Hello everyone, I have a problem with my truck. It is 2013 Freightliner cascadia. The sleeper lights are not working and sleeper hvac also not working. LWR lamp is working (the small sleeper light) and the music mute switch still working, also the power outlets are working fine. Just the rear hvac and and the dome lights are not working. Dome lights from front dash doesn't work either. If I press the sleeper button to make the temperature settings same for front and rear, the light turns on and goes off in a sec.
I checked all the fuses behind the glove box, engine bay, the big ones near firewall as well. No problem there. I searched online and found out that low voltage disconnect can cause this but I could not find where it is located or if there is one at all on these trucks, maybe controlled by the computer. Any would be appreciated. Thanks
Sleeper cab, no power
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Jumper wire from battery terminal fuse box. 4 of them jupe one to another till power
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As I learned today on my 2013 cascadia that was having similar issues there is module behind the panel that has the 4 way flasher switch , floor light switch and the dash dimmer switch on it .
It controls all the switches, lights inside and out and the steering wheel switches.
When it goes bad crazy things start to happen ......with mine all the exterior lights came on without the switch on .
Signal lights quit.
All interior lights quit except the 2 above the seats .
Cruise quit .
Jake quit .
Flashers quit .
Switch panel in the sleeper quit .
Freightliner in Neosho Missouri fixed it today for 391.00.Singh11, Pittstruck and Speed_Drums Thank this. -
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Same thing happened to my 2013 about a month ago. Here's the deal. When you run the air conditioner on those freightliners, condensation will form on the sleeper duct work and drip onto the sleeper lighting switches, shorting them out, along with the switches on the dashboard since they are all daisy chained together. This is an OEM design flaw. It also threw a check engine code on mine. If you pull out the switch housing for the 4 way flashers, the wires plugged in the top right corner (black and white if I remember) unplug them and your jakes and all switches in the front will still work and engine light goes out, your switches in the bunk will be unplugged though. Let everything dry out really good and remove your sleeper switches , pull the plugs and coat them with die electric grease, them silicone them up good once plugged back in. Hope this helps save someone money and time! -
Had the same issue on an old Cascadia I drove for a previous employer. It was the low voltage disconnect and simply starting the truck would reset the breaker.
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