Dealing with bad breakdowns (p2)

Can you not just drive it the way it is with no abs? If not...... Can peterbilt not "turn off" communication to and from that module in the ecm until your parts show up?

There has got to be a way to program that truck around it to get you up and running in the meantime. That's lousy, driver. I feel for you.

I had a similar parts availability situation with a grenading fan hub when my truck was 4 days old. Told me it would be a couple weeks to get one directly from manufacturer. I explained that this was not acceptable (in not so few words) and after some back and forth for a day or two and barking up the ladder, voila, the fan hub fairy dropped one off. I believe they pulled it off a new truck sitting on a lot.

 

I drove a Cascadia for almost a year with a bad ABS sensor on one of the drive wheels for a previous employer. I even had a level 1 inspection in California. The inspector saw the light on my dash, and I told him I was scheduling shop time to get it fixed and he didn't seem to care. I passed the inspection and got my sticker. You still have working brakes without ABS. I guess some states may have more of a problem with it than others.

 

I love my Pete, but hated having to deal with Peterbilt. After several bad experiences with them I only use Peterbilt if that is my only option. I found an independent shop who gets Pete parts when necessary. The parts man is an expert at cross referencing parts to find another brand that will work. Even if your part is under warranty it may be cheaper to pay out of pocket if you can find it, rather that being out of service for weeks. Good luck!

 

I don't have time to go back and reread those posts again, but didn't the guys tell you to disconnect it and run without it? Didn't they tell you to check the terminals for corrosion and whatever other stuff they were telling you?

If your truck is at the dealership you need to go down there and have them do it you do it find a local garage call the service manager try to find the owner of the dealership call other dealerships do something.

Is your loan through Peterbilt? Do you have a warranty?

You should call your finance company immediately and tell them what is happening. Not to scare you, but there are plenty of stories in these forums of guys that have had a problem like you're having and it goes from one dealership to another dealership to another dealership to another repair shop and sometimes it goes on and on.

I would call around or go to Every local repair shop in your area and call every dealer and tell them what's going on and find someone somewhere that can help you.

But most of all I would do exactly what the guys on this site mechanically are telling you to do.

 

I’d drive it until the parts arrive. You could try sourcing parts from
A wreck but that can also be a huge investment in time
Electrical tape over idiot light
My company truck just spent 5 weeks at dealer for who knows what. Technology can certainly bankrupt a guy

 

Ask that dealership to give you the part numbers of what your looking for.
I have been quite successfull in locating parts that can’t be found if I have part numbers...