Type designation
Type designation |
General |
The automatic transmission on the Saab 9-5 is designated AF30 (Automatic transmission Front wheel drive).
The type designation of an automatic transmission consists of 3 groups of characters as shown below:
FA47 A 01 97CW00101
The three groups of characters signify different information about the transmission, as shown in the following breakdown.
First group FA47: |
F
|
Front-wheel drive
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A
|
Type of gearbox
A=Automatic transmission M=Manual gearbox |
4
|
Number of forward gears
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7
|
Overall ratio, top gear (code, see table below)
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Total gear ratio, top gear (code)
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Code
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0
|
1
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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 A 01: |
First
character |
A
|
Automatic transmission adapted to B205E, B308E and B235E engines
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B
|
Manual gearbox adapted to B205E, B308E and B235E engines
|
|
Second/
third character |
|
Development version
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Third group 97CW00101: |
Automatic transmissions have a 9-character designation.
97=year of manufacture
C=month of manufacture as follows:
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
A
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B
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C
|
D
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E
|
F
|
G
|
H
|
J
|
K
|
L
|
M
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W=gearbox model (W: 50-40LE)
00101=serial number per month