2016 Cascadia, driving on like the country's straightest road, I-94 in North Dakota. 68mph, no wind. Suddenly start screaming about rollover protection and hitting the brake real hard. Super weird.
I pulled over and turned it off and on, and it seems to be fine since then.
But still, it made me nervous and I want to be ready. Clearly a sensor is going bad? Where are the sensors located? Is there a way to disable them?
And how does this system work in general? Does it just measure lateral g-forces or does it monitor the air bag compression or something like that?
Rollover protection came on while DRIVING DEAD STRAIGHT
Discussion in 'Freightliner Forum' started by PermanentTourist, Oct 11, 2021.
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Mine used to tell me I was having an accident while driving under an overpass.
I'll never drive another Freightshaker. I'll stick with my Pete until I retire.Rubber duck kw Thanks this. -
Besides, modern Peterbilts have as much electronic safety crap as in any other truck. Maybe somehow it works better? -
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Fair enough. You get joy out of driving a classic looking piece of machinery, and I must admit they are nice looking trucks.
But for me, and I kind of hate to admit it, but I don't really care about trucks. I own one, and I like driving it and exploring the country, and I certainly like the owner op $$$, but I don't really care what it looks like as long as it gets me the most money in the most efficient way and keeps me comfortable. I would gladly drive a bright pink truck that is shaped like a literal butt if it got 15 MPG and only broke down once every 10 years.
And yes, all the electronic safety crap is annoying. I wish they stopped at ABS.Last edited: Oct 11, 2021
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I had a car do that. It was a yaw rate sensor. See if you have one. This particular car it was under the cup holder and the drinks sweating made it get wet and go bad.
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It's your ABS brake sensors on a drive axle. They measure tire rotation and calculate how fast your going, and how fast your cornering based on the different speeds the inside and outside tires are rotating...if it got a misread on a sensor then it thought you were going around a corner at 68. I had a Cascadia that would do the same thing on really bumpy roads with an empty trailer where the bumps weren't parallel when my tires would be hitting them unevenly.
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