| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
 Posted - 09/23/2021 : 09:49:21 AM
|
If you, like so many of us, are faced with buses or trucks that are sitting because they need QLS sensors....now hear this....
Navistar has released a bulletin (IK0700115) advising that the EPA and CARB has agreed to allow a temporary programming update that will allow buses and trucks to run with QLS faults until parts are available.
I see no reason why Blue Bird and Thomas won't be able to follow (if they haven't already). If you need a bus up and running again, contact your dealer for info.
Hope this helps someone! |
|
|
671Fan
Active Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2021 : 10:11:39 AM
|
| Cool we have one that failed on the first day of school over a month ago. 7 days out of warranty. I was not pleased. Thank you |
 |
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2021 : 10:47:00 AM
|
| Cummins released TSB210087 for this issue also |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2021 : 11:21:15 AM
|
| Good deal! I assumed it ultimately came down to Cummins to make this happen, not the OEMs. Hopefully the eventual recall makes this all right again...the components certainly don't last as long as they should have. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2021 : 02:24:18 AM
|
| they have no parts on the shelf, on ebay they are selling for $5000 and up lol , this calibration will remove the codes and derates, or its a def delete until parts come . not sure how they will cope with this global shortage |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2021 : 03:04:02 AM
|
I feel for the owner-operators out there who's trucks are sitting, unusable over this nonsense.
I wonder if the manufacturers convinced the EPA of this, or if....oh....say....some career politician got stranded along the road in her/her tour bus on the campaign trail by a DEF head failure? Hey, I can dream. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2021 : 03:10:29 AM
|
| their campaign bus lol |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
g0ttadrift
Advanced Member
USA
258 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2021 : 04:04:04 AM
|
| I like the way you think Thomasbus! Thanks for this info guys. We have been running ours anyways, until it goes into derate. Some buses have derated and others have been running with the CEL on for months. |
|
|
|
671Fan
Active Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 09/24/2021 : 12:11:45 PM
|
| Well I just called out local IH dealer and our 2016 Cummaparts engine is not on the list. Bus 26 is still unusable. Lovely. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2021 : 05:55:39 AM
|
Just had a 2017 IH with an ISB6.7 come in yesterday , followed all trouble shooting steps for the 3 codes
3868,4572 and 4677 powers, grounds and data link all in spec, needs the header harness(sending unit in DEF tank) no stock anywhere part# is 4163693C91 and this engine does not fall into the TSB or IKnow documents
just the beginning I would say |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2021 : 06:43:09 AM
|
| I'm trying to sort through a mountain of info on this, but it does look like Cummins will only offer the calibration on 17+ emissions units, which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever...what about all the older ones that don't run?!? I'll update as I find out more. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/28/2021 : 07:16:21 AM
|
| they will have to expand it to include these years , the have no choice |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2021 : 08:25:48 AM
|
| Just had two more 2016 IH busses fail, called Cummins eastern Canaada and was told since these are not in the TSB it would be up to our Ih dealer to deal with , so no idea , someone important has to be affected before they change it for the masses |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 09/29/2021 : 10:50:07 AM
|
hers a list of year/make and def header part#, numbers might change up at dealer
2014 C2 A04-28046-000
2015 IH 4163693C91
2016 IH 4163693C91
2019 BB 10019935
2020 BB 10049766
2021 IH 4097724C91
2022 IH 4097724C91
Freightliner shows stock for the 2014 , IH has no stock on any of their part numbers, Blue Bird did not contact for stock , but I imagine it is none
hope this helps |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
671Fan
Active Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 09/30/2021 : 10:00:05 AM
|
| I was talking with our Bird dealer a few weeks ago and he was saying 2-3 months out. IH had a part number change for our application two weeks ago and they still have no idea when it will be available. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2021 : 09:35:17 AM
|
Lol working on this 2016 Ih , trouble shooting says to check water valve for heating the def tank, tank temp hit 96f and codes came active(2015 IH only hit 68f and a 2019 BB hit 68f) so I figured maybe the valve is not closing(was thinking faulty header was opening it ) part# 4178946C1 no stock anywhere , I let it cool down and got coolant hoses pinched off to see if it will throw those codes again
will update
def tank got to 76f , codes came active and coolant was at 179f ran for around 30 mins, wondering if this was the first time the header talked over the J1939 from engine start
So is the header bad and telling the coolant valve to flow( was open when pinchers were removed) or the valve itself is leaking
all my readings were taken with a infrared temp. gun
grateful this is Friday
|
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
Edited by - Bluenozer on 10/01/2021 10:04:38 AM |
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2021 : 10:51:04 AM
|
| My last three in-warranty failures it has been determined that the valve was faulty and it was replaced along with the head. Makes me wonder if the valve is the root cause and not the other way around? Cooking the sensor? |
