Hi, folks, hope for your collective wisdom to help.
Am currently in Darwin, N.T., having towed our tin tent hrer from Perth, WA.
Used the height control to lift car and van, to get van level before un-hitching.Unhitched the van, car stays a full heigh, not lights on height control switch, message reads "air suspension inactive, self-levelling inactive, speed limit 60 kmph."
Is there a fuse I may have blown, or something else I can check?Nearest dealer is 4000km away!!
Bob

Maybe the compressor has been running warm, let everything cool down and see what happens. Also you may have to take it a short drive for the suspension to settle down again

This happened 2 days ago, and I have driven the care about 70km since.
The lack of lights on the height control switch may be a clue to electrical issues?
Bob

Sounds like you have a "hard" fault that can only be cleared with a diagnostic tool

You could try battery disconnection and see if that clears it but unlikely once all the lights go out on the air susp. indicator panel. .
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Good news for me, the local dealer has a diagnostic tool (official lr one) problem found and fixed. Total cost we Aus $72.60 about 50 pommie quid.
Bob

A good deal for 50 pommie quid

What was the problem?

Well done Bob . What was your problem

Gary

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Well done Bob . What was your problem

Gary

Gary, as you would be aware, between Perth and Darwin, (4200 km) there are many places to free camp, but no water available. So we had the car full of water cans, 100ltres, and the boot was fully loaded. The towball weight is aroung220kk, and the caravan weighs 3.2 tonne.
I confess to being a lazy b , so to save me the effort of using the jockey wheel to lift the front of the vn level AFTER un hooking, I used the air suspension to lift the front of the van before unhitching.
The car did lift it, but then would not drop after unhitching.
Service bloke said I had overloaded the system, and it went into self-protection mode.He re-set the system and all is fine.Took him about 10 minutes total.Nice to experience an honest bloke, not loading the bill up with stuff I did'nt need.Very happy.
Bob

Thanks Bob.

Will know now not to make the same mistake when we start touring. Our van will also be about ?? 3.2 t when loaded. Lucky its got a hydrolic front whell

Did you fit a extra trans cooler. And are you happy with the way it towed.

Gary

Gary, I did'nt fit an extra cooler, and the car towed beautifully, even in 35 degrees, the temp never went above normal, bearing in mind that the entire front including radiator and fan etc, was new, as a result of a crash only a few months ago.Must say, like me, it likes a drink.....22-24 l/100km when towing.
The most competent, comfortable tow car on the planet, very very happy.
Bob

Drinking at what speed

Gary

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90-95 kmph. Forgot to mention, had the gearbox oil fully flushed priot to departure.
Bob

Great news that you got your problem fixed.
But please never rely on the factory temperature gauges on these cars. If you can do some research and find out about Test NR it will in a certain setting give you exact temperature settings on the and engine.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1023483

The IID Gap Tool will also give you a live value on gearbox temp when towing.

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