Thread: URGENT - D2a HSE, right front wheel stuck up in wheel arch

Yes, that's a Bilstein.

Ok, I've removed the spring, the shock, the shock tower and disconnected the ACE.

Everything at the front corner is good, the shock absorber is as good as the day it went in.

I reassembled the front and looked at the rear air bag.

The Hawkeye showed no faults, and it would not release air from the bag, the bag was hyper inflated.

I removed the wheel, jacked the chassis and the axle, but couldn't undo the air line in-situ.

The SLS valves opened and shut properly when activated through the Hawkeye. I was able to charge the compressor and line and release that air, suggesting a air line blockage between the compressor and the air bag.

Then all of a sudden the Hawkeye managed to deflate the rear airbag.

I took it for a drive and the same thing happened. Now I can deflate the airbag with the wheel on and the car on the ground, but the SLS system doesn't seem to be doing it. The connecting rods (height sensors) all look normal.

I'm trying to sort out my sister's funeral, but need this car for running people around. Any hints toward a quick resolution would be welcome.

Thanks in advance, Michael

long distance diagnostics is always difficult but I would suggest the height sensor is at fault, you could try fitting shrader valves as temporary fix, lots of how to do on this forum search. hope this helps.


also by the look of your pics your in muddy environment try giving the sensor a good clean, has been known to work.

I removed the Ride Height sensor and cleaned the contacts (they were clean anyway).

No movement (engine running, car stationary) with manipulating the arm. The airbag stayed hyper inflated.

A further interweb search at https://www.landyzone.co.uk/land-rov...e-guide.61211/ seems to confirm a Ride Height Sensor fault.

A new one has been ordered and should be here in about an hour.

Hopefully that will resolve it.

Looks like it's now fixed.

Thanks everyone.

Originally Posted by justinc

Have seen the spring perch torn clean off the rhf chassis rail of a d2a before... the whole lot collapsed. Apparently was a manufacturing / welding flaw. Any chance of pics?

Jc

Just out of interest Justin was this car you talk of optioned with ACE