Date: 24 Dec 2002 05:36:54 -0800 From: knuckleknockernopsamail.com (Knuckles) Subject: Re: +/- on 9-5 steering wheel?
You figured it out. The little paddles upshift (+), or downshift (-) the Saab "Sentronic" transmissions when the selecter on the console is in the (M) postion. Gary Fritz <fritzxxxnopsamrii.com> wrote in message news:<Xns92EDE25B0887Afritzfriicomnopsam17.128.40>... > I just took my '02 Aero in for its 10000mi service, and the dealer gave me > a 9-5 loaner. It looked almost identical to my Aero inside (other than the > automatic transmission), but I noticed one puzzling little difference. On > the steering wheel, right near the audio controls, were two little button > thingies. One on each side, with a + on the right and a - on the left. > The + and - were inside little gear-shaped icons. > > Apparently you pulled on these to make them do whatever they do, but I > couldn't figure out what they were for and my curiosity is killing me. My > first guess was some sort of semi-manual shift-up/down feature, but it > didn't seem to do anything. My Aero's manual doesn't show anything like > it. Maybe this was an '03 and they added some new doodad? > > Gary