Need assistance.. Electrical issues 2007 Volvo VNL

Definitely worth a shot but half of the chassis I hooked up to were jb hunt and I'm the guy who looks for fresh inspection stickers..... New... Old... Crap... Pristine.... All were having issues until today....

That will be the first thing I try from now on though.... Kind of angry I didn't think about it before...

 

Why the turn signal switch? And do you literally mean the arm I push up and down to turn on the signal or is there a "switch" installed somewhere near that which controls the mechanism.

 

Replaced the recepticle when I swapped the cord.... And now I keep and extra one with me somewhere in this truck?

Fixed 2 new random air leaks..
Went to the rail yard again today...

Hooked up to probably 10 chassis... A few of the worst ones I could fine..

The all worked fine..

1.) So either my gremlins are hiding because I'm not getting paid...

2.) there is a faulty wire somewhere and I need to hit the bumps the right way to make it cause an issue...

3.) all of the stuff I have replaced so far fixed the issue? I still have one of the brake sensors throwing a code but I had 2 before? Maybe the one that isn't throwing the code was the issue?

4.) They were somehow all just bad chassis (which I've been told by the shop here... And a chassis mechanic at the rail yard)..

5.) I've lost my grip on reality and the holes in the matrix are beginning to show..?


Bought the 7 pin tester.... Checked before during and after my trip to the rail... Green lights all the way....

Going to try a run tomorrow and see how it goes....

 

So it's funny you mentioned the ABS sensors on the front brakes.. I put a picture in this thread earlier of the error codes I'm getting off my Eld and it says it's the brake sensors inside the firewall.. so I replaced them.. if you Google the error code off the dashboard it says something about the front wheel and the tone rings.. I need the shop to actually hook up the computer and do an actual reading.. but as soon as my guy was going to do it today he got a road call and had to hop in the tow truck.. but do you think the ABS sensors can screw with brake lights?

As for the reason the lights on the chassis fail... they've probably been broken for a long time.. drivers do not do pre-trip on their chassis when they find problems on the road they don't report them Etc.. today when I was at the rail yard again checking random ones I saw a driver leave with one that had four lights missing.. saw another one park one and it had functional brake lights so I checked it for myself.. no zip ties naturally but three of the four pins were unlocked..

This is not a direct knock towards anyone on here and I appreciate everyone trying to offer me assistance but overall in my experience of almost 10 years as a truck driver truck drivers are some of the laziest and dumbest people on the planet.. how hard is it to walk to the back of a trailer to see if you have lights even installed? How hard is it to push the pin locks in? How hard is it to pull forward at the fuel Island after you get fuel so someone else can use the pump? I'm sure there are professional drivers out there but I do not encounter them very often and I would guess they are probably less than 10% of the entire Workforce..

 

So just possibly the error codes? Cool... Thanks

I have a dream that one day my truck will show no errors in the dash.... The next day it will naturally fall apart like the blues mobile....