MID 130 SID 231 FMI 14 ZF Freedomline Transmission 2005 VNL

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  1. mrtrdrvr

    mrtrdrvr Light Load Member

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    Hopefully this will be helpful to someone else. I found two others on this forum with this code and the same symptoms my truck was having but they never came back and posted what was causing the trouble so I found my problem and wanted to let others know.
    Here is one of the posts describing the problem from Mirsadvic:
    "Hey everyone some new weird issues. I have a 2009 volvo 670 cumins engine ZF auto shift transmisson. The transmisson got new doubler and new wiring in the past year. Last week i got a code saying SAE J1939 DATA LINK WHICH IS CODE MID 130 SID 231 FMI 14. all the wireing was re checked inspected connected all was good. What happens is as i am driving in higher gears 9-12 it will beep 6 times and kick it into SM system mulfuntion and after few minutes it will go away. If i take my foot off the gas pedal any time after the 1st beep it will not activate the SM. I am completely out of ideas and so is volvo does anyone have any idea of whag is going on? What is triggering thag system mulfuntion in the transmission. Thank you."
    The solution,
    What I found causing my problem was the mechanical switch (not the air pressure one that lights up your brake lights) that tells the ecm that your brakes are applied. My switch was being interfered with by some wires hanging low and keeping the switch tripped so the ecm thought I was driving down the road with the brakes applied. This put the system into SM and didn't allow my cruise control or high idle to work.
    Hopefully this helps save someone else time and money.
     
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  3. nmidgarden

    nmidgarden Bobtail Member

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    Hi,
    I am having the same issue. Where is the switch located?
     
  4. Burdisco

    Burdisco Light Load Member

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    Hello, Kevin in Canada here. The switch is located just above the brake pedal. it is a micro switch with a spring activating the switch. If this becomes blocked or alignment is change the gearbox thinks the truck is braking and will do weird things. Cruise control doesn't work, transmission issues. Its easy to adjust. The GearCentre in Mississauge is my closest dealer for ZF, mine was rebuilt for $10000.00 Canadian.
     
  5. nmidgarden

    nmidgarden Bobtail Member

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    Kevin, thank you. My Mack has been sitting in Seattle for 10 months. Shop has put a new clutch, resurfaced flywheel, put reconditioned transmission from LKQ, clutch actuator, new TCU (bought from England), finally they told me the ole transmission is bad and I needed a new rebuilt transmission for $17K. Truck is driving normal now after they put old transmission back in it (I declined to buy a rebuilt ZF Freedomline). But it still kicks out of gear when coming to a complete stop. Hopefully brake switch is the problem because I still paid $11k to the shop. This will be good.
     
  6. nmidgarden

    nmidgarden Bobtail Member

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    Kevin, thank you. My Mack has been sitting in Seattle for 10 months. Shop has put a new clutch, resurfaced flywheel, put reconditioned transmission from LKQ, clutch actuator, new TCU (bought from England), finally they told me the ole transmission is bad and I needed a new rebuilt transmission for $17K. Truck is driving normal now after they put old transmission back in it (I declined to buy a rebuilt ZF Freedomline). But it still kicks out of gear when coming to a complete stop. Hopefully brake switch is the problem because I still paid $11k to the shop. This will be good.
     
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