Newbie Questions on 6th day of first trip...
So far, we are not having a good trip with our first motorhome, and it is only day 6. We have an appt with Freightliner for next Tuesday (11/11). We are fortunate enough to at least be fairly close to a real Freightliner service center in Tucson. Our MH was purchased new, it now has 3,500 miles on it, of which 2,300 were put on in the last 6 days. Just a few questions if any of you have any experience with this stuff;
1) The Transmission light icon and a warning message on the dashboard now stays lit for about maybe 10 seconds at start up. It has not done that before (1st 5 days). The light does go out, but we are wondering if this is normal. This is a new occurrence in the last day. Does this occur to any of you? Recall we only have 6 days of experience, but this never occurred during the first 5 days of the trip.
2) The low battery warning message appears on the screen, but not the icon on the chassis dashboard, again, only at start up, but this is also new in the last day. Does this ever occur to any of you?
3) While the DW was driving, the ABS icon light came on, all dashboard lights illuminated, cruise control dis-engaged, the gauges all went to zero, and then a moment later, all lights/gauges returned to normal. This has now happened twice. The 2nd time it was during a braking operation going about 3 mph. I will report this to Freightliner when I take it in next Tuesday. Anyone ever had this happen?
4) Lastly, I was unable to turn off the engine this morning using the ignition switch. Upon leaving our campsite, I drove to a place to attach the toad, turned off the ignition, only to hear some humming sound from the rear of the coach. Turns out the engine was still running and I had an active light, which was the malfunction indicator lamp which indicates a problem with the after treatment system. We had 5 fault codes from this issue. Anyone ever been unable to turn off their engine?
Sorry for the long message, I am looking for anyone's experience that might shed light on any of this.
I'm hoping I do not have a lemon.
Thanks, Tom
1) The Transmission light icon and a warning message on the dashboard now stays lit for about maybe 10 seconds at start up. It has not done that before (1st 5 days). The light does go out, but we are wondering if this is normal. This is a new occurrence in the last day. Does this occur to any of you? Recall we only have 6 days of experience, but this never occurred during the first 5 days of the trip.
2) The low battery warning message appears on the screen, but not the icon on the chassis dashboard, again, only at start up, but this is also new in the last day. Does this ever occur to any of you?
3) While the DW was driving, the ABS icon light came on, all dashboard lights illuminated, cruise control dis-engaged, the gauges all went to zero, and then a moment later, all lights/gauges returned to normal. This has now happened twice. The 2nd time it was during a braking operation going about 3 mph. I will report this to Freightliner when I take it in next Tuesday. Anyone ever had this happen?
4) Lastly, I was unable to turn off the engine this morning using the ignition switch. Upon leaving our campsite, I drove to a place to attach the toad, turned off the ignition, only to hear some humming sound from the rear of the coach. Turns out the engine was still running and I had an active light, which was the malfunction indicator lamp which indicates a problem with the after treatment system. We had 5 fault codes from this issue. Anyone ever been unable to turn off their engine?
Sorry for the long message, I am looking for anyone's experience that might shed light on any of this.
I'm hoping I do not have a lemon.
Thanks, Tom
