Air Suspension Catastrophe + Explosion!
Posted: Fri May 17, 2019 5:02 pm
Hi all -
Been reading some of the more recent posts which relate to a similar problem to my one, - eg - Front suspension stuck raised as high as possible, and "suspension too low" warning - But unfortunately, my story goes into a new chapter - As I was about to take the car down my local garage, the most incredible bang, and one of the shocks as burst due to I guess repeated filling and no exhausting!
Prior to this I had been getting error codes of "front level sensor - open circuit / short to ground" and then "front level sensor circuit failure".
I had also previous detected and fixed a broken wire on the connector to the height level sensor, and when this recent problem presented itself, I thought the fix had failed and replaced the connector in its entirity thinking it would solve easily - It did not - There was another reason other than the height level sensor wiring - (Maybe the sensor itself, but I never got chance to read the codes before the explosion) -
Sooo - First, I need to source an new/used air shock - O/S/F - Do Jag share these air shocks with other manufacturers (eg - Are there any other makes of cars which use these type of shocks which could be cheaper than a Jaguar labelled part) - Can burst air shocks be repaired?
What would keep the compressor continually filling the air shocks until they burst?
Many thanks
Gaz
Been reading some of the more recent posts which relate to a similar problem to my one, - eg - Front suspension stuck raised as high as possible, and "suspension too low" warning - But unfortunately, my story goes into a new chapter - As I was about to take the car down my local garage, the most incredible bang, and one of the shocks as burst due to I guess repeated filling and no exhausting!
Prior to this I had been getting error codes of "front level sensor - open circuit / short to ground" and then "front level sensor circuit failure".
I had also previous detected and fixed a broken wire on the connector to the height level sensor, and when this recent problem presented itself, I thought the fix had failed and replaced the connector in its entirity thinking it would solve easily - It did not - There was another reason other than the height level sensor wiring - (Maybe the sensor itself, but I never got chance to read the codes before the explosion) -
Sooo - First, I need to source an new/used air shock - O/S/F - Do Jag share these air shocks with other manufacturers (eg - Are there any other makes of cars which use these type of shocks which could be cheaper than a Jaguar labelled part) - Can burst air shocks be repaired?
What would keep the compressor continually filling the air shocks until they burst?
Many thanks
Gaz