New truck and a sensor...?

A buddy of mine says that the sensor in his truck makes highway merges and exits a nightmare for him sometimes.

 

you most likely have whats called Vorad, its made by Eaton. If you get to close to something it'll kill your throttle until you restore your "safe" zone in front. If you get right up on something OR someone cuts you off the jake will come on (this can be very dangerous on snow/ice. BUT remember there are 2 ways to over ride this, #1 DO NOT USE the cruise and it cannot control you, #2 Keep you foot on the fuel (even with the cruise on) and it'll over ride it.

Also note that you can simply reach behind the box on the front bumper and disconnect the plug and it wont do anything either....lol




American Trucker

 

i wouldn't want one of them sensors...

 

if you go to work for a BFI you WILL have one, and most likely one on the passenger side that beeps anytime you have someone along side of your tractor...



American Trucker

 

Ugh... Watchout for the shadows cast on the road from bridges and such.

Ill wait for that one guy to show up and tell us it's our fault for not reading the
Fine manual. RTFM

 

This actually sounds like a great thing for a newbie

 

Just when you think you've heard it all. Wow.

 

Sir I do believe that's what mirrors are for. A lot of newbies never look in them as if they have tunnel vision. Having that sensor may give some people a sense that they won't have to look in the mirror, therefore if the sensor was to fail and the driver merges without checking the mirror then hit someone cuz they relied solely on the sensor.

I'm just against anything like that, drive the truck and use your mirrors. lol

 

Dang RedHot,That would suck!

I bet if you unplug it you will throw a code or some BS....