Type Designation
Type designationGeneral
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