When working with the air suspension system on a Range Rover there are a few things to note. First off an air suspension problem will usually be evident, but sometimes you can catch it before its a real problem. If you notice your suspension control lights flashing as you start your vehicle, then remain on after your car is started, you may soon have some range rover air suspension problems
But just because the lights dont flash and stay on, doesn’t mean that your air suspension system in your Land Rover is alright. If your lights are flashing you should take your Range Rover to your mechanic and have the trouble codes read. The code will give you an idea of what the problem might be. If it is a serious air system problem that could be unsafe, the vehicle will lower itself to its bump stops by deflating the airbags, the range rover will remain this way until the problem is fixed, and the code is cleared. For instance the range rover air suspension compressor might fail. This could potentially be costly.
If you feel that you are having an air suspension problem, but your air suspension control lights are not on, you still might have a problem. As sometimes the fuse that controls the suspension control lights will burn out.
So now that you know you have a suspension problem, time to fix it. But before you fix the suspension system there are a few things you should know. If you are working under the vehicle, you should hit the switch under the driver seat, that will turn off the air suspension system, so it will not try to adjust the system while your jacking it up. The battery is only necessary to disconnect if you are messing with the sensors or another electrical component. This might happen to your range rover air suspension. Inactive parts tend to do this.
Commonly the electrical connections between leveling senors will go bad, and will throw a trouble code. The connections will need to be cleaned and sealed to be fixed. Sometimes the leveling sensors will cause some trouble, if this happens you will need to take it to the land rover dealer so they can level it with a diagnostic software, and clear the code.
There is one alternative to all these air suspension problems. It is an easy, cheap, and fool proof system. It is a conversion kit that will convert your air suspension system to a coil spring system. This will eliminate all air bag, compressor, sensor, and other air suspension problems. The coil system is much less error prone than the air system. Here’s a link for you to get a Range Rover Air Suspension Parts. They run as low as $340.
Our client, James, used strutmasters with great success for his 2003 range rover air suspension.
