6-Speed, AF 40 Type Designations

Type Designations

ID Location:

Gearbox

The 6-speed automatic transmission in the Saab 9-3 MY 05 has the designation AF40 (Automatic transmission Front wheel drive).

Example of the type designation of the 6-speed automatic transmission:

AF406267

Code Explanation
A Automatic Transmission
F Front-wheel drive
40 Adapted to handle torque up to 400 Nm
6 6-speed
267 Final drive gear = 2.67

Control Module

The type designation of the transmission control module comprises two codes with two groups of characters as in the following example:

WBJD 000011 and
03 07 respectively.

Code Explanation
First group:
F Control module model, e.g. for engine bay
B Hardware type, e.g. with or without bus
J Engine type: J=B207L, K=B207R, L=B207E ?=Z19DTH
D Build version, updated for revisions
000011 Serial number

Second group:
03 Year of manufacture (03 = 2003)
07 Week of manufacture (calendar week)