Type designation
| Type designation |
| General |
The automatic transmission in the Saab 9-5 from MY 02, has the designation FA 57.
The type designation of an automatic transmission consists of 3 groups of characters as shown below:
FA57 C01 97CV00101
The three groups of characters signify different information about the transmission, as shown in the following breakdown.
| First group FA57: |
|
F
|
Front-wheel drive
|
|
A
|
Type of gearbox
A=Automatic transmission M=Manual gearbox |
|
5
|
Number of forward gears
|
|
7
|
Overall ratio, top gear (code, see table below)
|
|
Total gear ratio, top gear (code)
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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 C 01: |
|
First
character |
C
|
Automatic transmission adapted to different engine variants.
|
|
B
|
Manual gearbox adapted to different engine variants.
|
|
|
Second/
third character |
01
|
Development version
|
| Third group 01CV00101: |
Automatic transmissions have a 9-character designation.
01=manufactured in 2001
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
|
V=transmission type (V: FA 57)
00101=serial number per month
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