Thread: D3 wallows on the freeway- is this normal?

Shocks will be worn-out. D3s have soft suspension that can get a little floaty at times but that's quite different to general wallowing. Mine expire by 60K.

The shocks are fitted with a mount for the air spring so whilst they work on the same principle as "normal" shocks, they must be made to suit the D3.

Originally Posted by Graeme

Shocks will be worn-out. D3s have soft suspension that can get a little floaty at times but that's quite different to general wallowing. Mine expire by 60K.

The shocks are fitted with a mount for the air spring so whilst they work on the same principle as "normal" shocks, they must be made to suit the D3.

I was told, by a service centre a price of $1700 per shock to replace them. Nearly fell off my chair. Graeme, Are you paying that sort of price every 60k?

What?

I priced them up recently to bring some over with the rest of the bits for my D3 and they were about $220 each corner for OEM ones with the air springs, or about half that for just the shocks.

There is cheaper available, as aftermarket parts, but I think the consensus on here is to avoid them.

Originally Posted by BSM

I was told, by a service centre a price of $1700 per shock to replace them. Nearly fell off my chair. Graeme, Are you paying that sort of price every 60k?

$1700 per set is more like it for just the shocks or OEM shock and airspring assemblies.
I currently have EOM fitted and feel that the valving is not as firm as LR MY09 ones previously fitted, perhaps using valving specs from early LR versions which have changed over time. However I'm used to them now. There is an OEM D4 available which might be firmer.

Originally Posted by Graeme

$1700 per set is more like it for just the shocks or OEM shock and airspring assemblies.

$1700 per set is certainly more digestible. I hope I misheard. I'll have to summon up the courage to ask again.

Just done this myself, $1568 for the 4 corners - complete replacement struts incl shocks.
Saved the $$$ and fitted them myself.

Righto, I've now confirmed the cause of the wallowing.

I've been driving the vehicle with the air suspension lowered. There being no air in the shocks it's been bouncing on the springs.

Now you might think, what a dummy, but there was absolutely no indication in the cabin, either down by the suspension height adjust lever or on the console that it was running at anything other than normal height. Perhaps I should have taken more notice of the wheel arch clearance but I didn't.

Anyway the compressor works fine and pumps it up no problems, but the strange thing is that it was running in low mode and wasn't detecting that it was.

Originally Posted by BSM

Righto, I've now confirmed the cause of the wallowing.

I've been driving the vehicle with the air suspension lowered. There being no air in the shocks it's been bouncing on the springs.

Now you might think, what a dummy, but there was absolutely no indication in the cabin, either down by the suspension height adjust lever or on the console that it was running at anything other than normal height. Perhaps I should have taken more notice of the wheel arch clearance but I didn't.

Anyway the compressor works fine and pumps it up no problems, but the strange thing is that it was running in low mode and wasn't detecting that it was.

Well something can't be right then - the D3 won't allow any speed over 12 kph in Access mode. The suspension automatically raises at 12 without a bong warning.