geebee45:
Hanson said;wat im saying is that there is a fault on the siemans because it say on clock face say 4.30 driving then when you do a print out it says you have done 4.45 they have been changed now we have a different make in i know a couple of lads with new scanias this has happened to.
Not heard of this happening with VDO’s, have heard about it with Stoneridge VU’s, Stoneridge are the usual OE fit for Scania. Basically, there was a mismatch between the time values stored in the data memory and those displayed on the LCD, before anybody asks, the stored values were correct, the displayed values were not. This mainly effected vehicles used in multi-drop type operations and operators were issued replacement VU’s via Scania with upgraded software that resolved the problem. It was not possible to install the software to the VU due to the electronic security measures present in the VU software.
Sorry to bring up an old topic but I was just after a bit of advise…pretty much what Hanson says is happening to my tacho.
I drive an 08 plate Scania 8 wheeler with a Stoneridge tacho fitted, this is the 3rd truck in our fleet that i’ve had as my regular ride (last 2 trucks sold and moved me into a newer one)
Now in the last 2 trucks and 18 months I didn’t have 1 infringement (all fitted with the same Stoneridge digital tachos) , they’re quite strict on tacho regs and even 1 overspeed results in loss of bonus so its kind of beneficial for me to be a good boy!!
I’ve have on a couple occasions (in my older trucks ) run up to 4.28 when trying to find somewhere to park and never had an issue, so when I took the 08 plate over at the start of the year it was just another Scania off the fleet…or so I thought…
So fast forward to March and I pull up for my break at 4.25, have 50 mins and off I go, no problem, or so I thought…until I get back to the yard, card downloaded (download cards every night) and I get the lovely message to say ‘insufficient break in 1st period’ (or something like that)
I inform my TM that I stopped at 4.25 and went back to the truck and did a printout, the drive time recorded on the VU totaled 4.32
When I questioned the fact something wasn’t right with it I was told “oh yeah, they do that sometimes, we’ve had them read upto 8 mins out before, but the new software should have sorted it and according to Stoneridge the display is only to be used as a guide as its not accurate”
I was then handed my ‘non conformance’ and had my bonus stopped for the quarter
From then on I’ve been stopping at 4.20ish for my my break and had no problem, until last Thursday when I when I pulled up at 4.20 for my break, had around 55 mins and then carried on for the afternoon.
I get back to the yard, put my card in the machine and what pops up on the screen■■? Thats right, INSUFFICIENT BREAK IN 1ST PERIOD again!!
Again, I question it, go and do another printout and drive time recorded yet again is 4.32.
So now the display has under read by 12 mins, I asked them to get it checked out and all I get back is “It’ll be down to ‘rounding up’, i’ve spoken to Scania and its got the latest software on it and I’ve spoken to Stoneridge technical and they’ve said again that the display is only to be used as a ‘guide’ so there’s nothing more I can do”
I likened it to going to a cashpoint and on the machine the display says you’re going to withdraw £20 but it only gives you £15…He said its nothing like??
I’m just struggling to get my head round the fact that this is supposed to be a legally calibrated machine, yet the display that tells you how much driving you’ve done is telling a different story to the unit that stores the information…which apparently is ‘normal’■■?
So yet again, for the sake of 2 mins driving beyond my control i’ve lost my bonus…something doesn’t seem right, I just want to know if theres anything else that can be done■■?
Thanks,
Roj