A warning tale…
Firstly, I like the Stralis, it is comfortable, driveable and has plenty of go, it also has one of those computers that tells you which bulbs are blown, wether the ashtray is full and the time in Mongolia all at the push of a button
So when it came up with a warning (Yellow) fault that gave no details , I assumed it must be something beyond the powers of a mere driver to fix.
A chat with our fleet engineer resulted in our agreeing that Body Computer fault (6) was obviously somehing for the technical bods at Iveco to deal with…
But as it was only a “Yellow” advisory warning I should go to Gateshead change trailers and then call into North East Truck & Van on the way back, If it is anything serious then NETV will always run the driver back to the yard and return the truck during the night after it is fixed.
So about 4.30pm I rolls up at NETV, books the truck in, and waits, after 45 mins the Fitter climbs in the cab carrying a laptop and plugs it in , and proceeeds to give the computer ECU a thorough work out… after about 30 minutes he tells m I have a problem with the “computer body”… fault code “6”, but he is unsure what that code means and it is not in the “Help” section of the computer
So he has to set up a full fault diagnosis , running every process on the truck that the computer has control of…
after much waiting, and tapping of keyboards he finally identifies the faulty process and components that created the problem,
After collecting the highly specialised tool required ( A Phillips Screwdriver) and the expensive replacement part ( A 2 pin bulb) and takes the blown bulb out of the cab interior light
Over 2 hours wasted simply because the computer , which tells you of every other light bulb that may be blown", does not have the capability to tell you that that warning is simply a blown bulb IN THE CAB.
The fitter was also disturbed as he can see his sleep being interupted by a panicking driver at 3am when the bulb blows