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Yet another Airmatic Issue

Old 05-21-2011, 06:48 AM
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Yet another Airmatic Issue

So last night I go to my car and the front suspension looks great (read almost sitting on tires). I start her up and the red screen reads. 'Stop, car too low!' Niether the Raise Car nor Airmatic buttons do anything besides light up, the car won't raise. I did some research and it looks like it could be:

1. Compressor
2. Relay
3. Strut leaks

I checked for any kind of cracks on the tops of the struts but didn't see anything.

I guess Chrysler Warranty is going to hate me once again.

Any thoughts as to which of the above mentioned problems it might be?

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Old 05-21-2011, 12:17 PM
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That happened to me and it was a leak from 1 of my struts which then got denied by mb extended warranty due to lowering module
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Old 05-21-2011, 05:44 PM
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MB TECHMAN, can you go into further deatil on pulling fuses/relays to test airmatic compressor function?
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Thanks for the replies

Here is an update. I went to the garage this morning and she is sitting really low on the front axle, so it IS the whole front end and not one side. I started her up and his the raise car button and it came up about 1/2" but wouldn't raise any further. It gets to about half its' normal hieght and that's it.

If the relay is shot would it do that? Am I wrong in assuming that since it did lift a little the compressor is working?

Thanks for the help guys

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Originally Posted by 400RWHP
Thanks for the replies

Here is an update. I went to the garage this morning and she is sitting really low on the front axle, so it IS the whole front end and not one side. I started her up and his the raise car button and it came up about 1/2" but wouldn't raise any further. It gets to about half its' normal hieght and that's it.

If the relay is shot would it do that? Am I wrong in assuming that since it did lift a little the compressor is working?

Thanks for the help guys

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Even though it did lift a little, keep in mind that there is an air reservoir for the airmattic, so to see if the pump is working, go raise and lower it a few times to be sure it wasn't just the leftover air in the tank. if it does raise a little bit after a few tries, best guess is pump is on its way out
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Old 05-22-2011, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mb techman
im willing to bet the airmatic pump is shot, or the 40 amp fuse is blown.

cant remember off the top of my head, but i believe its located in the front sam, take a peek and see if its blown. there should only be 1 or 2 located in the front sam. if it is blown, replace all three components.

i can give better relay and fuse locations tomorrow.
Appreciate the help I can't even begin to tell you how much I wish this car had a steel suspension, may have to do that conversion soon

Anything you can fire my way will be extremely helpful. Thanks again!

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