The taillights are from 08+ and are a nice upgrade on the earlier model years. They’re not imported or “special”, just a tasteful upgrade most of us do. Love that you got another Saab on the channel. I’m a Saab nerd so this is right up my alley!

That V6 was made here in Melbourne Australia by Holden

Another Saab is rescued. You are amazing!

The night panel shuts off the speedo past 90 and then turns back on once you hit 85, but you have to enable it in the menu on the SiD (the little screen on the dash) Make sure you JB weld the bottom of those washer fluid sprayers because they like to come apart and leak the fluid everywhere. There's a 3rd company that makes tuning stuff specifically for saabs, they're called maptun and operate straight out of Sweden. Make sure you take off that trim piece with the trunk button on it and check for rust/corrosion. they're not very well sealed. That headlight switch is a dummy switch. saab did this because its an EU regulation that you must have you headlights on at all times and they didn't remove it in the cars destined for America. It doesn't have factory Bluetooth but you can buy a little Bluetooth module that takes the space of the aux cable on Saab plus for 80 euros. shipping takes a long time because its from Norway. That 6 cd changer sucks. it never works and its more complicated than a Rolex. The radio and SiD might not be lighting up because this car has a 3 (factory) amp system and all 3 of them must work for those to turn on. the under under the drivers seat usually gets exposed to the elements and breaks.

We drove Saab 9000 Aeros and then 9-5s when I was a police officer in Vail. We would race the state troopers that had the Camaro B4Cs. The 9000 aero was my favorite. It kept up with the Camaros at altitude.

SAAAAAAAAB story time....ive been seriously considering a 93

Seen this car around Wichita and now you got it! Can’t wait to see this car back on the road.

the world needs more saabs

Nice to see a Saab on the channel again.

Saab turbo team made this 2.8T combo so good that it's still used today in modern Opel Insignia (in Europe). Some models even come at 325 bhp straight from the factory.

Oh it was so awesome to see this video! I LOVED my Saab, they were the best cars out there. I had the 2005 - 95 SportCombi Wagon. It handled so well on the road, and such a comfortable ride. Sadly my husband rolled in the car (he got T-boned), but honestly the car is what saved his life. We still talk about that car, too bad they aren't made anymore.

check the optic fiber loop. all audio goes by optical fiber. if its broken someewhere, there will be no audio. if amp under seat or phone module in trunk id missing, the fiber must be looped

I am so pumped up now! Another Saab AND the special one. I have 2004 95 2.0t manual wagon with a tune (225 hp & 250 ft lb) so not fast as the Aero, but enough for me. Third gear pull is the thing for sure. I can't wait to see more. Greetings from Finland.

this will sound crazy, but check the amp under the driver's seat. also check the fiber optics in the back of the CD changer/stereo/HVAC control and the fiber optics on the back side of the parcel shelf.

The V6 loves to get hot. Timing chain is an engine out job. Other than keeping it cool, and changing the oil often with good 0w40 and filters they are reliable. Owned way too many over the years.

In a lot of these, all of the ones I have driven here in Norway, that passenger grab handle is actually an ice scraper. If I remember correctly you could also buy other stuff for it from Saab.

Very nice JR. I have a 2006 Aero Lazer Red with 171,000 and love it. The 9-3 Saab just looks good.

The SID & radio display aren't lighting for some reason. I remember hearing that the audio system uses fiber optics, may be related considering the PO hacked into it for those amps.

Yess!! Been waiting for you to do a Saab again. I had a 9-3 Aero like this for 7 years and I loved it!

I am glad I was wrong this is actually far more interesting.

“3rd gear is a monster!” True. It has overboost protection in 1 & 2nd gear and you only get full boost starting in 3rd gear.

Nice one JR :) Looking forward to you fixing it up!

I loved these! The ignition switch placement was unlike anything else and the aero model was just soo clean!

If you wanna have a SAAB meet up, let me know. I can bring my 97 down.

"Nothing is more dangerous than a dull knife." - Uncle Knubby

The passenger side is a smart module. Options are blank, cup holder, scraper and coin/card slot

I watched the movie, If, where the Grandmother drives a Saab 900, (which is shown once)!

Also, these cars do not like aftermarket coil packs. They have to be ac delco or Bosch otherwise it’ll miss and run like crap. The best plugs are NGK for this car (I don’t remember the model number)

I just went and looked at an 06 aero sportcombi (wagon) with the 2.8T 6 speed manual. I’m most likely going to purchase as a new daily and I’ll be posting videos on my channel of course

The Front aero lip is missing and replaced with a standard 2.0T or Arc lip. You should get a correct one as makes it way better

My first car was a 2007 9-3 Aero wagon! I loved that thing to death. this was a wonderful blast from the past!

They are notorious for that issues. Most of the time it’s the amplifier underneath the driver seat that goes bad and that’s why the radio doesn’t work. I own a Saab.. and love every bit about it

The taillights are stock in the US after 2008, a great tasteful mod on the older body style. They’re called Iceblocks within the community. Love my 08 9-3 aero with the 6spd!!

