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Airmatic suspension problem or not?

Old Feb 1, 2017 | 05:21 PM
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Question Airmatic suspension problem or not?

Hi folks. New to this site. Bought my wife a really beautiful '07 E350 wagon last spring in Florida. Car has about 105k miles. Impeccable Carfax detailing all maintenance from new at the same WPB dealer.

So wife flies down, picks up, and drives back to cold cold Wisconsin (Elkhart Lake). All is well until a few weeks ago, when we parked at a hotel near Milwaukee airport for a week while we caught a vacay in Mexico. Got down to below zero while we were gone. On return, I see that the wagon is sitting pretty low in the rear and when I start it get a warning "car is too low" in red on speedo cluster. So I warm it up a little and lo and behold car returns to normal height.

So now 3 weeks later no problems at all, and no height changes. Could it have been the blasted cold temps for a week while it sat? I did read on another site of some owners having same kind of problem in extreme low temps. I'm planning a pretty long road trip and don't want to get stuck anywhere. Anybody have any ideas??? Thanks in advance for any advice!
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Old Feb 1, 2017 | 05:41 PM
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the air in the shock system contracted due to the cold. Tires do the same.
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