Instrument Cluster / Carrier: Description and Operation

Saab 9000 models are equipped with a main instrument display panel located straight in front of the driver.

The instruments are arranged as follows, from left to right: the tachometer, the speedometer and the combined temperature gauge, turbo boost pressure gauge and fuel gauge.

The repeater lamps for the direction indicators are located at the top of the panel above the instruments.






At the bottom of the instrument panel on the left below the tachometer is a pictogram which warns the driver if any of the front or rear lights has failed or if any door is not properly closed. The pictogram also includes an oil pressure warning lamp. The pictogram, which displays a schematic image of the car viewed from above, always lights up when the ignition is switched on but then goes out if all systems are OK. Should a fault occur while the car is being driven, the relevant symbol will light up on the display.

On cars for the EU market, the warning lamp for the rear lights will light up and stay on until the brake pedal has been depressed once after the engine has started.

An LCD display is located directly below the speedometer.

An array of warning lamps with symbols for main beam, handbrake on, low oil pressure and low charging current, etc. is located at the bottom of the instrument panel on the right-hand side.

The arrangement and location of the instruments may vary between the different market versions. Illustrated is the 1995 instrument panel.