Thread: Suspension fault on D3

Hi V8 Disco - same started to happen to my D3 V8 about a week ago. Will get it checked out next week. Doesn't seem to be serious, but I also have a LLAMS fitted so can still adjust set it to off-road height for a visit to Stockton.

Africampers, your fault could be caused by a poor connector contact if the fault started soon after the Llams was fitted so I've sent you a PM that might help.

Originally Posted by V8 Disco

The suspension fault light came on the dash of the D3 recently and a message saying ; 'Suspension Fault, Normal Height only' . Has anyone else had this happen? I suspect it is nothing major, rather a faulty indicator or switch.
Any ideas?

Cheers,
V8 Disco

It probably isn't anything major, but if the message is generated more than a certain number of times (number dependent on the specific fault), the system may escalate the fault to a more serious level and the car will be lowered to access height or even the bump stops. Have you tried a hard reset to see if it clears the fault?

Cheers,

Gordon

I got this quite regularly over about a month until the alternator began to fail just before Easter... the suspension warning came up for weeks prior and then the alternator started to light up infrequently and then stayed on... died on Easter Friday just for good measure. Anyway, alternator replacement on the following Tuesday and it hasn't come back to haunt since.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by Mully

I got this quite regularly over about a month until the alternator began to fail just before Easter...

There's a real advantage to being able to read fault codes to get advance warning of a pending significant failure. For anyone who either physically or financially can't just drop the vehicle off at a dealer, a suitable code reader is a good tool.

When my light started coming on it turned out to be the air compressor was slowly failing.

Started every few days until finally it was every time the car was started.

Regretfully I have to agree with Scary. I have just had the alternator issue and from the corresponding thread it fails within days and does give you a suspension error for a while then shuts down the radio and just about everything.... Really quite impressive to think about a car prolonging its own life by shutting systems down. Bit like Terminator.

The compressor on the other hand does die slowly and will reset the fault with an engine restart and give you a faulse sense that it is healing itself. Then it fails with an overheating fault light and you are on your bump stops.

Based on personal experience and hope I am wrong in your case.

Time for a new compressor dryer canister . $158