2014 FREIGHTLINER CASCADIA Electrical System Problems

Freightliner cascadia shuts off while traveling on the highway at highway speeds this is due to a faulty main pndb

IGNITION SWITCH TURN SIGNAL HEATER BLOWER BRAKE LIGHTS TURNED SIGNALS ALL STOP WORKING AT THE SAME TIME. I'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S THE SAM CAB MODULAR ELECTRICAL WENT BAD. SHOULD I SAY A VERY BAD DESIGN😒 I'M HOPING IT'S A RECALL ON THIS PART. I MUST ADD EVERYTHING STOPPED WORKING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION

IMMEDIATE STALLS WITH NO RESTART. DOWNSHIFTING AS APPROACHING A STOPLIGHT, DASH LIGHTS AND GAUGES STARTED FLICKERING.TRUCK LOST ALL ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION POWER, INCLUDING POWER STEERING WHILE TRUCK IS IN MOTION. TRUCK THEN SHOWS ICU FAULT. AFTER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR FAULT WILL NO LONGER SHOW AND TRUCK WILL START WITHOUT PROBLEM. PROBLEM HAS ALSO OCCURRED APPROACHING STOP SIGNS. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK INSPECTED TODAY AND TOLD IT MAY HAVE BEEN PNDB. *DT*JB

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I HAVE EXPERIENCE AN IMMEDIATE STALL WITH NO RESTART IN THE 45 YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL DRIVING. I WAS JUST BEGINNING TO GO DOWN HILL AT MM138 ON INTERSTATE 5, WHEN ALL THE SUDDEN THE DASH LIGHTS AND GAUGES STARTED TO QUIVER AS IF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS LOOSING CURRENT. MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE TRUCK LOST ALL ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION FUNCTIONS TO INCLUDE JAKE AND POWER BRAKING, LOSS OF POWER STEERING. I WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL ALL THE WAY DOWN TILL THE ROAD LEVELED OUT. AFTER WAITING SEVERAL MINUTES, I WAS ABLE TO RESTART AND CONTINUE DRIVNING. ON SATURDAY I HAD THE TRUCK INPSECTED AND ADVISED THE DEALER I HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NHTSA WHO ADVISED THE DEALER TO INPSECT ALL FUSES AND THE PNDB FOR ANY LOOSE CONNECTIONS.

WE WERE ASLEEP IN THE TRUCK WITH THE CURTAINS CLOSED. THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING SMOOTHLY AND THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS BLOWING COLD AIR. WE WERE AWAKENED BY SOMEONE POUNDING ON OUR DOOR. WHEN I OPENED THE CURTAIN, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD WAS A SHEET OF FLAMES COMING OUT FROM UNDER THE HOOD. FLAMES WERE ALSO COMING OUT OF THE LEFT SIDE HOOD LATCH ACCESS HOLE AND COVERING THE LEFT SIDE WING WINDOW. WE EXITED THE TRUCK BY THE RIGHT SIDE DOOR AND TOOK A PICTURE OF THE FIRE WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF GETTING OUT. THIS PICTURE IS AVAILABLE. ANOTHER PICTURE WAS TAKEN BETWEEN 4 AND 6 MINUTES AFTER THE FIRST PICTURE. THIS PICTURE IS ALSO AVAILABLE. MY WIFE WAS DEEPLY ASLEEP, BUT I WAS SLEEPING LIGHTLY HAVING GONE TO BED SHORTLY BEFORE THE FIRE. MY WIFE AND I WERE BOTH AWAKENED BY LOUD VOICES OUTSIDE THE TRUCK. OUR...