JLG boom lifts (450AJ, 600AJ, 800AJ, 460SJ, 660SJ, 860SJ, 1250AJP, M450AJ, M600JP)
JLG error code 8440 — TOWER CYLINDER ANGLE SENSOR - NOT DETECTING CHANGE
Message on the display: TOWER CYLINDER ANGLE SENSOR - NOT DETECTING CHANGE · flash code 8/4
Code 8440 occurs in machines: JLG 1250AJP, 1100S, 1100SJP.
blocking fault
The Tower Cylinder Angle Sensor is not changing during a tower lift command.
Description from the JLG service manual, in the original wording.
Possible causes
The manual does not list the causes for this code: the service technician establishes them during diagnosis of the machine.
Checks from the manual
- - Envelope Control equipped vehicles only. -1250
What service does
A qualified service technician reads the code with the manufacturer's diagnostic tools, finds the cause, clears the code and carries out a function test.
Source: JLG Service and Maintenance Manuals: 600AJ (3121201), 800AJ (3120858), 460SJ, 860SJ, 1250AJP (3122581800), M450AJ (3121829), M600JP (3121711), Diagnostic Trouble Codes tables.
The descriptions are quoted from the manufacturer's service documentation and are for guidance only. Clearing codes, calibrations and repairs are carried out by a qualified service technician according to the manual for the specific serial number. A machine with an active blocking code must not be used until the cause has been removed.
Does code 8440 not go away?
RK Rental services JLG lifts at our workshop or on site at the customer's premises (construction site, factory, warehouse). We read the code, remove the cause and select the parts by serial number.