Vehicle
Saab 9-7X
The badge-engineering low point and a genuinely useful thing to know: the 9-7X is a Chevrolet TrailBlazer on GM's GMT360 frame, built in Ohio, with GM straight-six and V8 truck engines and no Saab engineering in the powertrain at all. TrailBlazer and Envoy information applies to essentially all of it. The 4.2 Atlas straight-six is the engine most have, and its variable valve timing and cam position sensors are behind most of its code traffic.
Generations
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First generation 2005–2009
A Chevrolet TrailBlazer on GMT360 with GM truck engines — no Saab engineering in the powertrain, so GM information covers it entirely.
- Body styles
- SUV
- Platform
- GMT360
- Engines
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- 4.2 Atlas straight-six — LL8 · petrol · 213 kW (286 hp) · 373–376 Nm (275–277 lb-ft)
- 5.3 V8 — LH6 · petrol · 441 Nm (325 lb-ft)
- 6.0 V8 — LS2 · petrol · 291 kW (390 hp) · 542 Nm (400 lb-ft) · Aero
- Transmissions
- 4-speed automatic
- Drivetrain
- Four-wheel drive
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