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 | 
| A | Type of gearbox A=Automatic transmission M=Manual gearbox | 
| 4 | Number of forward gears | 
| 7 | Overall ratio, top gear (code, see table below) | 
| Total gear ratio, top gear (code) | ||||||||||
| 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 A 01: | 
| First character | A | Automatic transmission adapted to B205E, B308E and B235E engines | 
| B | Manual gearbox adapted to B205E, B308E and B235E engines | |
| Second/ third character |  | Development version | 
| 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 | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | 
W=gearbox model (W: 50-40LE)
00101=serial number per month

 
     
		