Reply With QuoteWell done..."bloody big rabbits"
Master
SupporterDriving on Murphy's Forrest Drive near Coffs Harbour with my son on Saturday and it was an interesting day. I moderate track that got quite difficult, until we hit some badly eroded sections that we managed to skirt and get past.
Anyway, the real story is about the EAS; on the way home we got the three beeps and "EAS fault" on the dash with the 4 height lights flashing. We had been running over heaps of sticks and branches and so I said to my son that we had probably lost a height sensor. The car continued to run well and no suspension loss occured. I did press the lock switch in an attempt to stop it from deciding to lower itself. When back at camp I plugged in the faultmate (which has previously not been working) and scanned for EAS fault codes, wee the pictures for the story, but it was a happy one. I mended the issue, cleared the faults and all was good for the 400km drive home to Brisbane towing the trailer.
Now: 2005 L322 Vogue 4.4 M62TU (Black)
Before: 2000 P38A HSE 4.6 - stately capability | 2008 Kluger KX-S | 2004 Forester | 2000 Yamaha XJR1300 | 1993 VR Calais | 1974 HQ Statesman - 308 V8 | HT | HK
Master
Well done..."bloody big rabbits"
2000 4.6 HSE Alveston red
2007 307 xse peugeot
1974 xj6l jaguar
AT REST
I like a happy ending! That's a nice little erosion gully you've got there too!
Wizard
Good result. So can you conclude that under those circumstances the car acknowledges the faulty height sensor, but that alone doesn't cause the car to drop to it's haunches. Rather, it freezes the height setting?
Master
SupporterGood question. My car has -never- dropped to the bump stops with EAS issues, but I have a 2000MY. I had heard so many horror stories about it that I was worried. Maybe the software in the later THOR cars has slightly more discerning 'drop to bumpstop' criteria?Originally Posted by davidsonsm
There certainly are many faults that can happen, and my bet would be that the engineers made it drop when they thought that there was any chance of a safety issue on the road. But I can certainly confirm losing a height sensor isnt one of them (at least for a 2000MY
Now: 2005 L322 Vogue 4.4 M62TU (Black)
Before: 2000 P38A HSE 4.6 - stately capability | 2008 Kluger KX-S | 2004 Forester | 2000 Yamaha XJR1300 | 1993 VR Calais | 1974 HQ Statesman - 308 V8 | HT | HK
Wizard
Not sure if this is relevant, In the mid 1990`s I had a Classic with Eas. On an off road trip the rubber knuckle on one of the front hight senders snapped. I never realised for a few days but thought it strange one corner of the car seemed to be static. Otherwise every thing had seemed normal. I had a look, saw the damage and moved the broken sender, The car then decided something was very wrong and lowerd to the Bump stops. No Storey Wilson software then so a very hard ride to a workshop.
OldBushie
After doing a major rewire of my DSE, I had it running & let it sit for a few minutes to get the EAS up to pressure. It was only after all 4 corners came up that I discovered I'd left the N/S/F height sensor disconnected.
I don't know what the EAS lights were doing as the dash was out & the message centre was talking to me in German.
Scott
Wizard
Now you mention it, I remember reading that the EAS brain could cope with one sensor being out. It uses the other three to compensate - triangulates if you like. Cleverer than we give it credit for.
Master
SubscriberWell I can confirm that my 95 gems will go to bump stop if one sensor fails as it has happened when I broke sensor arm on rear would be good if the brain could be updated anyone have any experience with that?
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