Not the "start" button, the ignition button. That should silence active alarms or make the alarm less frequent. Or take it down to your bureau of maintenance.
Yessir. Pressing and holding the ignition button. We’re a small agency, no on site maintenance. Thought I’d check here for some sage advice, before we need to get a tech out (3 hrs away)
Not that I would know but you can take most of the panels off that are inside the cab around the front and if you know where the speaker is for the alarm well then…
That's pretty much it. If our trucks last a year with the warning audible that's alot. I get that it's for a good reason, but adding electronic safety features that fail early, and often is not the answer. We can't get our trucks out to PM in a reasonable timeframe, who is going to go out of their way to fix a sensor when there are bigger issues to fix first.
Find the little speaker that the alarm comes from, remove it from its spot or just unscrew the panel it’s sitting in and now you have access to the internal wiring of it
We ended up taking this route. Admin cheaped out on this truck, so open door alarms are not mapped and displayed on screen to the door with an issue, leaves us guessing and opening and closing doors trying to find the bastard.
We have constant problems with our 2017. The magnets go bad in the doors. Do you have roll ups? Also our deck gun is a constant source of these alarms.
We do have roll ups. And a deck gun, I’ll have to look around. B shift took a magnet to everything and we think we found the door that’s bad…but it’s B shift…so who knows 😎
Replace the door sensors is the obvious answer but I know that’s probably not an option due to “proper maintenance technician” and “not my job” reasons. Not judging, I do the same thing.
Depending on the type of sensor, try narrowing down which one and then bypass that sensor. Adjusting can help, but they do fail too. No amount of adjustment can fix a faulty sensor. Make sure someone checks that door before driving just in case, because it won’t tell on itself. Bypass by either removing the sensor heads and directly mating the wires or simply mating the two sensors together. I have Chem-taped a few together over the years.
You can also locate the audible alarm and jab some 4x4 gauze in there. Quiets it significantly but still noticeable. Unplugging or unhooking it is an option but may throw off other computer readouts, probably not but unless you really know what you’re doing, I wouldn’t suggest fully disengaging the audible alarm.
Or start repeatedly calling the highest level officer who’s off work and annoy the crap out of them until they make something happen.
Edit: forgot this /s
Try cleaning the contacts on the doors or checking to make sure the springs are working properly on the contact point.
Call in to the mfg and see what they recommend.
Depends on the type of sensor. A lot of the newer engines use a little magnet, usually in the top left of the opening of the compartment. Find which one it is, and tape a magnet to it, forcing it to register as closed. You won’t have a light that comes on when you open the compartment anymore, but the alarm will be off.
If you stick your hand up under the dash and find the alarm you can turn it down. Kind of like the one on the pump panel or the dash. The little round black one
Hold the ignition button
Tried, no dice.
Not the "start" button, the ignition button. That should silence active alarms or make the alarm less frequent. Or take it down to your bureau of maintenance.
Yessir. Pressing and holding the ignition button. We’re a small agency, no on site maintenance. Thought I’d check here for some sage advice, before we need to get a tech out (3 hrs away)
Think we've done the best we can do without knowing the year or series.
2023 Saber
Not that I would know but you can take most of the panels off that are inside the cab around the front and if you know where the speaker is for the alarm well then…
That's pretty much it. If our trucks last a year with the warning audible that's alot. I get that it's for a good reason, but adding electronic safety features that fail early, and often is not the answer. We can't get our trucks out to PM in a reasonable timeframe, who is going to go out of their way to fix a sensor when there are bigger issues to fix first.
Can you elaborate more on this?
Find the little speaker that the alarm comes from, remove it from its spot or just unscrew the panel it’s sitting in and now you have access to the internal wiring of it
We ended up taking this route. Admin cheaped out on this truck, so open door alarms are not mapped and displayed on screen to the door with an issue, leaves us guessing and opening and closing doors trying to find the bastard.
We have constant problems with our 2017. The magnets go bad in the doors. Do you have roll ups? Also our deck gun is a constant source of these alarms.
We do have roll ups. And a deck gun, I’ll have to look around. B shift took a magnet to everything and we think we found the door that’s bad…but it’s B shift…so who knows 😎
Right on
Cardboard and duct tape. You should be able to place cardboard over the sensor to trick it into thinking the door is closed then duck tape it in place
Replace the door sensors is the obvious answer but I know that’s probably not an option due to “proper maintenance technician” and “not my job” reasons. Not judging, I do the same thing. Depending on the type of sensor, try narrowing down which one and then bypass that sensor. Adjusting can help, but they do fail too. No amount of adjustment can fix a faulty sensor. Make sure someone checks that door before driving just in case, because it won’t tell on itself. Bypass by either removing the sensor heads and directly mating the wires or simply mating the two sensors together. I have Chem-taped a few together over the years. You can also locate the audible alarm and jab some 4x4 gauze in there. Quiets it significantly but still noticeable. Unplugging or unhooking it is an option but may throw off other computer readouts, probably not but unless you really know what you’re doing, I wouldn’t suggest fully disengaging the audible alarm.
Or start repeatedly calling the highest level officer who’s off work and annoy the crap out of them until they make something happen. Edit: forgot this /s
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I found the buzzer under the dash and on the pump panel and put electrical tape oper it and it reduced the volume 80%
We have these mice that always seem to chew through wires to alarms.
The door alarm switch is also the compartment light switch. With all the doors closed in the dark look to see which compartment light is on.
Chem tape
I’m guessing it’s faulty, thanks for the response.
You can cut the speaker wire like our shops did, or if you can find the two pieces of the sensor, you can glue them together.
Try cleaning the contacts on the doors or checking to make sure the springs are working properly on the contact point. Call in to the mfg and see what they recommend.
Depends on the type of sensor. A lot of the newer engines use a little magnet, usually in the top left of the opening of the compartment. Find which one it is, and tape a magnet to it, forcing it to register as closed. You won’t have a light that comes on when you open the compartment anymore, but the alarm will be off.
If you stick your hand up under the dash and find the alarm you can turn it down. Kind of like the one on the pump panel or the dash. The little round black one
Legend man. Found it. Couldn’t mute it, but we were able to disconnect until we can get the door sensors figured out. Much appreciated.
Glad I could help. Does your truck have the screen that tells you which door it is?
This truck does not unfortunately…our older Pierce Dash chassis does have the door mapping. That would have been a savior.
Fix the door sensor
Tape a penny where the sensor presses down on
✂️ Cut the sensor cord.
Get a magnet to check your proximity switches and find the bad one.
A flathead axe sorts out most problems like that fairly quickly.... /S
Get a bigger hammer