Ok, bare with me, I know the obvious answer will be replace the sensors, however, I don't get paid for another 2 weeks and 400 quid a month doesn't go far when you have to pay well over half of it in direct debits for insurance, garage rent, phone bill, etc 
Anyway,
EAS and ABS question. I know I have a slightly dodgy front left EAS lift sensor as it flags up on a reading sometimes, but the car goes through all heights and normally stays there. I think it is/was a dirty plug on the sensor.
However, once every few weeks or months it goes nuts and starts lifting to full height while driving. Usually once I've gone over 30mph. If I can catch it in time, switch off ignition & switch back on (in neutral and rolling) it resets and we're fine.
If I don't catch it in time (if I'm doing 70mph for instance and there's nowhere to pull over) the four lights start flashing then the arse end drops down to the bump stops, but the front is still at full height!!
If I have my laptop with me I can pull over and plug in to fix it and away it goes for another few weeks or months.
Now recently the car has started showing an ABS & TC fault which is worst when reversing as the warning lights stay on. Now I know the ABS light comes on and wont go off when reversing, only when going forwards. So I guess this is what is causing it to be unhappy when reversing.
Anyhoo, I tested the sensors with a code reader and they all came back with 2.3v but the front right came with 2.1v and wondered if this is what is throwing the EAS off kilter at speed??
My guess is the sensor isn't dead because the ABS light normally goes out when you roll forwards at over 6mph. I wonder if it is just being pushed out with a build up of rust??
Anyone come across this particular issue before? EAS system overhauled a year ago and the car gets used very little. I've covered around 4k miles in a year...
Thanks all.....again
Edit: I lock the EAS using the button, but if it's locked or not it goes full height when it goes nuts. Any other time, it works perfectly. If I leave the lock off, it goes to motorway height when over 50mph and back up when slowing back down. This takes a few moments of constant lower speed. If I have been over 50mph and say, come up to a roundabout, it waits to see if I am going to accelerate again, so I know it works fine pretty much all the time.
Anyway,
EAS and ABS question. I know I have a slightly dodgy front left EAS lift sensor as it flags up on a reading sometimes, but the car goes through all heights and normally stays there. I think it is/was a dirty plug on the sensor.
However, once every few weeks or months it goes nuts and starts lifting to full height while driving. Usually once I've gone over 30mph. If I can catch it in time, switch off ignition & switch back on (in neutral and rolling) it resets and we're fine.
If I don't catch it in time (if I'm doing 70mph for instance and there's nowhere to pull over) the four lights start flashing then the arse end drops down to the bump stops, but the front is still at full height!!
If I have my laptop with me I can pull over and plug in to fix it and away it goes for another few weeks or months.
Now recently the car has started showing an ABS & TC fault which is worst when reversing as the warning lights stay on. Now I know the ABS light comes on and wont go off when reversing, only when going forwards. So I guess this is what is causing it to be unhappy when reversing.
Anyhoo, I tested the sensors with a code reader and they all came back with 2.3v but the front right came with 2.1v and wondered if this is what is throwing the EAS off kilter at speed??
My guess is the sensor isn't dead because the ABS light normally goes out when you roll forwards at over 6mph. I wonder if it is just being pushed out with a build up of rust??
Anyone come across this particular issue before? EAS system overhauled a year ago and the car gets used very little. I've covered around 4k miles in a year...
Thanks all.....again
Edit: I lock the EAS using the button, but if it's locked or not it goes full height when it goes nuts. Any other time, it works perfectly. If I leave the lock off, it goes to motorway height when over 50mph and back up when slowing back down. This takes a few moments of constant lower speed. If I have been over 50mph and say, come up to a roundabout, it waits to see if I am going to accelerate again, so I know it works fine pretty much all the time.
