System overview, brief description: General
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.
DICE is a comprehensive control system for the electronic functions in the car. The central unit in DICE is a control module which communicates with the system units and with other systems via the car's wiring and the instrument bus (I-bus). DICE has its own diagnostics function and diagnostic trouble codes are set when faults arise.
The following functions are controlled by DICE:
- Exterior lighting
- Interior lighting
- Button illumination and lighting for controls
- Acoustic warning
- Intermittent wiper operation, windscreen and rear window
- Wiping, headlamps
- Electrically heated rear window and door mirrors
- Radiator fan
- Air conditioning