There is still
some pressure left in the air springs when they are at access mode.
If you get out and leave the vehicle in standard profile do you hear the hissing then?? Does any corner drop over a couple of hours or anything??
With the vehicle in high (the top light on the height selector) mode, open the drivers door and then the tailgate. Now, get underneath the vehicle, preferably where you heard the hissing from and look at the air springs. What you are looking for is cracking/crazing/splitting of the rubber, bit like the pictures below...
This was one of my front springs when it got replaced, the cracking isnt
that bad but the split on the bottom photo would open up at the high height and leak air and you could hear it hiss.
So, even if you dont hear hissing in high mode but your springs look perished on the outside like the one above then you may have a small split that only opens up at a certain point such as when you are in access mode.
To try and confirm this, borrow the other halfs plant sprayer squeezy bottle thing and fill it with soapy water (more soap than water, you want bubbles), get underneath with the vehicle in high mode and spray the soapy water directly onto the springs, you are looking for bubbling to indicate air leaking. If you cant see any, lower the vehicle to the next level down (DONT LOWER WITH ANYONE UNDER THE VEHICLE AND MAKE SURE TO OPEN A DOOR AND THE TAILGATE WHEN AT EACH LEVEL TO PREVENT SELF LEVELING) and repeat the procedure, continue until you are spraying the springs with the vehicle in access mode. Im guessing you will find a leak somewhere.
Post back with any results and we can go from there.
-Wills