The green interior lighting came from the aerospace industry SAAB was known for. Soft green light allows for dark adaptation of your eyeballs (the rod cells in your eyes build up a chemical called rhodopsin, which allows the human eye to see better in the dark). Curiously, the US Air Force uses red lighting to the same affect.

A 74 Porsche 911 turbo does 70 in first gear but it's only a 4 speed. Crazy 0 to 60 times though.

Nice! The Saab 9-5 was how I found your channel some years ago :) Greetings from Sweden!

Great trade. This is epic. I always wanted one of these but they were never to be found here lol ❤ More excited about this than any car you have now. Def detail it and re wrap roof and wrap the trunk. Those tails are verrrrrrrry rare and beautiful 😍

Nice trade up 4cyl turbo auto for a v6 turbo manual can’t beat that

If the previous owner had it rigged with a different stereo, then I would check all the fibre optics. You can’t simply swap out the stereo on a pre-facelift NG 93 with the older dash design, because of the way the fibre optic system works, so there’s every chance they’ve unplugged something or damaged it.

Working hood strut means it's a keeper.

I’m a huge Volvo/Saab fan! Great to see a Swede on the channel again!

For saabs, they have always been a beast in 3rd and 4th gears. Even the NG 900 that we own and is modified, is a beast in 3rd and 4th gear.

I finally watched Tenet today and was pleasantly surprised to see a Saab, probably this model too.

If the radio and upper display is not lighting up or working, it could be the fiber optic going to the amp underneath the drivers seat. They sell a bypass to hook the fiber optics together and it bypasses the amp (which is unnecessary). 5 min job. Same exact thing happened with both of mine and this solved it.

I now pronounce you hooptie king since the previous king is under trial of buying an actual nice car, turning it into a hooptie, then destroying it.

Great choice JR - I had rescued an '06 9-5 Aero Wagon and I miss it all the time. Was a special car, drove amazing. Maybe I'll find a last-gen 9-5 in good shape at the right price someday . . .

I miss running my Saab 9-3s!

I've only driven manual transmission cars since 1991. I LOVE a manual transmission because I love driving a car or truck. I don't want the car or truck doing any driving for me. No, city traffic (when I am in a big city) does not bother me at all. No, being stopped on a hill does not bother me at all. No, driving in snow does not bother me at all. For some more insight, I also turn off the traction control because without it, I know exactly how the car is going to respond to what I am doing in the snow. WITH IT, I have no idea what the car is doing from one second to the next. It detects a slight wheel spin and kills the throttle that I am pushing. When the system is off, I know exactly how the wheels will spin, how the car will react to that, and what to do about it. I am in complete control, but if the system is on, and I go to pull out into traffic, and a wheel spins a little, the car will kill the throttle, and now I am a sitting duck for the car that's coming, which I could have avoided if the car did not kill my throttle. Make sense now?

Inside that big key is the manual key for the doors 🤣

Had a 9-3 just like that. Loved the boost, interior and driving experience. Good to find a Saab mechanic because they can be difficult to work on

AMP! under the driver seat took on water and that's why your audio system won't work. O-Bus is broken between the ICM, EHU, and AMP1 module.

Son still drives his 2001 9-3 turbo manual with 160k miles. It’s been mostly trouble a free good looking car.

I used to work for Saab and got to attend the “Aero Academy” at road Atlanta. These cars take way more abuse then most have them credit for…. The Sweeds knew how to design a drivers car, for sure…

Nice to see you getting back to the roots of your channel with trading up cars and bargains like this Saab

Thanks for bringing up memories of me and my dad❤, my dad loved his SAABs thru the years, I thought Nightmode was awesome

I LOVED my 1995 Saab 900 SE. Even after 200K miles. I regret getting rid of it.

Night Panel on speedometer is 2-section selectable in the menus, 55 mi or full length. Your cars just had different options set.

The loudest shop vacuum ever.

I don't think I've ever seen a saab without heated seats lol that's gotta be pretty rare

There is a setting in the trip computer to turn off the upper pArt of the speedo with nightpanel

I had the wagon version of this in high school for a few months and it was faster than anything anyone else had lol. Unfortunately the automatic transmission started to fail at 194,000 miles and I sold it. Kinda miss it and may get another someday. Excited to see what you do with this one

One of my supervisors had a car just like that. It came with those clear tails. The tails look amazing with a little buff and polish. I highly recommend an LED bulb conversion for the back.

Dude, I legit thought it might be a Saab but I didn't want to get my hopes up. Love it!

I had my first Saab when i served in Germany 1987 Saab 9000 turbo mods by Janspeed sat on the Autobahn 160 mph no problem what a car

I miss my Saab 9-3 so much! One of the most uniquely designed and fun car's I've driven to this day. Like a big go-cart with a bunch of funky features that just make sense.

