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Suspension gone Bonkers!
Greetings folks.
I got a strange issue with the D3, after replacing front upper and lower control arms with RRS ones. wel.. I replaced everything in the front and rear, even the airbags and brand new sensors.
I got Suspension in extended mode, the rear end is pointing upwards too the moon and the front is low to the ground.
I snaged a picture from the faultmate after i deflated the bags that ill add in.
What in the world is goin on?
31st Jan 2023 6:34 pm
parrafin23
Member Since: 04 Dec 2011
Location: Buskeud
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Eas inputs
This is what i get on the faultmate
31st Jan 2023 6:35 pm
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Have you had a 4 wheel alignment done following the suspension work?
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1st Feb 2023 2:05 am
Globetrotter448
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Could be rear height sensors. You did do the measurements before tightening the suspension nuts up
1st Feb 2023 3:07 am
munst
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Wouldn't new sensors require calibration?
1st Feb 2023 5:44 am
parrafin23
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I havent had alignment. The car is not driveable with the front lowered and the rear in the air.
No matter what I do, the car goes in extended mode with the front lowering and the rear up in the air.
I did not measure it before i did the nuts up. No air in the bags.
Using the faultmate to calibrate it i go suspension -> general -> heights.
I did try put measured values in mm, and i tried + and - 50 but it did not help.
1st Feb 2023 7:15 am
Flatlander
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1st Feb 2023 8:34 am
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Given what you’ve changed I’d be doing a height calibration, followed by a 4 wheel alignment and then repeat the height calibration for good measure
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1st Feb 2023 10:00 am
parrafin23
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Jupp, thats what im trying to do, callibrate the damn thing seems impossible, no matter what i try it just goes in extended mode, and i cant figure out why. Im quite sure the height sensors are fitted correctly.
1st Feb 2023 1:13 pm
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Might be worth getting off double checking, some of the manufacturer numbers are very close/ very similar to each other and very easy to mix up
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1st Feb 2023 2:51 pm
M3DPO
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Might be worthwhile putting the old sensors back on, if they work ok change them one at a time.It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
1st Feb 2023 3:41 pm
Flatlander
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Do you have the 4x4i screen? What does it show on there?.
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