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)





Second group C 01:





Third group 01CV00101:
Automatic transmissions have a 9 character designation.

01=manufactured in 2001

C=month of manufacture as follows:





V=transmission type (V: FA 57)

00101=serial number per month