To remove
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2001 Saab 9-3. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
- Open the bonnet.IMPORTANT: Protect the painted surface on the rear edge of the bonnet.
- Remove the hose for the washer nozzles from the bracket on the cover over the bulkhead.
- Mark the position of the bonnet and release the bonnet from the hinges, (2 persons).
- Remove the gas springs from their upper mounts in the bonnet (on ballpins, locked with a clip), (2 persons).
- Lift away the bonnet, (2 persons).