A commercial vehicle is any type of motor vehicle that is used for transporting paying passengers or goods. In the USA, a vehicle is termed “commercial” when it is registered to a company. This is a broad definition and may be fleet vehicles, heavy, medium, and light trucks. Vehicles that carry more than 15 passengers are commercial vehicles.
All modern commercial vehicles have an onboard computer that informs owners of commercial transport about the health of their vehicles. Cutting-edge commercial vehicle diagnostic tools then interpret the information and make recommendations on how to rectify the malfunction and get the vehicle back on the road as soon as possible.
Before going into further details, let us see in a nutshell how commercial vehicle diagnostic equipment works.
Whenever a malfunction occurs in the vehicle, a fault code flashes on the display interface located just below the dashboard on the driver’s side along with a warning signal. These fault codes range from simple to complex ones and cover every system and component of the vehicle such as the engine, brakes, transmission, lights, instrument cluster, and more.
Once a fault code is established, you must now connect a commercial vehicle diagnostic software to the vehicle’s onboard computer to interpret the fault code. Finally, the software provides recommendations for solutions that will clear the fault codes and bring your vehicle back on the road again. It also ensures that any minor issue does not become a major problem by taking quick corrective measures.
If you want optimized diagnostic software that works on several makes and models of major brands of commercial vehicles, the Jaltest commercial vehicle diagnostic equipment is your best bet. Our software offers advanced solutions to any issues that are no less effective than dealer-level servicing. Thus, one fault code scanner works on multiple platforms, such as a bus diagnostic tool, van diagnostic tool, trailer diagnostic tool, and commercial truck diagnostics.
Our Jaltest maintenance tool is especially useful for over 100 brands of trucks and semi-trucks that make up the major portion of the commercial vehicle segment. Among the leading truck and component manufacturer brands covered by our software are Kenworth, Paccar, Mack, Freightliner, International, Allison, Peterbilt, Cummins, Detroit, Bendix Western Star, Volvo, and more.
When you use our Jaltest software, there is no need to have several commercial vehicle diagnostic tools, we cover almost all types of commercial vehicles. This one maintenance tool provides comprehensive coverage of all systems and components of commercial vehicles to clear fault codes at the earliest.
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The Functions of The Jaltest Commercial Truck Diagnostics Software
Preventive and Rectification Actions
The Jaltest truck maintenance software is one of the most powerful commercial vehicle diagnostic tools for heavy-duty semi-trucks and medium to light commercial trucks. It offers several options for clearing fault codes both as a preventive maintenance solution and as a remedial measure for any malfunction.
Let us examine each type of fault code rectification separately.
In the first instance, all systems and components are scanned periodically by the Jaltest tool to prevent the possibility of a temporary fault code becoming a major one. Since this process is repeated at fixed intervals, no fault code goes unnoticed for long.
If a fault code does not go away within a few driving cycles, it is deemed to be a permanent fault code, and required actions to clear it must be taken up urgently. Full system scans ensure that even the slightest malfunction is set right immediately.
The second rectification of the fault codes process is scanning by symptoms. This is taken up by the Jaltest diagnostic scanner after a fault code is notified on the onboard computer display in the truck as a specific malfunction and the software laptop is linked to the computer.
The software in this case will inform what the fault code is about and the possible actions to take to clear it. Your truck will thereby be on the road again with a minimum of downtime.
Actions To Rectify Truck Fault Codes
The Jaltest commercial vehicle diagnostic tools are ideally suited as truck and bus diagnostic tools with a wide range of cutting-edge solutions. The scanner provides maintenance data, vehicle data, injector coding, VGT (Variable Geometry Turbocharger), and more. To ensure that all fault codes are rectified, the whole process is tracked through live monitoring of data.
Moreover, if any part needs to be replaced, our software offers component replacement guides that will walk you through how to do it, the ideal replacement for your vehicle, and even if it can be reused. The Jaltest maintenance tool is a leader in this niche, largely because of its user-friendly dashboard and the optimized maintenance solutions provided by it.
All issues are carefully analyzed by the software and effective resolutions are provided that ensure that no minor issue becomes a full-blown problem.
There are several maintenance and rectification actions that you can perform with our commercial vehicle diagnostic equipment. You can actuate body components, calibrate VGT and code injectors, calibrate transmissions, get wiring diagrams, technical information, component replacement instructions, repair times, and more.
Additionally, you can carry out complex forced regens, system checks, parameter settings, calibrations, and others. Our commercial vehicle diagnostic tools are comprehensive and offer all the system and technical information required to keep your fleet on the road.
When it comes to resolving issues with heavy-duty semi-trucks in combination with our trailer diagnostic tool, our software is a leader in this field. This is because any fault code clearance procedure, minor or complex, is made easy through detailed wiring diagrams of different systems.
Parameters for all types of critical activities like speed limits and idle speeds, code injectors, and bleed braking systems for all types and make of semi-trucks can be effortlessly fixed within the software. Also available are system scans such as after-treatment and other resolutions for antitheft, brakes, electronic control modules, engines, hybrid systems, safety, and transmissions.
Read more for know about the critical parameters and systems of commercial vehicles.
The Jaltest Trailer ABS Diagnostic Tool
Trailers are an important part of the commercial vehicle scenario in the USA and equally vital is the trailer anti-lock braking system (ABS). The ABS is an electronic system responsible for maintaining trailer steering and stability while braking. When braking too hard, especially on slippery roads, the ABS prevents the wheel from locking up.
Among the benefits of the ABS system are better driver steering control during emergency braking, shortening the vehicle’s braking distance, and improving the active safety of the vehicle.
Most trailer ABS systems have an onboard computer with self-testing and quick diagnosing capabilities. The ABS runs a self-check when the auxiliary circuit is first powered with the status light coming on after 3 to 5 seconds. In case the light does not turn on, blinks, or stays on, an ABS fault is indicated.
When this happens, use our Jaltest trailer ABS diagnostic tool to read the fault code, diagnose and interpret the malfunction, and initiate corrective action. For other faults of trailers, our trailer diagnostic tool is just as effective for reading fault codes apart from the ABS system.
Troubleshooting Engine Codes With Commercial Vehicles Diagnostic Tools
Never ignore an engine fault code warning, regardless of the type of your commercial vehicle. If one crops up, do not run the vehicle but move it to a position where our commercial vehicle diagnostic software can check the issue and have it rectified.
Among the most important maintenance activities for diesel-powered commercial vehicles is forced regens. It is a process that burns away soot buildup in the diesel particulate filter and prevents the vehicle from going into limp mode. Force regen must be carried out when passive regens cannot stop soot buildup in the DPF.
Soot buildup is very common in commercial vehicles that make repeated stops like buses as against heavy-duty trucks that go for the long haul. Typically, truck and bus diagnostic tools carry out force regens by running the engine at a specific RPM and raising the temperature of the exhaust gasses, thereby burning off the soot buildup.
Summing Up
Jaltest commercial vehicle diagnostic tools provide technologically advanced software that offers comprehensive solutions to fault codes generated in most commercial vehicles. All systems and components are covered by our software supported by detailed wiring diagrams of key parts so that diagnosing faults or replacing components is never a problem.
Moreover, our commercial vehicle diagnostic software is updated thrice every year so that it keeps up with the latest technological innovations implemented by major brands of commercial vehicles. Use our software to keep your fleet always in peak performance mode.
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