[Blacky Turbo S]

Dear 9k experts,

just a question: Did the later 9000's ('95 - '97) have cornering lights?
I know the earlier once (the flat nose and the slanted nose with the c900 parking/indicator lights layout) had them. But I cannot find a lead whether or not the later once had them.
If they did have them, where were they located?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Superaero]

Yes, they are in the corner lamp units that hold the sidelights and turn indicator lights. There should be a clear lense area at the outside rear edge of the lamp units. I am not sure they use separate bulbs or leads as they may use the sidelight or turn indicator filament. I do not recall signalling a turn and reversing simultaneously so cannot tell you how they operate.

 

[Blacky Turbo S]

These are the reverse guidance lights as far as I know. They shine rearwards... I assume.
I'm looking for the cornering lights that go on when you use the direction indicator.

 

[Superaero]

Doh, yes, of course they are. Sorry. then no, our North American spec SAABs no longer have cornering lights. This may be an across the range change in all markets. I had a 99, a 900T and a first series 9000T that all had this feature but my shop manual for 86-88 says not all markets had these fitted. My 97 does not have this feature.

In all cases the cornering lights used the sidelight bulb (called a parking light in Canada but in Canada this is not the single parking light found in the headlight unit) so the feature did not involve a separate bulb or connection, just another switch connected to the turn indicator function. How that was arranged I do not know.

The reversing lamp in the front corner lights is a separate bulb from the diagram in my owner's manual. The turn indicator bulb is a double filament bulb: sidelight and turn light.