Don’t Make This Mistake with Your Saab 9-3

[@PSB-900]

When I purchased my 2011 Saab NG9-5T4 years ago, I purchased 2 additional keys for it. There was a way to program them without the Tech2, which I did. When I sold it the new owner (a Saab enthusiast and former GM/Saab employee) was thrilled to have them! Great advice Jacob!

[@davidcain4010]

How did you do it without the tech 2

[@coolxr70]

@@davidcain4010I am also curious. I have a tech 2 but have never heard of that before

[@iancudny6330]

NG9-5's are totally different then what AutoAutopsy is talking about with the NG9-3's

[@PSB-900]

@@davidcain4010 - I had a print out of how to do it but it went with the car when I sold it 5 years ago. I do recall that the instructions said there was a maximum of 4 or 5 key fobs that could be programmed max.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Awesome! Kudos are having 3 keys. Above and beyond 😂👍🏼

[@fm9572]

I have a 2007 9-3 2.0t automatic. This is great information to know. My information cluster told me my battery was low in the key I do have for my car, and it said if the battery died, I would have had to have the key reprogrammed. I'm going to have to get a second key soon, I see.

[@AutoAutopsy]

Definitely get one. It’s a must have insurance policy in my opinion 👍🏼😅

[@nicholasdavis657]

Great video and very helpful. I'm glad I asked my Saab garage to provide me a second key after buying a Saab 9-3 Convertible that only came with one. Looks like it was a good investment!

[@AutoAutopsy]

It definitely was! Smart thinking 👍🏼😁

[@laurat1129]

When I bought my '99 9-3 as a CPO from the dealer in '02, I'd no idea I should've received two keys. So I put off getting that extra ~$200 programmed key - until I lost the original one on a dogwalk right outside my apartment. Nowhere to be found, and I looked hard b/c it was at a time when I could least afford a $1,200 replacement Twice unit. Lesson Learned: Now that the car's 26 yrs-old, I have not-just-two but THREE programmed keys.🔑🔑🔑

[@AutoAutopsy]

Bummer! Hard lesson but it sounds like you’ve learned from it haha. Glad you have 3 now!!

[@saabxwd2011]

i’m so glad i just got a 2nd one programmed

[@AutoAutopsy]

Awesome

[@niklas6867]

hi I'm living in sweden and i like the contents on this channel. I had an 9-3 og and lost my key. i ordered an new original key for my existing carlocks and an used circuit board for the key remote and the the garage cod in the new key as an extra key. "the old" key was of course already coded in. that way it works. The og 9-5 has the same locking system as the og9-3. I know that the ng9-3 has another system as you say.

[@AutoAutopsy]

I think I’m understanding this correctly - but you essentially bought a used twice with matching key “chip”? If so, I had to do the same on my 9-5 when I bought it 🥲

[@niklas6867]

@AutoAutopsy yes a new key to my existing car and a secondhand key. i put the the remote buttons from the secondhand key to the new key and the garage coded in the new key as an extra key to the car.

[@alienkillersvaneberg3212]

Wild timing, my primary key just broke friday so now I use my reserve key. Which means I need to order a new one. Which is 220 dollars from maptun sweden...

[@AutoAutopsy]

Sure beats a new cim and key!

[@JS-yj7ow]

Makes me glad I have a C900. A regular old school metal key!

[@AutoAutopsy]

As long as it doesn’t break off in the cylinder, you’re good to go! 👍🏼😂

[@panjoshua6251]

I'm sure you've already discussed before, but, why, again, did you keep this 9-3 over your TurboX?

[@AutoAutopsy]

It was slowly becoming a money pit, and was worth more (I had bought a house shortly before this). It also didn’t have the “first car” nostalgia. I explained it in greater detail here, if you’re interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2OWe4ewrLOXa5Ysi=po_9vZCqRuUzQKW6

[@UrbanSmokes21]

damn shorts wish i lived there working on a clutch rn in the south but still 30 the past 3 days. summers are nice tho

[@AutoAutopsy]

Summers are awful here, so it evens out 😂👍🏼

[@petezzzz]

One of your most helpful and needed videos J. Thanks. Both my 9-3s have spare keys and I got a Tech2. Having trouble getting security access to my '09 TurboXWD Combi though. Access to my '03 SS was never a problem. Any tips?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Glad it helped and happy to hear you’ve got two keys. I assume you’re using globalTIS? If not, start by using that. If you are, I am not very computer savvy and couldn’t help. The tech2 Facebook group is a great resource though

[@JanWim203-uy2xp]

Can you make a video about the prefacelift info screen?

