lenb
Active Member
- Posts
- 189
- Location
- Leicester, UK
So I've just sorted the 'failing to run' problem (replaced fuel pump), and now I have an eas problem:
Whilst driving today I suddenly had a 'rumble' sound that came from offside front and sounded like loosing traction. It would happen on acceleration (hard) and then again on braking (hard). I had to drive home about 12 miles and ended up with 'inactive suspension'. Checking faults I had both ABS - 0x8a air suspension system CAN error and EAS 0x64 Articulation Validty Fault. Clearing these they would return once driven again.
I then noticed that the front suspension air bag was completely soft whilst the rest were hard (but the corner was not particularly low). Raising it to off-road height it stays inflated. Driving it again at normal height you seem to get a catastrophic deflation for it to only pump up again and remain when parked.
I think I've worked it out but would like opinions before I spend £200 on a new strut:
The bag leaks when a forward or reverse action exposes hole/split. The 'rumble' is tyre slip because of no pressure in bag allowing it to 'bounce' when driven hard (ish). The 2 errors are because of this.
Am I on the right tracks?
Whilst driving today I suddenly had a 'rumble' sound that came from offside front and sounded like loosing traction. It would happen on acceleration (hard) and then again on braking (hard). I had to drive home about 12 miles and ended up with 'inactive suspension'. Checking faults I had both ABS - 0x8a air suspension system CAN error and EAS 0x64 Articulation Validty Fault. Clearing these they would return once driven again.
I then noticed that the front suspension air bag was completely soft whilst the rest were hard (but the corner was not particularly low). Raising it to off-road height it stays inflated. Driving it again at normal height you seem to get a catastrophic deflation for it to only pump up again and remain when parked.
I think I've worked it out but would like opinions before I spend £200 on a new strut:
The bag leaks when a forward or reverse action exposes hole/split. The 'rumble' is tyre slip because of no pressure in bag allowing it to 'bounce' when driven hard (ish). The 2 errors are because of this.
Am I on the right tracks?
