Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:48:28 +0000 From: Colin Stamp <col.dustbinnospamp.plus.com> Subject: Re: Dashboard indicator malfunction
On 18 Jan 2006 10:28:58 -0800, "AndyD" <ard69nospamail.com> wrote: >Sorry for the double post. My newsreader didn't display the first >one... > >A week or so ago, the audible tick on my (UK spec) 1999 9-3 indicators >stopped working. The indicators themselves were working and the >dashboard flashers were too. > > >Today, the dasboard flashers stopped working too, although occasionaly >came on from time to time. At the same time I noticed the SID was not >displaying mileage information, just some dashes ( ----). The radio >channel, temperature & clock were all fine. The indicators outside the >car were operational, however. > > >Does anyone have any idea where to start to investigate this? I'm sure >if I take it in to the dealer it will be expensive, so I'd like to try >to isolate the problem myself, especially as it is annoying rather than > >critical. > > >I have searched some of the postings here and saw there are quite a few > >peculiar SID issues, but don't understand why this would affect the >dashboard indicator ticking or flashing. > > >Up to now the SID has been faultless as have all the other electrics. >I've owned the car since 2001. 100K miles. Air con (not climate) and no > >cruise control. > > >Thanks for any assistance. > > >AndyD Ok. I've looked it up now... The box that flashes the indicators is the DICE. (It's under the dash, between the steering wheel and the door pillar.) When it flashes the indicators it sends out messages on the instrumentation CAN bus. The SID watches for those messages to make the clicking noise, and the instrument cluster watches for them to flash the arrows. The instrument cluster also puts info about speed etc. onto the same bus, and the SID watches for this info to calculate milage data. My money would be on a dodgy connection on the I-BUS somewhere around the instrument cluster or the DICE module. Cheers, Colin.
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