Gareth wrote:

I don't know how many times you raised the up and down, but I have never seen the 'raise when cooled' message. I have seen the raising slowly message many times, it means the air reservoir is exhausted, and the compressor is replenishing the air as fast as it can.

If you get the over heat message after only a couple of 'ups and downs' I would get the dealer to check it out. Maybe your compressor has a fault and is having to work too hard to replenish the system.

n1cktdv6 wrote:

Have just had to change a wheel - in offroad height - and when I drove away from access height the front took ages to pick up to normal height. There was the vehicle raising slowly message and also the vehicle will raise when system cooled - what does this mean ???

I'm currently test-driving a 2006 D3 from the local dealer before deciding whether or not to buy it....

This morning whilst stuck in traffic I was playing around with the air suspension height for a few minutes and I also had the 'vehicle raising slowly' message, upon which I continued lowering it and raising it to see what would happen....after another 30 seconds I got the 'vehicle will raise when system cooled' message. It now seems to have recovered

I'm guessing that it is probably normal, but I'm sure everyone here has played the 'raise it/lower it' game in a traffic jam and nobody else seems to be worried or has only seen the message once or twice.

To be honest, just like n1cktdv6, I'm kind of scared of something going wrong although to be honest I won't ever need to change the height so often when I actually buy the car.

NoDo$h wrote:

Am I right in thinking there was a thread where people "voted" on how many access to offroad height cycles they could go through before the compressor went into "safe" mode? I seem to recall 3 cycles in quick succession was about the limit.

Oh well....at least it's consistent I managed around 3 'cycles' from access to offroad and back again this morning before it told me it was taking it easy...

1 cycle more and it got hot under the collar and gave me the 'cooling down' message.

With the news from n1cktdv6 and your comments, I'm now quite relaxed about it

bkehoe wrote:

It would have had to have been a very deep dunking to get water into the filter - and if that happened, I'd be more worried about water in the compressor, water in the cabin, etc.

The air filter itself and the intake is located inside, behind the cover where the removable towhitch is stowed and where the fuses for the towing electrics are.

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The air intake filter is connected via a pipe to the intake silencer chamber of the air silencer unit. The filter is located in the rear left hand corner of the body, away from possible sources of dirt and moisture.

The filter contains a foam element which removes particulate matter from the inlet air before it reaches the silencer or the air supply unit.