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ABS light on the truck or on the trailer? That could be as simple as a dirty wheel speed sensor, a wheel speed sensor that is unplugged, a wheel speed sensor with a frayed wire or casing that is exposing wire to metal causing a short. I think they might have been trying to tell you how to read the codes from the ABS light, if it is on the trailer. You can turn the key on for a few seconds, off, and back on again and see the ABS light flash on the trailer. Count the number of times it flashes. If it flashes the same number one time, it should be that there is only "code", so 5 flashes three times would mean the trouble code is "5" for that respective system, I do believe.

 

Good luck!

 

Why were you at Western Express with 17 years of experience? Good luck with your new job.

 

Hey where is orientation held at??

 

I have never seen an ABS light flash for a trailer. It's either not on because ABS is functioning or the light is on because ABS is not functioning. It corresponds with ABS light that appears on a trailer on the left side rear just in front of the marker light. The code is singular meaning there is one code that relates to the trailer ABS not working.

 

Been 3+ months, how about an update?

 

I had not either, until I did see it flash like that. I had to call LS trailer maintenance who insisted either a.) they send someone out to repair the abs on the trailer, or b.) they find another trailer for the load to transload on to as they did not want a DOT violation for the abs light. I chose option a.

The first person they sent out was lazy and quite frankly pretty stupid. Once he realized he would need to jack up the trailer and pull wheels off he dipped out on the job all together. The second person they sent got the job done and it was in fact a wheel speed sensor. The casing of the wire on one of the sensors frayed and had wire exposed. Once the tech replaced that sensor and spun the wheel, the abs light went out, problem solved.

 

How has Hmd been? Thinking about going there