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Rayspeed · 05-23-2017, 07:09 PM

Was traveling home tonight and ran in to slow traffic 15 to 25 mile an hour for so approximally 4 miles On the interstate and my alarm buzzer went off steady for the duration of the trip home 25 minutes. It appeared that all of my gauges were in normal operating ranges an no indication on my dash of any lights of any kind were on. Help

damdannyboy · 05-23-2017, 07:36 PM

jack alarm? Dash?

damdannyboy

Skip426 · 05-23-2017, 07:41 PM

Spartan or Freightliner chassis ?

Freightliner has a history of alarms for no good reason.

Rayspeed · 05-23-2017, 07:47 PM

Had been on the highway approximately one hour running 65mph before I ran in to a caution area is when the alarm buzzer started. So no I do not believe it was the Jack alarm as it went off before we pulled out and there was no lights of any kind indicating anything on my dash.

Rayspeed · 05-23-2017, 07:48 PM

It is a Spartan chassis.

Skip426 · 05-23-2017, 07:56 PM

I'll throw this in , just because I'm currently repairing this on my Freightliner chassis, my park brake warning buzzer started sounding after a fuel up , and after repeated setting and releasing the brake , went off for about 25 miles , after some investigation , I found out that the buzzer and the park brake on light have different sensors . I don't know if a Spartan chassis would have something similar .
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onebuilder · 05-23-2017, 08:01 PM

I had this happen on my 2000 DS F53 chassis about 2 hours into my 3 hour trip. Gauges were fine, turned on the Jack control ( while driving) and manually retracted all jacks. Alarm went off. Turns out the rear jack springs are the originals. I'm going to replace them with the new style spring.

Rayspeed · 05-23-2017, 08:15 PM

Thanks I will take a look at them tomorrow. I am pretty sure one of my dash lights on the top part on my dash lights, light up when the jacks are not retracted all the way up.

dallasmobile · 05-23-2017, 08:55 PM

Could it be your refrigerator door was open?

Rayspeed · 05-23-2017, 09:02 PM

Thanks, will check tomorrow.

RJOL · 05-23-2017, 10:03 PM

I had the "Jacks Down" warning come on once while driving down the freeway. I turned on the jacks and hit the "Store" switch and that put the warning light and horn out. I took a close look at the HWH jack manual when I got home. One of the things it warns against is turning off the jack panel before it has complete its cycle. It appears that the jacks can indicate up even though they have not fully retracted or let all the hydraulics out of the jack. The panel will turn itself off about 2 minutes after all red lights are out.

onebuilder · 05-23-2017, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by RJOL

I had the "Jacks Down" warning come on once while driving down the freeway. I turned on the jacks and hit the "Store" switch and that put the warning light and horn out. I took a close look at the HWH jack manual when I got home. One of the things it warns against is turning off the jack panel before it has complete its cycle. It appears that the jacks can indicate up even though they have not fully retracted or let all the hydraulics out of the jack. The panel will turn itself off about 2 minutes after all red lights are out.

That's good to know the control panel will shut itself off. I must have shut it off before it was fully retracted. I called HWH and they told me about the weak springs. The new style springs are tapered on the ends. The previous owner upgraded the fronts but not the rears.