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longd

Member Since: 24 Oct 2020
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 95

2012 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Orkney Grey

Dreaded Suspension Fault

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2012 Range Rover 4.4tdv8 110k miles

I was driving along and got bing... orange suspension failure warning, drove home and the next day I started the car and it had no warnings

After 5 mins of driving the warning light came back on I checked the 4x4 screen and it shows the front drivers side flashing red, the car raises and lowers to all positions no problem. its all level but will drop to the bump stops if I leave it a couple of days.

it is now showing two faults on the screen-
1) SUSPENSION FAULT
2) ADAPTIVE DYNAMICS FAULT

No matter what position the vehicle is raised to the 4x4 info screen flashes red for front right drivers with the level sowing it lower than all 3 (please see attached pics)

I assume that its the airbag that needs replacing but I have taken the wheel shroud off and put it in off road heath and spraying with soapy water can't seem to hear or see any obvious leaks , I don't have a fault code reader, I have it booked in to be scanned on Wednesday to check the faults but ideally id like to get the parts ordered asap as I'm using my wife's Yaris with no aircon !!

any help or suggestions would be fantastic

regards
k

9th Jun 2021 5:18pm

stan
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have a look at the wires on top of the suspension struts...loads on the forum re this. ... - .- -.

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9th Jun 2021 6:19pm

longd

Member Since: 24 Oct 2020
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 95

Popped off the couple of torx and checked the connectors all good !

The lower suspension bushings have some play in them and will need to be replaced could this throw up the faults ??

Which fuse will disable the auto levelling ?? I'd like to disable the auto levelling and see if any of the airbags drop? I'm assuming the front right will drop?? if so then its obviously the airbag...

I am curious would a faulty sensor enable the car to drop the bump stops ??

I can see the below fuses cover the air suspension but can't figure which one is the auto levelling
fuse 10 in passanger compartment 5amp?
fuse 5 in bootspace 20amp
fuse 13 bootspace 5amp

thanks so much for the help so far

9th Jun 2021 6:43pm

chris_read

Member Since: 26 Feb 2012
Location: Louth, Lincolnshire
Posts: 468

2009 Range Rover Vogue TDV8 Stornoway Grey

Height sensor failure? 2017 Jaguar F Pace 25t Portfolio - still part of the JLR family 😀
2009 3.6 V8 (MY2010) - my first ever diesel! - now also gone
2004 4.4 V8 Petrol Vogue - now gone

9th Jun 2021 6:49pm

longd

Member Since: 24 Oct 2020
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 95

Im getting to think that is the fault I'm just reading up on how the system works, I guess ill just disconnect battery measure height of all 4 corners, check tomorrow if all 4 corners are the same then the only thing it can be is a faulty sensor I imagine will go out and play around with the wires connecting it etc

9th Jun 2021 7:16pm

longd

Member Since: 24 Oct 2020
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 95

GUYS looks like it was just a dirty/ loose connector to the front right hight sensor ! don't want to jinx myself but disconnected batter, removed the sensor cleaned and blew it out and reassembled and no faults and is now showing all wheels level !! thanks so much for the suggestions

9th Jun 2021 7:46pm

longd

Member Since: 24 Oct 2020
Location: West Midlands
Posts: 95

Well that was short lived, went for a spin fault is back again, I have raised suspension to off road and have disconnected the battery I've measured the height of all corners,

will measure and see if I've lost any height over night and hopefully that will confirm or deny air bags,

hopefully its just a new hight sensor needed, fingers crossed, is there anything else I could be checking ?

9th Jun 2021 8:26pm

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