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Car Forum / Saab Cars / April 2005

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fuses under rear seat

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Mac Townsend - 25 Apr 2005 00:26 GMT
I have a 93 4-door. And I'd appreciate it if someone could pass on the
answer to a "secret" to me<grin>

The ()**&%% window switches are not working. I've taken it apart and
cleaned the contacts, etc over and over. (a real hokey Micky Mouse set
up!)

One time X window will work. Moving the little switch pieces from X to Y
will still have X work and not Y. I am not getting juice to the motor in
the door (as far as I could tell by stripping the wires a little and
testing while moving buttons). continuity testing is inconclusive. right
now the two rears work, the fronts do not. Luckily they are stuck "up"

The cost of a new switch is bloody expensive. Bad enough at discount on-
line, worse at the local dealer. And I'm not $200-$300 certain that it
will solve the problem because...

Bentley mentioned an auxiliary fuse panel beneath the rear seat with
fuses for the windows.

I cannot figure out how to pull the seat cusion/squab out or pull the
back of the cusion/squab up so it roates on the hinge rod on the bottom
at the front of the seat to give me access to whatever is under the seat.
I'm thinking there is some catch or something in there and I don't want
to bust a gut trying to pull something that doesn't want to be pulled.

Clearly the back seat is designed to move out of the way, opening the
trunk area into the interior of the car. So I don't anticipate moving
the seat to be a major untertaking once the secret is known.

(no owners manual, though I'm bidding on a 1992 version on ebay as I
type this)

Oh...I do see on the right side under the rear seat there's a panel in
the "floor" that opens to reveal a box of some kind...looks electronic.
Anyone have a clue about what this is?
es - 25 Apr 2005 04:56 GMT
there is a little thing that is the same fabric as the seat belts
right uder the center of the seat  where the armrest is right under
that. just get ur hand in there and feel arund for it  and then pule it
towrdes the frunt of the car
es - 25 Apr 2005 05:01 GMT
bentley works with saab ??? OR did
Mac Townsend - 25 Apr 2005 17:47 GMT
> bentley works with saab ??? OR did

Yup. Reprinting the factory service manuals. I had hoped that, like they
did with MGB, they'd also include the owners/drivers handbook but they
didn't. best price I've seen is on Amazon, not ebay.
KeithG - 25 Apr 2005 10:30 GMT
1) there is a strap in the middle aft side of the seat bottom. Stick
your hand in there, fish around 'till you find it and pull. That
releases the seat bottom.

2) The electronic stuff on the right side are a) ABS brain and b) rear
radio amp, if applicable.

window switches: the fuse is probably blown under the rear seat bottom...

KeithG

> I have a 93 4-door. And I'd appreciate it if someone could pass on the
> answer to a "secret" to me<grin>
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> the "floor" that opens to reveal a box of some kind...looks electronic.
> Anyone have a clue about what this is?
Mac Townsend - 25 Apr 2005 18:09 GMT
Thanks to everyone! Found the strap, seat opened up, and voila! several
bad fuses.
Sleeker GT Phwoar - 27 Apr 2005 10:31 GMT
> Thanks to everyone! Found the strap, seat opened up, and voila! several
> bad fuses.

Nothing "major" about it is there. Again, it one of Saabs "seems weird
till you work out why" methods, then it all makes sense.

I really loved my old 900.
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