[@AutoAutopsy]

my radio? this video has a breakdown on it, if so: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpe1g6WfgKZ3d9E

[@taps4615]

Houston I was quoted $350 per key from two different shops. Bought a Tech2 and windows xp laptop… let’s go!

[@AutoAutopsy]

There ya go 👏🏼

[@mggmc1234]

Hello, I have a Saab 9-3 xwd v6 2.8 airo. I programmed it, stage 2, and it works. After one week start make miss firing and message came limited performance i change coils .fuel pump presser sensor i need solution so please if you can help me till me what to do waiting for response

[@AutoAutopsy]

Did you replace with OEM coils? How about spark plugs? This video has info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWnVnntjbqiGa6Msi=oqcPPMAPiYVJUj2Q

[@mggmc1234]

@@AutoAutopsy yes i did

[@rome288]

I have a second key but it has never worked. I am pretty sure it is an original since the blade works in the door. When I go to start the car I get a message “key not accepted contact Saab dealer”. What do you recommend?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Hmm. It’s possible it’s the original key but the cim has possibly been replaced. It’s either a virgin key that needs to be married, or it has been previously married to another (maybe old cim)

[@supersaabclaire]

Oh hell yeah, I hear ya. 2 keys especially for when one decides to unpair itself one morning 😏

[@AutoAutopsy]

😅😂

[@pjackson65]

Is there a maximum number of keys that can be programmed to a CIM?

[@AutoAutopsy]

Good question. I’m not 100% sure, but I know it’s pretty high. My old CIM had 3 keys married to it

[@will7363]

I have Tech2 so that's the first thing I do is add keys when I get a SAAB.

[@AutoAutopsy]

👍🏼😁

[@1Billiam]

I bought a 2003 9-3 that had a second key that wasn’t programmed yet. It’s still in the bag with the SAAB numbers. My local SAAB garage in Wichita refuses to program it for me and says that my original key would not work anymore if they did. They never looked at my second key…

[@AutoAutopsy]

It’s a Saab garage? That doesn’t make any sense…try somewhere else 😬😂

[@LaurenceJewett-x6n]

They either didn’t know how to program it or just didn’t want to … I’ve done this 6 or 7 times. Not hard. You do have to refresh yourself on the steps but once you’ve got the laptop with the right software, the Tech2, the old key, the new key(s) it all works!

[@doug900S]

$115, and enroute from esaabparts! 2011 came with one!😳

[@AutoAutopsy]

Uh oh! Glad you got a second one on the way 👍🏼😁

[@LaurenceJewett-x6n]

Reminder - after you get electronic access with your “new” 2nd key don’t forget to have the blank physical key cut so that in the event the battery dies you can open the driver’s door and then the hood to jump start the dead battery.

[@AutoAutopsy]

well said!! esaab will do it for free if you get a key blade from them and send your vin

[@LaurenceJewett-x6n]

@@AutoAutopsy Thanks. Another good practice is to hide, in a magnetic key caddy device, a spare key somewhere on the frame, in the event you loose your keys while you are on the road. :)

[@chrisrodriguez1247]

It takes an hour if you include a 45-minute lunch break😂. Unless youve never taken a steering wheel off before it really shouldn't take more then 15 or 20 minutes.

[@AutoAutopsy]

It’s an hour job if it’s your first time I think. Not everyone can do it at light speed! 😭😂

[@Rimkus7]

And if you buy the chinese keys - be careful, there are those that do not work, but most of them do. Just do not buy from the shop45683872920183759193275493012385948225.

[@AutoAutopsy]

That’s a lot of numbers 💀😂

[@VaeringWoT]

So damn jealous of that weather. Why the fuck do I live in Sweden. 🫠

[@a.r1941]

Wie kann man nur so dumm sein😂😂😂😂 pack deine Koffer und zieh dorthin😮 beschwer dich nicht mach es einfach zieh um😮 geh in die Sonne😅😅😅😅

[@will7363]

That weather is lethal.

[@AutoAutopsy]

You can’t shovel sunshine! 😉

[@VaeringWoT]

@@AutoAutopsy wow makes me feel so much better lol