Can some one please help me??

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  1. TruckingSexy

    TruckingSexy Light Load Member

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    So, I have a 2015 Freightliner Cascadia. It is an automatic. The check engine light comes on and off. Here recently so does the ABS and wheel spin light. They usually go away. Well now the ABS, HSA, and check engine light is on. I clicked the switch to try to turn the HSA back on but it won't turn off. My dash looks like a Christmas tree right now. Can some one please advise me as what this could mean I have been with this company 2 months and this is already the third truck and many times broken down. I am trying to avoid being down again seeing as I was just down for a whole day 2 days ago. I know "leave the company" I am working on that. Please just help me figure out why so many things are lit up.
     
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  3. baha

    baha Road Train Member

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    CK. all your brake drums looking for a wheel seal leaking, shine strong light into the holes in brake backing plate to ck for oil running into the brake drum, that can set off a set of ck. abs. lights??
     
  4. TruckingSexy

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    Well they recently messed with the electrical #### when we were down at the dealership. The truck would not regen. The engin shutdown. They said they fixed the buttons. Also before that the light in the sleeper would not work and neither disk the outlets. They said they fixed it along with the regen button but now the light dont work again the outlets never worked and neither does our fridge. I'm so pissed at this company. I do t even want to tell them the dash lights are on.
     
  5. austinmike

    austinmike Road Train Member

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    The Cascadias I've driven would throw a CEL at any given time. It might go off or stay on for awhile. truck would run fine. Same with the ABS lights. I got used to the dash looking like a christmas tree.
     
  6. ACAJOE

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  7. ACAJOE

    ACAJOE Light Load Member

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    On the bright side,,,, tis the season for Christmas trees!

    Sorry, couldn't resist the irony
     
  8. 1278PA

    1278PA Road Train Member

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    I don't know about truck ABS but when cars have issues most of the time the abs wheel sensor has brake dust and grease covering it making the sensor malfunction. Simply cleaning the sensor makes the abs light go out. I would assume on these trucks abs systems operate in the same way.
     
  9. STexan

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    Sounds to me like you've got some voltage regulation problems or a wiring harness somewhere is working loose. Do your headlights seem to burn normally both high and low? Do you have an inverter? Is it off?

    Best thing to do for such a problematic truck is ship all your valuables home, park in a back, empty corner, grab your cell phone and purse, light a cigarette, place on top of your quilt, then go have dinner inside
     
  10. ACAJOE

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    No sense getting Daqed. Cigarette too obvious, and freightliners usually don't need the help
     
  11. Jonrulerofearth

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    Until you get it back to a shop, use electrical tape to cover the lights on the dash.
    (Before everyone goes nuts with this advise......the driver has had problems with the tractor, driver is inexperienced. Obviously the tractor still preforms it's job, so cover the lights until it gets to a shop)
     
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