CoreyinWP
RVF VIP
- Joined
- Nov 3, 2019
- Messages
- 187
- Location
- West Palm Beach Fl
- RV Year
- 2017
- RV Make
- Newmar
- RV Model
- Ventana 4369
- RV Length
- 44
- TOW/TOAD
- Buick Enclave
Finally got out of Florida to see family up in Maryland.
Two hours into our trip, MIL lit up. Has happened a few times before, when idling for period of time in hot weather. Continued on and then the engine light with exclamation point came on. Pulled over at next rest stop and call Freightliner. They said the fault code was a nox sensor and I needed to get to a shop as soon as possible. I turned around and headed home as it was a Sunday.
Got into a Cummins shop first thing on Monday morning. Asked the tech if possible clearing the codes and updating software might cure the problem. He smirked and told me to stay off the internet.
He hooked into the computer port at the engine and downloaded the codes. Said I had tens of fault codes, mostly chassis error codes. He said he would clear the error codes and update the software and see where we were....duh!
Sure enough all cleared and updated, test drove and no errors at all and off I went. Over a thousand miles and no MIL at all.
Lessons learned
1. Sometimes what you read on the internet is TRUE!
2. I had just been to FL in Gaffney two months earlier. They obviously do not hook up the engine to their computers to check whether there have been codes thrown or to check for software upgrade
3. Upgrade of software should be done regularly? Opinions welcome
Two hours into our trip, MIL lit up. Has happened a few times before, when idling for period of time in hot weather. Continued on and then the engine light with exclamation point came on. Pulled over at next rest stop and call Freightliner. They said the fault code was a nox sensor and I needed to get to a shop as soon as possible. I turned around and headed home as it was a Sunday.
Got into a Cummins shop first thing on Monday morning. Asked the tech if possible clearing the codes and updating software might cure the problem. He smirked and told me to stay off the internet.
He hooked into the computer port at the engine and downloaded the codes. Said I had tens of fault codes, mostly chassis error codes. He said he would clear the error codes and update the software and see where we were....duh!
Sure enough all cleared and updated, test drove and no errors at all and off I went. Over a thousand miles and no MIL at all.
Lessons learned
1. Sometimes what you read on the internet is TRUE!
2. I had just been to FL in Gaffney two months earlier. They obviously do not hook up the engine to their computers to check whether there have been codes thrown or to check for software upgrade
3. Upgrade of software should be done regularly? Opinions welcome