Does the 2010 US 9-5 have one backup light or two? The manual confuses me because the section about the light(s) is titled "Reversing Lamps" (plural), but then the text says "The back-up lamp" (singular). The driver side tail light has one that lights up, but it seems like the other side has room for a light... Is it correct to have one light, or is my car broken? I wish there were 2 lights because maybe it would be easier to see while backing out of my dark and long-ish driveway at night.
Not sure this will answer your question or not or make it even more confusing, I have a 2010 Aero and on mine the passenger side lights up but not drivers side!(and boy is it bright!)
Actually, I was mistaken. My reverse lamp is on the passenger side, too. I guess this is "as designed". I assume this is the same as the 9000... I must say that I never really noticed on my prior 9-5s or 9-3... maybe it is because the one light is so bright.
Actually, I was mistaken. My reverse lamp is on the passenger side, too. I guess this is "as designed". I assume this is the same as the 9000... I must say that I never really noticed on my prior 9-5s or 9-3... maybe it is because the one light is so bright.
My 2006 9-5 only has one back up lamp. Ive had it about 4 years now and have not had less then 25 people tell me I have a back up lamp out. Its usually at a gas station or a neighbor and sometimes have to show them the difference in the lenses.
It is rumored that countries in Europe do not allow dual reverse lights because they mimmic brake lights. Not sure if it is true or not, however if it bothers you the older Saabs (my NG900 and 9K) have the socket to add the bulb, it just isn't there from the factory.
I agree. I actually took it to the dealer because I thought one light was out. It may make "sense" to some but it's embarassing that a light would be out on a new car (because, uh, EVERY other car has two backup lights).
Funny - I took mine to the dealership today for this very problem. They of course had no idea but brought it back to me 15 min later and said the 2010 9-5 Aero only has 1 working light - the other one is purely cosmetic.
I think the other light is not just cosmetic, but is the rear fog light. You'll notice a fog light button that faces the other way (I think, this is from memory).
checked with my dealer and can confirm it has got just one reverse-light, the other is cosmetic ...
rear fog lights, as you might know, are red, at least here in europe and it's integrated in the bottom-left-part of the rear bumper (into the red reflection-bar).
Unfortunately there are no cables provided for adding a second reverse light.
btw.: all rear lights except for the indicator, are led's.
btw.2: seems most of the new cars only have 1 rear light, my previous 9-5's had only one as well...
My guess is the reverse light is swapped to the other side in markets where they drive on the other side, but they don't want to have different tail-light designs for each market.
Same here. I'm getting tired of well meaning people telling me "one of your lights is burned out". It happens about every 2 weeks. I guess I should be glad everybody is so friendly where I live .
I get the same well meaning onlookers. Bought mine out of state and was actually delaying getting it inspected because I figured only thing that would look worse than the non working reverse light would be the big red failed inspection sticker on the windshield.
Well, two reverse lights must not be the law because Saab could never sell the vehicle in the U.S. You wouldn't fail as a result unless the tester was ignorant.
On my 2009 aero the actual lenses differ from driver to passenger side. The passenger side has these white stripes and the driver side does not. I have seen other cars with unilateral reverse lights and have always liked it. It makes me feel less generic to know that my car is deliberately not totally symmetric.
I have had several euro cars that had rear fog lamps. Jaguar, Land Rover, Mercedes all have them. I think in order to keep the rear of the car clean & simple, they use one side for the backup light and one side for the fog light.
My dealer explained that this is to prevent confusion with oncoming cars if reversing on a darkened road. depending on which side of the road your vehicle is designed for will dictate which side has the reversing light.
I can deal with the one backup light but I don't know why on the US spec version there is no rear fog light. All the 9-3's I have had since '99 have had them (and well 2 backup lights too).
The left slot for reverse light is empty or designated for a camera.
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