Ride Height Sensor? Use a hammer on it??

Hi all,

I'm in "soft fault mode" on on the air suspension of my 93 Range Rover
County LWB (Vogue). I took it to our local off-brand Rover mechanic
and had him put it on the test book. It came back with "Right Front
ride height sensor out of range."

His suggestion was that I "Just hit it with a hammer." At first I
thought he was joking, but he seemed serious so I left, still somewhat
quizzical. I imagined simply knocking something closer into to range
however now that I see how it's configured that's obviously
impossible. The angle of the sensor seems relatively normal and is
within a few degrees of the left front sensor.

Now I'm thinking that he was suggesting that part of the inernal
sensor was stuck and needed freeing with a jolt.

Has anyone tried this before? What's the risk etc? Doesn't it need
recalibrating afterward anyway? Was my mechanic joking and/or setting
me up? (He hates air suspension systems in general and tried to get
everyone to replace them with springs.

I know this whole thing sounds a bit silly and I should have quizzed
him but I was late and in a hurry there you have it. Any advice would
be appreciated.

Arden

I've twice had my '93 give me out of range faults - both times on the
same (OSR) wheel.

Don't worry about it too much, just get it reset and see how you go.

I wouldn't be hitting it with a hammer though.

It may be an idea to change your bump stops. I think this had a
material effect on at least one of my failures.

When the car is in access mode it's sitting on the stops, so if they
are old and soft it may sit down too low (out of range).

This is an easy and cheap job - but make sure you get the correct bump
stops, because they are different to non EAS models.