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Can anyone help diagnose the following problem that occurred …
I have a 2017 Western Star 5700xe with a DD15 - I had to park in San Antonio, TX for the weekend until my appointment on Monday. I have a generator and portable AC unit that I run to stay cool so I don’t normally idle my truck prolonged periods of time. I turn the truck on occasionally just to let it run a for a short period (15 min or so).
Friday and Saturday I had no issue however, Sunday when I had the truck running on idle, I had it up to approx 700-800 RPM suddenly I noticed it slowly started to climb to 1200 RPM. I turned it off, ran the truck again and it did it again. Both times, after 5 minutes of idle it starts to rise.
Anyone know whats wrong ???
DD15 2017 Western Star 5700xe RPM Rising Idle
Discussion in 'Freightliner Forum' started by Moth3rTrucker, Sep 21, 2025.
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Also if this is just the trucks auto elevate system - whats the appropriate amount of time to let it run ? -
I would guess it is doing a parked regen.25(2)+2, Oxbow and Moth3rTrucker Thank this.
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Would it regen even though I haven't had it running long … I would say throughout the weekend the total run time would be 2 hours.
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@ElmerFudpucker may be able to help.
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Is it something new that started happening? Regen runs around 1500rpm, there’s also passive regen that runs around 1200 rpm. Might be what you’re experiencing.
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Sounds kind of like it was starting a regen and you shut it down. On mine I have to hit a switch to get it to do it. I’m not sure on yours it’s a few years older but still ghg17. You should let it run and see what happens.
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I let it regen and it finished in about 15 minutes. I was just confused because the regen light didnt turn on until 10 minutes in so I was worried it could of been another issue.
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On some versions of the ecm the light does not come on until actual regen starts not during warm-up.Moth3rTrucker Thanks this.
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