Roadside Blitz ‘23 Common reasons for ABS Light

If the trailer has ABS installed, it must be working to pass a DOT inspection. When you start the truck while connected to a trailer the ABS light should briefly light and then extinguish. If it stays on you need an ABS repair on the truck or trailer. For the commenters later, nobody is asking if you feel confident driving without a functioning ABS system, and explaining how many decades the industry didn't have ABS and things worked OK does not exempt the person making the comment from an inspection violation. Busting the light so it is always off will not get a clean inspection report.

 

I wonder how many flatbedders who routinely try to shortcut their way through load securement will get busted during this 72 hour deal?

 

Sensors out of adjustment (often loose wheel bearings) and bad connections/broken sensor leads most common.

It's also one og tge simplest systems to understand, if not interfaced with another ECU.

And I prefer my ABS working, though I did install a switchbto cut ABS power to trailer. Turn it off on snow and ice

 

"Turn the key to the on position and let's see if the ABS light is working, "

First thing the the inspector asked me to do in Virginia, I-81 NB mm150.

 

Whatsoever do you mean ? Do you mean instead of feeding the whole strap thru the winch, we fold it and feed it thru the first slot only and fold the rest ? Now, whoever in there right minds would do such a thing.

 

Avoid the aggravation and take the week off. Do some maintenance on the ol girl

 

Doesn’t work so much anymore… The last few years they’ve done more inspections on the weekend before and the weekend after then the week of the event because they’ve apparently caught on

 

I have trying to find the issue on my trailer for like a year, sometimes it works fine, sometimes that stupid light turns on on every bump, sometimes it was always on. Finally last week found a corroded wire, repaired it, but started acting funny again few days later. Then another repair and then the 3rd one. Finally got home and replaced the whole darn thing on Saturday

 

Oregon would look through the center of your winch and make sure they were laced all the way through.