Tell me how John loves Saab without telling me he does 😆

I had a silver 06 93 aero 6 speed- Tuned it(JZW) quickly and wow, the torque # gets up there. The clutch didn't like it in the cold. Super comfortable, but sold it before I did the clutch. The radio stopped working and never got around to that either. Great looking cars- plasti-dipped the front grill's chrome as well.

Hi! I had a Saab 9-3 Areo, the first model 03 as my first car. I wasn't a car guy at the time but I remember having a lot of electrical issues. both with radio and some random check-engine lights. But as you say these were ahead of the time. Such a fun car! Also glad you found a place that you can get parts from, even though Im from Sweden i had some problems finding stuff. Will follow closely ;)

All those leaves in the channel at the base of the rear window can bridge the trunk gasket and cause rain water to enter the trunk. I have a '08 2.0T 6MT. I put a new clutch in it last year. Enjoy. Aeros have a lower ride height as standard.

Of all cars how did that Saab not have a felony forest?!?😂😂

6 or 8 yrs ago I had a chance to buy an 01 9-3 Viggan convertible from a buy-here, pay-here lot in KC. Guy wanted $1900 for it, but it had needs. Drove from OMA to look at it and there were a few more issues than he told me over the phone. I wanted to buy it so bad but my head said no, too many issues for a quick flip, sev of which were out of my Wheeler Dealer wheelhouse. After I said no, I asked the guy if he knew what he had. He said yes, he knew it was rare. Then he offered it to me for $1500. Sadly I still had to say no.

Is it just me or does it look like it's in really really poor condition for the mileage? Mine is sitting at 286k km and it is no comparison to this. Is the pre-facelift just this much worse quality? Anyway, great to see this beauty being saved, seems like it's gonna get the love it deserves from you 🥰

Love SAAB's!!! I own 2 SAAB's... 2000 93 Cabrio (Maptun lowered, Mitsibushi Turbo upgrade, 17 inch 3 spoke wheels, etc) and a 2007 SAAB 95 Aero, super modified but a daily driver, Fucking fast car in second and third gear!!!!

I miss my 2000 saab 9-5 aero wagon, but also at the same time I'm glad its gone. I've been tempted a couple times to get a viggen, but never went through with it.

I owned the convertible version of this car - a 2006 9-3 Aero 6-speed. I listed it for sale and it literally sold in a matter of hours to a total Saab nerd. They love them.

A full detail video would be so satisfying for this car. Its.. dirty..

I had a 1996 Saab 95 wagon V6 turbo and used to smoke my friends Mustang Lx v8. Pixie dust is in those Saab v6 turbos.❤

I wonder if someone didn't have an aftermarket radio in it. And when they took it out and put the stock one in, they didn't hook it back up all the way?

Love the Saab content. My 9-3 (here in the UK) runs on propane lpg, which was a very rare factory option.

Saab made some awesome cars….can you get an older one…like a 1967 Saab 99! So cool!

My second car was a new 9-3 Aero. It shut off randomly and I returned it the same year 😂. Nice car though!

Have a neighbor that had the same problem. He went out and got a replacement radio. The only thing that was wrong was a fuse plugged into the back of the radio had blown.

You know real watchJRGo viewers love Saab's almost as much as we love mowers and cheap Honda's!

The radio system consists of the info display(sid) radio control panel(icm) the radio itself(ehu) and that sits between the ac panel and cd player. Probably the icm or ehu is dead so the whole system is down.

lets just say, if the saab is minorly broken, you can keep that silly smile once again.

Is the radio plugged in at the back? A great 6 speed manual if I remember correctly there are two versions one of which is solid and the other likes to take a dump on its self.

Huge fan of Saab here, just subscribed!

Had a 2005 9-3 aero cabrio and a 2003 sedan version of this car (at the same time). Manual sedan in red and auto cabrio in lime yellow metallic. I had the 4 cyl turbos. Great cars. Loved mine!

Hiphonics is still around. I have three Brutus mono block amps in my Yukon.

Nothing like a good Saab story.... my brother had a couple of those - they're fun cars but hard to get parts for.

I’ve got an 07 9-3 Aero, absolutely love that car😆

We loved our 2006 9-3 Aero 2.0 T with the two tone seats black with light grey insets and black paint.

I bet they had an after market radio and just stuck the original in without plugging it up.

Geez, I do hundred mph on 3rd with my 911, I might consider trading!!

Radio (ICM) does not work if the most (optic dataline) is cut or some of its modules are broken. Probably problem is those noob sub install (factory sub amp cut wires or optic line) or front amplifier under driver seat is broken.

The radio problem is definitely a fiber optic issue. Its all daidy chained together. If one comoinent goes out on the chain, all components linked after will also be dead in the chain. You can use a Tech 2 and run the test to see where in the daisy chain theres a break.

I had this as the sportwagon in auto! Battery relocation and an oil cooler is a good idea.

I have an 06 9-3 Aero Convertible and absolutely love it!

Check to see if the ECU has been relocated. The fail all the time due to the location in the engine bay and get soaked with heat.

Love the Saab content, I miss how nice the interior looked in my 9-7x but don't miss the 14mpg lol.