Help! Air spring exploded

Title says it all. My Disco 2 was parked on the drive today and there was an almighty BANG. When I went outside she was sitting on the bump stops on both sides at the back. Looking underneath the right hand air suspension spring has let go, and in a big way - no warning of this, hadn't been leaking at all. The left hand spring seems to be intact, but has completely deflated.

Anyway, question is, is it safe to even start the car, let alone try to limp to a garage? Will the compressor burn itself out trying to inflate the shredded bag, or will it shut itself down when it realises something is wrong? If the former, can I just pull the relay for the compressor and then crawl the 4 miles to the nearest workshop at walking pace? Or will the ECU not let me start without the relay in?

Any advice very much appreciated!

Not to sure but I think you can bypass at source or trick it into thinking there no issue as this would happen the same with P38s air bags. But safer option is hire a rescue to transport the disabled to the garage. Give RAC or AA if member a ring for advise on transporting policy.

If the height sensor on that wheel has packed in, does it just keep inflating and inflating and....boom! ?
It has to be possible to both drive on the bump-stops "slowly" to a place of safety or pull the fuse and get to a repairer or how else does LR expect you to get to a place of safety on the M-Way now the Govt. has stolen all of the hard shoulders and turned them into extra lanes?

DanClarke said:

If the height sensor on that wheel has packed in, does it just keep inflating and inflating and....boom! ?
It has to be possible to both drive on the bump-stops "slowly" to a place of safety or pull the fuse and get to a repairer or how else does LR expect you to get to a place of safety on the M-Way now the Govt. has stolen all of the hard shoulders and turned them into extra lanes?

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That's what I was thinking. I'll see if the car will start without the relay in...

... update - just pulled the relay. I now have an SLS warning light, but the car starts and the compressor (obviously) isn't running. Hopefully as it wasn't running when the spring went bang nothing's damaged in there. Looks like it might be a 2am crawl to the garage to avoid tailbacks. That's if I can get down my drive without the tow hook acting as a ground anchor...

I drove mines on its arse for over 50 miles on a Saturday afternoon through Glasgow down the M8 motorway
it had a different feel from usual very bouncy but I still done 55 most of the way

It got some looks though

You can jack it up and tape wood blocks under the bump stops and you gain clearance, something like this:

sierrafery said:

You can jack it up and tape wood blocks under the bump stops and you gain clearance, something like this:

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Where would be the best place to jack? Chassis rail in front of the wheel, or behind it?

Scarecrow3 said:

Where would be the best place to jack? Chassis rail in front of the wheel, or behind it?

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Could jack it on the tow bar so need to try & squeeze under it