Suspension fault

I just brought home my 2006 LR3 and for two days the suspension fault message was on. It has gone off on its own now. Should I be concerned? I haven't taken it in for service yet since I have only owned it for three days. Is this normal? I just traded my 99 Range Rover HSE which had air suspension leaks and now this. I know problems should be expected but the on the first day. Does anybody know it this car automatically lowers at high speeds like the Range?

I have had major suspesion issues. Take it in ASAP. I had errors within the first 20 miles.
Here's the work that has been done:
2 Air Pumps
Replaced all airline sensors, Airbags, and some air lines (Air Drying filter leaked agent and contaminated the system)

John
2005 LR3 SE

I made the appointment to take the car in for service and they sent me home without even checking it. The suspension fault was on for days but they couldn't see me until the following week. By that time the light went off. He told me he can't pull a code off it unless the fault light is on at the time of service. Does this sound correct? Now it comes off and on all the time but never when the service department is open. The back of the car looks like it sits lower than the front.

The computer holds the fault codes until they clear it with their computer.

Mine did the same. My dealer told me that it "resets itself" the next time I turn it on. It has been over a month and has not come on since. I don't feel to confident about the dealers "reboot the system" explanation, but I have not had any problems since the one incident. I think my light came on for about 5 minutes during a spin around the block

If it was happening just one week after purchase and I was getting that treatment from the dealer, I would hand them back the keys on a 50k vehicle. Completely unacceptable!

Car went into extended mode today at a stop light on its own for no reason. The suspension fault light came on again so I ran it down to LRW. After waiting for three hours they told me they pulled three codes off the car. They fixed two but there is a hard fault on it and they were calling Land Rover North America for help. They were fixing some software problems with the suspension system. I am driving a Jeep Cherokee rental now until they can figure out how to fix my LR3. Since we brought the car home it looks as if it is sitting very low in the back. Is this common on the LR3?

The EAS system is a reliable set up. there have been a few Bugs in there that are being figured out. the electrical part of the system is very technical and a lot of techs have trouble diagnosing it. Tech line usually gets them in the right direction. Suspension fault are not usually normal. The system will display some normal information on the screen like"system raising slowly" or Waiting for compressor to cool" Most faults with this system(unlike the older Range Rover one) will not lower the car. its default is in the regular ride hight position and it will try and keep you there. Anyways work with the dealer and they will get it fixed. as I said it is not the easiest system to diagnos so it might take them a time or two.

yeh our car has just went in to havits its suspension looked at, hopefully we might get it back today but like he says its a hard system to work with if anything is wrong

From a service and diagnosis perspective, you would think dealer service dept. would have the suspension "bugs" figured out after a full model year run. I hope you have better luck. It really is a great vehicle. Love the boxer pic.

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I have had major suspesion issues. Take it in ASAP. I had errors within the first 20 miles.
Here's the work that has been done:
2 Air Pumps
Replaced all airline sensors, Airbags, and some air lines (Air Drying filter leaked agent and contaminated the system)

John
2005 LR3 SE

+1

same thing with my dad's

This is Friday and the car is still at LRW for repairs. As of yesterday they were waiting on parts to come in. I really hope this will be the end of the suspension issue. I had many suspension problems with my 99 Rangie and can't take much more but at least I am under warranty with this one. After driving around the Laredo for a few days it makes me miss my Land Rover even more. They are such great cars to drive that it makes it easier to deal with all the little problems that go along with it.

Hi Lils, Am having de same problem on my LR3 2005, took it to dealer and the light did come on that time, its like goin to de doctor, and last min. U fell Okay. Anyway,it happened again a week after took it in with light on, keept de engine runin too. so de light does'nt go off. They found a faulty compressor & performed a T4 diagnosis & EAS test. by de pressure increasing too slow when filling reservoir, so they replaced EAS comprossor on de 27 sept. 05. & as of yesterday 02-26-06 de frickin light came on again. so am waiting for it too stay on and I'll take stright back to them while driving, it pissis me off cause Kavita ( my LR3) HEHEHE. was driving VERY LOW I was bumpin all over like a low rider. anyway its off now cause I switch off de engine and no u should not be riding with de back low because LR3 has a built in auto self leveling even with a load. and does not go down at high speeds. hope dis helps u out. and please let me know what de doctor says about yurs. thanx.

Had a recurring fault that was in for repair 3 times. Dlr replaced anything he could get his hands on without luck. The bug turned out to be a crimped wire in the suspension system - probably created during initial assembly. Problem has not returned.

I took my '05 LR3 to the dealer yesterday for the same suspension fault problem. The Service Manager told me he's seen this before and explained that the sensors in compressor detect heat when there is none and shut the system down, that's when you get the fault message and the ride is like being in the back of a haywagon.

He told me they will try to replace the chip first and if that doesn't work then the compressors (still warrantied)

He mentioned that when you shut the car off it reboots the computer and sometimes the problem will clear, although he said you should still have it checked out. Sounds like they've done the work before - I'll post you when I get it back on Tuesday.

had that problem. dealer replaced air pumps under warranty. never had that problem ever since.

My '05 LR3 with <10k miles just went back into the dealer for the second time with a Suspension Fault. Seems to me that they still haven't figured out how to fix these problems.

Check for a water leak, probably from the Right A piller, theres an unknown recall, pull the right front grill off then pull the foam peace behind it. Alot of water will fall... Problem is you might have some electronics (becm, asecm, and a few others flooded on the passenger side fuse panel (thats got a new name too) BODY CONTROLL MODULE. screw them, and master power distributer... If the drain for the sunroof right side is not draining its filling it. Then have the dealer replace the ecu 's 3 of them, need more ill tell they should know