towing a saab 9-3

#1

hello, i'm guessing that its NOT possible to tow a Saab 9-3 w/
automatic transmission behind my RV, at least not without a tow
dolly. I had a Nissan which i could tow with a simple tow bar, with
all 4 wheels on the ground. But with the Saab (w/ auto transmission),
i'm expecting that you have to adjust (?) the driveshaft before you
could tow it with the wheels on the ground, without causing damage.
So if anybody can confirm this, or surprise me, please let me know. I
don't want to have to sell my Saab, but a tow dolly is completely
impractical, and i have some serious RV traveling to do soon. Thanks!

#2

greg <eklektro (AT) gmail (DOT) com> gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying:

Quote:

hello, i'm guessing that its NOT possible to tow a Saab 9-3 w/ automatic
transmission behind my RV, at least not without a tow dolly. I had a
Nissan which i could tow with a simple tow bar, with all 4 wheels on the
ground. But with the Saab (w/ auto transmission), i'm expecting that
you have to adjust (?) the driveshaft before you could tow it with the
wheels on the ground, without causing damage. So if anybody can confirm
this, or surprise me, please let me know. I don't want to have to sell
my Saab, but a tow dolly is completely impractical, and i have some
serious RV traveling to do soon. Thanks!

I dunno where you are, but here in the UK not only is it physically
impossible to wheel-down tow the vast majority of cars with autoboxes
without risking serious transmission damage, but it's also completely and
utterly illegal to tow a trailer of >750kg without braking on all trailer
brakes.

Stop pikeying about, and get a proper bloody car transporter trailer.
It'll tow MUCH better, you won't risk transmission damage, and you won't
risk any legalities.

#3

ngu wrote:

Quote:

I don't know about the Saab 9-3 but on my Saab 9000, the owner's
manual does lay out the procedures for such maneuver : transmission
put to N (obvious enough), ATF must be deliberately overfilled by a
certain quantity (I can't recall), towing speed not to exceed a
certain figure (again I can't recall the exact figure from memory),
and at the end of the towing, the excess ATF must be drained.

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