Hi

My Mrs drive over a curb on the motorway at around 60mph. She smashed my drivers side front and passenger wheel. I have replaced the wheels and seems ok.

The air suspention will not lift to the normal ride hieght it used too and their is no warning lights on either. It has not completely dropped but will not raise to the original height it used too. I understand ahe only hit it on the one side but i dont understand why the opposit side will not raise to hieght it used too.

I had the car looked at and the guys reckons it is the air suspention arm. He is not a jaag specialist but a general mechanic.

Can anyone sugeat anything or have any tips?? Please help!!

If new ones are needed can anyone suggest anything??

I have already had tips like, thats what you get for letting your mrs drive your jaag and next time dont let her near the car, hehheheeheheh.

PLEASE HELP IF ANYONE CAN!!

 

Have you had the suspension fully checked out ? I say this because a smash like that can not only damage wheels, you could have bent or cracked suspension arms etc. Also have you checked the suspension turrets inside the engine compartment for damage ?

From what you say, I assume the car is lop-sided at the front. The front suspension height is controlled as one, with one height sensor, so there should not be any height difference.

 

Sounds like the f. height sensor, or rather the arm going to the sensor is bent or has just moved from the impact.

 

ok ...2004-2005 x350 has self leveling headlights if bi-xenon the headlight assemblies have signals in the each unit that communicates with the suspension module,this changed in 2006 .If you have a "B" code it will most likely be module or sensor related.Here is the procedure to check the module /sensor function. note" It will be pin number "2" at the harness connection to the ballast for height voltage that you will want to check . You will seea black wire thats pin "3" on left side(driver side) pin"1" is yellow/black so the remaining wire will be pin"2".On the right side (passenger side) pin "1" is white/black and pin "3" is black so pin"2" is yellow on right side or the remaining wire..Make sure no more than three volts are going to pin two.Hook up the voltometer, and rock the car and see what the voltage is..It should be no more than 3 volts.If the shocks are hyper extended or not raising up at all then usually a plausabilty code "C" that the pump is weak and may need changing.

 

Trying to read and understand that last post gave me a headache. Proper sentence structure and punctuation goes a long way.

 

oops sorry for any errors, but I dont teach grammer,nor sentence structure,dont know many mechanic shops that do either...lol but I type very fast and usually do not go back to check for errors,guess I am lazy,but let me go back and clean it up....if you wish to get some clarity, please feel free to message.Until next time as always Happy Wrenching...

 

Hi

I have taken the wheel off today and there is no sensors at all. There is not even any sockets to where the sensor would be attached too. I assume this is not normal???

When the impact occured, could this have been riped away completely???

 

Did not realise you had double posted this. So here is the answer I gave to your other posting.

I doubt it has anything to do with your level sensor or its setting. That is all on the opposite side of the car to that which was damaged. My money would be on something as well as the rim has been seriously damaged. I would be running the car into an alignment shop to have the set up measured and whatever has been bent and is causing your present problem, replaced/reset or fixed.

Normally I do all my own work on my cars but there are times when I would need help doing the repair. This would be such a time.

 

There is only one height sensor at the front, but what side it is, I know not.

As said by others, from the description of the event, the consequences will be much more serious than a displaced sensor.

 

Ok thank you guys. I have booked the car into jag on monday so will let you know the verdict then, if i havent been sent to prison for murdering my wife after receiving the shocking news from jag. Hehehhehe

 

Good evening gentlemen

I took my car into the main dealer yesterday and they not find a fault to start with.

2hours later an they decided to calibrate the air suspension and it worked, thankfully. Touch wood it seems to be ok now althought it now looks as though it is riding too high, hehehe.

They only charged £47 which i was happy with, so just thouht i would let everybody know if you eer get this problem.

Also, just wanted to say thank you for everyone who offered their help as it was very much appreciated.

Thank you.

 

Still sounds like the ride height sensor moved or the link to it bent, as long as it is not competely out of range a calibration will be one way to fix the problem, as long as the sensor is not loose.

 

I agree. The recalibration merely compensated for a damaged sensor.