Thread: EAS fuses out, door open, car dropped

I think the door open and no suspension drop inhibit feature works only on the Queens Land Rovers; the commoners for the most part often seem to experience something different - that has been my experience anyway.

The do not drop software firstly only functions when all is working well and normal. I do not think changing the rods qualifies as normal. As such, I complement you on recognizing that and having the block underneath.

On the Queen's Land Rovers, the auto levelling feature and the actual up down is supposed to be inhibited or stop when a door is opened. This occurs only under what I call ideal conditions and what LR would call normal. In this case, normal means footmen are present in addition to the drivers.

Auto levelling is specifically not inhibited just because a door is open. It re-levels to cater for weight being reduced or added. Only height change selections (eg normal to access) are inhibited with a door open.

It dropped from off road to normal height, not just a levelling fart.

I got my education a few years back when just after getting out and shutting a door, it fell for no apparent reason from normal to the stops.

I say "fell" as it took less than a second - more like a fraction of a second - sure looks low that way. It did occur to me that I could have been under it rather than as it was, just walking away.

I replaced my 3 ton axle stands with 6 ton after that - wider base, hence more stable.

Did it show a suspension fault and possibly with a 'normal height only' message?

Edit: Hang on, you had removed the fuses so how would it know that it had been at off-road height? It was reasonable to expect that it would level at normal height.

Originally Posted by Graeme

Hang on, you had removed the fuses so how would it know that it had been at off-road height?

I put it in off road height to fit the rods.

I'm sure the door open bit worked in the D3..............

I think if you select off road height and open door before it gets there, it won't move, even with fuses in.

Cheers Ken

That's right, it wont level during an interrupted height change providing the fuses aren't pulled.