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Re: Shift Up Light
Posted by Goldberger Stephen (more from Goldberger Stephen) on Wed, 19 Jan 2000 00:00:57
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

>Does anyone know an easy way to kill the shift up light on a 99 9-3?  

The elegant way is to find the wire to the 'fifth gear sensor' and fix it
so the computer thinks the engine is always in fifth gear.  The most
straightforward way is a bit of black tape, although to do the tape thing
correctly you need to pull out the instrument cluster.

>  I still can't believe the same company that gives
>you 'night panel' to reduce night time distractions also provides a shift
>up light that blinks on and off every time you lift off the throttle and
>then apply power.

It's an EPA thing - the upshift light is not required, but when running the
emissions and fuel economy test, the EPA driver shifts at redline or
something if the 'upshift light' is not there.  So long as those great big
economy numbers are on the side of the car, marketing will require such
indignities as upshift lights, first-to-fourth shifing, and
'default-to-economy-mode' A/Ts.

Stephen Goldberger, Editor and Publisher
NINES, the magazine of the SAAB Club of North America

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