ...............................5-7
Filling the Tank ..............................................5-8
Filling a Portable Fuel Container .....................5-10
Checking Things Under the Hood ....................5-10
Hood Release ..............................................5-11
Engine Compartment Overview .......................5-12
Engine Oil ...................................................5-18
Engine Oil Life System ..................................5-22
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ................................5-24
Automatic Transmission Fluid .........................5-25
Cooling System ............................................5-29
Engine Coolant .............................................5-30
Radiator Pressure Cap ..................................5-34
Engine Overheating .......................................5-34
Engine Fan Noise .........................................5-36
Power Steering Fluid .....................................5-37
Windshield Washer Fluid ................................5-38
Brakes ........................................................5-39
Battery ........................................................5-42
Jump Starting ...............................................5-43
All-Wheel Drive ..............................................5-47
Rear Axle .......................................................5-48
Front Axle
......................................................5-49
Headlamp Aiming ...........................................5-50
Bulb Replacement ..........................................5-50
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting ............5-50
Halogen Bulbs ..............................................5-51
Headlamps ..................................................5-51
Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker and
Parking Lamps ..........................................5-53
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sidemarker,
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps ...................5-53
License Plate Lamp ......................................5-55
Replacement Bulbs .......................................5-55
Windshield Replacement .................................5-56
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ..............5-56
Section 5 Service and Appearance Care
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