Blower motor bearing Find a way to lubricate it or replace it good luck

 

Thanks, but it's not the blower motor.

 

It's the only fan in the car that I know of. I didn't know the sensors had fans? When my blower squeeled it didn't change pitch with fan speed either. It was squeel or none if it was off. Honestly, give it some squirts of WD40 or even better turbine oil.

 

^^^^ this. Lol

 

The older 9-3's had a sensor mounted in the dash with a little fan on it. These were prone to squeaking and a little WD40 or oil would quiet it up. On thsee newer ones though there is no fan and the sensor is mounted by the dome lights. It's gotta be the blower motor, mine made noise no matter what speed it was set to.

 

The older 9-3's had a sensor mounted in the dash with a little fan on it.

Thanks. What's it called? P/N?

 

Do you have auto climate control (ACC)? If not then you do not have a sensor, period. If yes then do you see a sensor just in front of the rear-view mirror co-located with the overhead reading lights? It looks like a little LED, but does not have a light in it and is mostly clear with a bit of red color in the center? If so you do not have a sensor fan.

I'm +1 on the blower motor. Can you confirm whether the blower motor is running when you hear the noise? Can you make a video with audio and post on here?

 

...do you see a sensor just in front of the rear-view mirror co-located with the overhead reading lights? It looks like a little LED, but does not have a light in it and is mostly clear with a bit of red color in the center...

;ol;;ol;

I thought I knew most of this stuff, but never bothered about that little thingy near the rear view mirror. Keep learning!
Thanks Tim!

 

The older Saabs had these in the center console. You can pry these out and clean them. They get a lot of dust build-up.
http://www.eeuroparts.com/Parts/4810/ACC-Sensor-4364295/

 

ACC (automatic climate control) interior cabin air temp sensor for any 94-98 900 with ACC, and 99-02 9-3 with ACC. Genuine Saab.