Type designation, gearbox
| Type designation, gearbox |
| General |
The automatic transmission in the Saab 9-3 is designated AF20, AF22 (Automatic transmission Front-wheel drive).
The type designation of the automatic gearbox is divided into 3 groups of characters as follows: FA44 903 98BW-00301
The three groups of characters are separated with spaces and contain different information on the gearbox as shown below.
FA44 903 98BW-00301
| First group (FA44): |
|
F
|
Front-wheel drive
|
|
A
|
Type of gearbox: A=automatic, M=manual
|
|
4
|
Number of forward gears
|
|
4
|
Total gear ratio in top gear (code, see table below)
|
|
Code
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
|
Gear ratio
|
3.2
|
3.1
|
3.0
|
2.9
|
2.8
|
2.7
|
2.6
|
2.5
|
2.4
|
2.3
|
| Second group (903): |
|
First
character |
7
|
Automatic transmission adapted to B204iI engine
|
|
8
|
Automatic transmission adapted to B234i engine
|
|
|
9
|
Manual gearbox adapted to B204l engine
|
|
|
Second/
third character |
|
Development version
|
| Third group (98BW-00301): |
Serial number
Automatic transmissions are designated with nine characters, interpreted as follows:98=Year of manufacture
B=Month of manufacture, where
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
|
A
|
B
|
C
|
D
|
E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
J
|
K
|
L
|
M
|
W=gearbox model (W: 50-40LE)
00301=serial number within month
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