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JRPALMER
Member Since: 13 Jun 2013
Location: London
Posts: 27
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| Suspension Height Failure - Normal Height Only |
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Hello lovely forum
I only bought my Disco 3 (Manual) 2007 XS yesterday. Got it home and was tinkling with the suspension settings. Up pops the "suspension height failure - normal height only"
It is only an amber warning light that comes on when driving. Turn off the vehicle and it disappears. Surely this can't be a compressor failure. Seems to drive perfectly well. Drove it quite a bit yesterday with amber light and no problems.
Presumably I just need to get it to someone with a diagnostic kit and check for fault codes?
Also is wise to continue driving with this issue or should I get it in to be looked at ASAP.
I know this is a common problem with lots of past posts but thought I'd see if any of you wise ole disco sages can fire me back some quick fire suggestions?
As always
Gratefully yours
J R Palmer
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 26th Jun 2013 6:20 am |
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chrisalang
Member Since: 26 Jun 2009
Location: Mandurah
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If you were moving the suspension up and down a lot then the fault would be there because it had run out of air pressure in the reservoir. If you only did it once or twice then the compressor may be starting to fail. If you get someone to clear the faults and then check them again you may have a "compressor slow air pressure rise" fault which means the compressor is on its way out. You probably have the Hitachi compressor which has been replaced with a better AMK version. I drove mine for 18 months with the slow air pressure rise fault before the compressor finally gave up.
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| 26th Jun 2013 6:36 am |
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JRPALMER
Member Since: 13 Jun 2013
Location: London
Posts: 27
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Thanks Chris.
Very helpful. Not really a lot. Just checking it over once or twice so will try and run a diagnostic on it when I get the chance.
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| 26th Jun 2013 6:47 am |
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disco_steve
Member Since: 25 Aug 2009
Location: Are you sure this is the M5 ?
Posts: 1498
 
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Could also be wiring, or a reservoir pressure sensor, or a height sensor fault 
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| 26th Jun 2013 6:52 am |
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Washwipe
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
Location: Bucks Oxon Herts Border
Posts: 3169
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I've had this twice now in the last couple of weeks, always a few hours or next day after adjusting the suspension, Amber Warning Light with Normal Hieght Only Available, it will always (so far) reset itself with a restart, at this point I'm not unduly worried, just hoping I can get through to the first service as the dealer near me is the pits so any unessecery visit is a bonus.
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| 26th Jun 2013 7:06 am |
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maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 3171
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2007 - bet it's got a few miles on it and the suspension bushes are a little bit flexi by now
Leads to excessive movement of the suspensions arms and this can trigger the sysmptoms you describe.
Been there, read the book, got the tee-shirt 
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| 26th Jun 2013 7:10 am |
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Washwipe
Member Since: 19 Apr 2013
Location: Bucks Oxon Herts Border
Posts: 3169
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Mine hasn't reached 10k yet, so wouldn't have thought suspension wear was a factor.
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| 26th Jun 2013 7:21 am |
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JRPALMER
Member Since: 13 Jun 2013
Location: London
Posts: 27
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@ maplecottage.....Yeah done 78k so maybe bushes.
i'll keep my eye on it...
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| 26th Jun 2013 7:24 am |
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nighthawk
Member Since: 24 Jul 2010
Location: Malta
Posts: 1163
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As mentioned previously, you need to get the codes read.
In my case (with your exact symptoms), it was the previously mentioned "pressure rising too slowly". I know there are a bunch of compressor repair kits etc, all of which might or might not fix the issue, but to have those shipped over would take a while whilst dealer had a new compressor in stock, so new compressor it was.
If worn bushes can trigger suspension faults (never did on mine) it would give a completely different fault for sure. I had a front lower wishbone hydrabush which literally had cracked and lost all it's oil resulting in huge amounts of play, plus BOTH rear upper wishbone bushes on their last gasps of life (large amounts of play too) and not a single suspension fault was triggered. Dennis
2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 Commercial Manual Buckingham Blue
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| 26th Jun 2013 8:31 am |
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devonchilliman
Member Since: 03 Nov 2008
Location: Devon
Posts: 5224
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chrisalang wrote:You probably have the Hitachi compressor which has been replaced with a better AMK version. I drove mine for 18 months with the slow air pressure rise fault before the compressor finally gave up.
^^^ had exactly the same issues as you JR and I've just had the Hitachi compressor replaced with an AMK one  Www.devonchilliman.co.uk
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| 26th Jun 2013 9:01 am |
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Crost
Member Since: 29 Jan 2013
Location: Croston, Lancashire
Posts: 997
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Mine started that way, then the lights came on all the time and only cleared for the first mile. Flack read the codes for rising too slowly. TLO sorted me a replacement upgrade and its great now.... Mark
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| 26th Jun 2013 9:45 am |
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JRPALMER
Member Since: 13 Jun 2013
Location: London
Posts: 27
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...so just to keep you all updated...
It was the compressor. New one needed.  I've been quoted £558 with labour.  Seems a bit expensive to me but then it is Wimbledon.
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| 27th Jun 2013 12:57 pm |
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