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Suspension has been behaving itself for a while which has been great!

Coming home the other night I was disappointed with the ride as it seemed too harsh and firm. Light on "standard" on the dash so thought this was strange.
Just assessed the situation and standard is now running higher than normal but just below, "High" profile.
Car raises and lowers through all the range as far as I can tell but levels are not correct.

If I have loaded photos correctly, these are the live settings as shown on the Nanocom. Front right shows especially low but actually isn't!

https://i.imgur.com/JwMOYcG.jpg

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https://i.imgur.com/hLYVVvy.jpg

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Front Right height sensor is giving low readings, either a bad connection at the plug, a worn out sensor or an almost new pattern one that has reached the end of its life. What is happening is that the system thinks the front right is too low so is sending more air to it to try to get it correct. That means the front right will be very high, the front left will be higher than it should be (as no matter how much rust you have on your chassis, getting it to twist is pretty nigh on impossible) and the rear will be a bit lopsided too.

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What is a great response. Thank you. I replace the front sensors with all pattern ones. About a year – 18 months ago. I will try disconnecting and reconnecting the offside front one just in case and giving it a squirt of contact cleaner.

If that doesn’t work, maybe I will bite the bullet and get a pair of genuine sensors.

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If you swap them from side to side you may find it will be OK for a while as it will be using a different segment of the track, but originals are much better. I find secondhand originals from a breaker to be far better than brand new pattern.....

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Got it. Thanks.

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Had time to pull both connectors to the fronts, squirted with contact cleaner and replugged.

Miraculously the car goes to all 3 heights perfectly. Front L/H, (from memory) shows height now only 10mm out on standard height.

Will sort out some new OE sensors, fit and report.

Thanks...

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Ordered a pair of used originals today so fingers crossed

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Fitted the used originals today. Low and behold the readings on the Nanocom were perfect and all is well at the moment. Result!

Thank you.

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Good to hear