The Cascadia I'm driving has that 'wait to start' feature. I turn the key to on, After all the gauges do there thing and the def lights go red.and green again and finally the check engine light goes out, I turn the key,and it should start. Well, the last few days sometimes it takes doing that 3-4 times to start...as many as 8-10 times. I'm afraid to turn it off ....starter going bad? Some.relay?? Anyone experience this?
'wait to start'
Discussion in 'Freightliner Forum' started by ncmickey, May 28, 2014.
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Are you saying that it doesn't crank when you turn the key to "start"? Or does it crank and fail to fire?
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Just clicks once. Completely dead. All lights work. It's like you tried to start it before the 'checks' were complete... or as if you didn't have the clutch pushed in.
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Sorry if that's not making sense. Trying to be brief since I'm typing on phone.
The truck has a delayed start. You have to turn the key and wait for the system to run a check. When all the lights go out on the display,and gauges return to normal position, you can,start. When I do that, sometimes nothing happens. Nothing. Just one click. Have to turn off and start all over. Last few days it's gotten so it happens multiple times before I can get started. Just leaving running tonight so I know I can roll in the AM.... not a good feeling. It's a penske truck. Ill drop it off once I'm home on Friday... but I don't want to get stranded before then!! Lol -
If it's a rental or leasal just call the 1 800 number and tell them it's not working properly? They should bring you another truck because that what they did for me when the electrical system was going messing up.
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Yea, Penske is good about that. But I'm headed home after 5 weeks out and I don't feel like emptying all my crap from one truck to another or waiting a day at the shop for them to fix it. Ill be home in 15 more hrs of driving...and it runs just fine...just hard to get started again...but not every time. I get pulled into the scale house in Arizona the other day and forgot to set the high idle before I went inside.to show my paperwork... and it started right up.... but turned off to fuel up earlier and it wouldn't start for 6-8 times of trying....
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Clutch switch is the most common cause of your symptoms in a cascadia.
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