|
|
|
671Fan
Active Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2021 : 1:39:58 PM
|
| IH had a failure mode like that where the coolant lines were reversed putting the hot line closer to the electronics. My current failure is 4 at once, level sense failure, temp sense failure, reagent quality sense failure and monitoring system failure. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 10/03/2021 : 11:09:47 AM
|
| Ok,found out another guy figured out that the coolant valve fails first def evaporate enter the header harness and cools and crystallizes and takes them out , he states the updated coolant valves are red at the connector , but he was replacing both as a pair before now |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 10/04/2021 : 05:08:35 AM
|
| Makes sense. All of my failures happened at the end of long routes on afternoons where the temps were in the 90s. |
|
|
|
671Fan
Active Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2021 : 3:43:27 PM
|
| Well, our "new" def header arrived today after over a month of waiting. It is clearly a used part. Filthy on top, dirty harness and there are still some urea crystals on one of the plastic tubes. Filter and plastic ties look new. To put it mildly, I am less than impressed. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2021 : 02:25:59 AM
|
I'm working on installing a ball valve in the coolant line between the valve and def tank to let the tank get to between 60 and 70F , so if you got ones getting hot but no codes yet we can trick it, can't block it off , the header waits about 40 minutes until the first communication happens it it will need to see a temp. increases in this time
will update if it works |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
671Fan
Active Member
47 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2021 : 10:03:11 AM
|
| Well so far so good. Installed the header, tested the coolant valve and gave it a good test drive. No problems yet. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2021 : 09:33:19 AM
|
I got a coolant valve in today(red connector) installed ran unit, no issues, test drove after 40 minutes on fast idle def temp. was 67F , soon as I hit the road the 3 codes came active. so the header is needed and the old valve had to be leaking as the def was getting over 90F , so one piece of the puzzle arrived
at least the header works 671fan
I should add the def line pressure did not build until I went to leave , went up the 132psi and stayed then the next thing the 3 codes came back |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
Edited by - Bluenozer on 10/12/2021 09:37:34 AM |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 10/19/2021 : 10:42:55 AM
|
| My associate has a wrecker company and Kenworth from the US called him to say they will not be able to build his two new units that he ordered due to this chip shortage, I guess Perterbilt is now doing the same thing with trucks on order in North America |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Trailboss
Senior Member
United States
196 Posts |
Posted - 10/20/2021 : 04:06:07 AM
|
| Has any one gotten the software update yet? I have a bus at our dealers and they say they have to wait for the vin number to come up and they come out on Tuesdys and Thurdays. |
|
|
|
Trailboss
Senior Member
United States
196 Posts |
Posted - 11/16/2021 : 04:33:26 AM
|
| Has anyone been getting DEF sensors or had the software programing done? Stll waiting its been 2 months now. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 11/16/2021 : 05:34:55 AM
|
I received a new header harness for the unit i was working on , it works no issues
the calibration is simple they block codes and deactivate the DEF system so its a 1/4 delete |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 11/18/2021 : 03:56:26 AM
|
| I have one bus running since the week the update came out, the gauge doesn't work, but that's the only thing we've noticed that is different about the operation of the bus. |
|
|
|
Trailboss
Senior Member
United States
196 Posts |
Posted - 11/22/2021 : 12:26:04 PM
|
| Got our bus back Friday from the dealer with the softwear programing. Ran fine coming back to our school and fine today on the bus routes. Everthing seems to be running fine no lose of power and def gauge is working. |
|
|
|
Thomasbus24
Administrator
USA
4526 Posts |
Posted - 11/30/2022 : 04:30:36 AM
|
One year later, an update. Navistar has finally gotten enough of the parts to begin fixing these units as they fail. December 31, 2022 has been declared the expected end date for any more recalibrations to override failed QLS sensors.
Buses currently operating under the recalibration will be recalled at a later date, as parts availability improves. No projected date for that has been published.
HOPEFULLY this means the other two manufacturers are starting to get these parts available too!
Watch the mail, as many units are now being given an extended warranty on these components because of the ridiculously high failure rate. I don't have the documents in front of me, but I believe it's 10 years/180,000 miles with provisions to recover costs of buses that we've had to fix out of warranty. |
|
|
|
Bluenozer
Top Member
Canada
615 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2022 : 08:04:32 AM
|
| on the Blue Birds the header harness is a BB part not a cummins part number , we are having big issues right now with our Blue Birds, and no parts lol, thanks for the update, still think the coolant valve is the cause , over heats it and it cracks , caught quite a few with bad valves and no issues with the DEF , and the ones with def issues also had a bad coolant valve |
OEM trained in wiring and all engine platforms for over 20 years
|
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
DEF sensor failures temporary relief UPDATED
