Member Since: 29 May 2023
Location: Dagestan
Posts: 4
Hello English Land Rover lovers, I am from Russia, excuse my English, I will use Google translator. So, I am the owner of LR D3 4.4 V8, since then, I have owned the car for 4 years, since I bought the car, I began to notice that the suspension is very stiff, I could not understand where is the much-praised comfortable and soft LR suspension), I began to study the forums, it turned out that I was not the only one, the problem is widespread, and mainly such a problem is with LR D3. I have been struggling with this problem for 4 years, I changed all the silent blocks, changed the front air bags, changed the front and rear valve blocks, there are no errors on the air, but the car is still just as stiff and wooden. We are LR lovers in Russia, trying to solve this problem, there are LR owners who have changed the entire suspension to the original, the problem did not go away, so the problem is in the electronics in the software, one owner was helped by replacing the suspension control unit, and the car became soft as before, it helps someone. Let's solve this problem together, I created a chat in Telegram dedicated to this problem, I will leave a link https://t.me/NiiLRD3, whoever wants can join the conversation, together we will solve this problem. Thank you all.
15th Nov 2024 8:34 am
Zalimkhan
Member Since: 29 May 2023
Location: Dagestan
Posts: 4
alex0264 wrote:
For anybody still reading (I don't blame you if you've tuned out!).
After I don't know how long I have finally identified the 'trigger' for this problem. One word, speed.
Effectively the ride in my car is fine after starting it up, until you go over either 10 or 15 MPH. I've tested this numerous times parking near a speed hump, stopping and starting the car, going over it at around 10 MPH and noting that there is a good amount of 'bounce' or travel in the suspension. If I then drive away and exceed 10/15 MPH and come back and drive over the same road hump at the same speed as before, there is barely any give in the suspension at all.
This I'm hoping will really make sense to someone. I also find that sometimes when driving away I hear the ABS pump doing something. I honestly feel like I might be cornering the culprit now, just need to identify why speed has an direct effect on it. The car is booked in again in a couple of weeks (it's genuinely embarrassing now), so I will mention it to them as well.
the topic is not dead yet))
15th Nov 2024 8:39 am
alex0264
Member Since: 16 Apr 2012
Location: Taunton
Posts: 136
Hello Zalimkhan, welcome to the fun house!
This is indeed still ongoing - you are correct with the ride level module, I've spoken to a few specialists who have seen these get corrupted, although it's not a particularly common occurrence, but not unheard of.
As it happens I've got a couple of things that may hold the key to fixing this issue, but at this stage I am not going to divulge, as testing is yet to commence and do not wish to disappoint. Once that is complete I will come back with the results. We will succeed with this, it's just proving to be a bloody difficult one to pinpoint without fault codes. Just a shame that whilst the vehicles drive like this everything else, steering included is getting absolutely trashed, so the repair bill is only getting bigger!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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15th Nov 2024 8:57 am
Zalimkhan
Member Since: 29 May 2023
Location: Dagestan
Posts: 4
Thank you for your reply, we will share the results, there are many Land Rover owners in Russia who have encountered this problem, we have been trying to find the true cause of the LR's stiff suspension for many years, but there is no single solution to this problem yet. But we will definitely find the true cause.
15th Nov 2024 1:01 pm
HairyFool
Member Since: 04 Jan 2023
Location: North Essex
Posts: 692
I am curious about the suspension going "hard" on an airbag system.
A hard ride would be the equivalent of sitting on the stops, upper or lower. Try squashing a kids balloon, the only way it could feel hard is if you completely flatten it.
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In the picture the airbag is the upper yellow "U" shaped line.
The balloon is very bouncy as well so in the middle of each air strut is a damper, much the same as is used on spring suspension so it might be that has failed. Although more than one failing at the same time is unlikely, if one has a problem the jarring would shake the whole car so it might not be entirely obvious which one needs replacing.
The picture comes from a write up in Land Rover Monthly.
Read the section near the bottom headed Transformation, gives an idea of the effect achieved by replacement of the air springs.A visitor from the dark side, my other vehicle is an is still an EV. Strictly speaking its SWMBO.
15th Nov 2024 5:49 pm
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Member Since: 20 Dec 2023
Location: Manotick, On
Posts: 260
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