Master
Driving along a gravel road, ran over a small branch about a metre long the thickness of a forefinger and suddenly I heard a scraping sound underneath. Oh - it's just the stick embedded in a crack under the vehicle, happened all the time in the Nissan Patrol. Stop the MY15 D4, get out to look for the branch, see it on the passenger side underneath about where the two doors meet and gently pull it out. However what happened next was not expected. A rush of air was heard coming out from where I pulled the stick from
Get back in the car, start it up and an orange triangle light comes up on the consul with a warning that "Only Normal Height is Available". The light on the height selector has disappeared and I can't get rid of the triangle.
I get out again and have a closer look where I pulled the stick from and - yep a nice hole has been punched into some sort of air reservoir. Just great.
Does anyone know what the fix for this is? Is it a simple repair?
Swaggie
First urgent job is to remove the 20A suspension system fuse from the engine bay fuse panel. This will stop it dropping all its air which it will do as soon as it discovers that it cannot correctly maintain normal height.
After removing that fuse, remove the 5A suspension system fuse from the passenger compartment fuse panel to stop the annoying 50 kph messages.
That's not the reservoir but the compressor assembly. The bottom cover can be removed to reveal the actual damage.
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Master
I drove it home (about 50 kms) as it said it was staying at Normal Height. Is it too late to pull the fuse?Originally Posted by Graeme
Master
SubscriberLooks like you have speared the suspension compressor. At the best an air line has been displaced.
As you are still obviously under warranty it would be best to get the dealer to repair. It will cost you as it will not be warranty. Bugger!!
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Pull it! Will stop the compressor overheating.
That's the compressor cover - not the air tank.
Take it off and have a look - post pics once removed.
Master
I'll do it in the morning - not looking forward to it though
RoverLord
Cant see that a stick would puncture the compressor housing after travelling thru the cover,hopefully its just damaged a hose.
GOODLUCK
Thats why we buy these cars as soccer mum machines,they cant get off the sealed road
Andrew
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Swaggie
Its only too late if its already dropped to the bump-stops.
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Master
What is ironic Andrew is that we recently travelled thousands of kms over some extremely rugged tracks throwing all sorts of rocks and stones under the vehicle and when we get back home and drive along a nicely graded gravel track - one lousy stick spears the housing. Why is that housing located there anyway? It looks so vulnerable now that I look at it and know what it is. Why isn't the front covered in 5mm armour plate
Swaggie
That's obviously the reason I bought a RRV with its compressor inside - to go offroad!
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