5-Speed, FA 57 Type Designations

Type Designations

ID Location:

Gearbox
The automatic transmission in Saab 9-3 from MY 03 has the designation FA 57 (Automatic transmission front wheel drive).

The type designation of the automatic transmission is divided into 3 groups of characters as in the example: FA57 101 03CV12345.

First Group:

FA57:

Table Of Gear Ratio Codes:

Total gear ratio, top gear (code)

Second and Third Groups:

Part 1:

Part 2:

Part 3:

Table Of Month Codes:

Control Module
The type designation of the transmission control module comprises two codes with two groups of characters as in the following example: WB]D 000011 and 03 07 respectively.