3rd week....2nd breakdown
Discussion
Hmmmm, not going well this!
I've been running my better halves Rangie for a week after it spat it's dummy out the last time she attempted a long journey in it, and it's been great.
5am this morning she tries to do the same journey again - and again the car's not happy.
She starts the engine and gets an EAS Failure. Great I think, leaking air suspension overnight perhaps? Compressor failure? One of the sensors on the blink?
So, after convincing her to take my car (which she hates at it's a tip) I head back to bed.
As I'm awake now and realistically won't sleep again, I figured I'd attempt to work out what's failed this time. Seems EAS failures are a result of either: knackered valves, compressor or air springs generally.
Having read the service history, most of the springs have been changed, and last night the system adjusted itself in seconds. So, I figure that rules out the springs, and there's a fair chance it's not the compressor.
So, sensors maybe? The car was on its bump stops when I got to it (which figures). So, I start it and all's well - no issue at all. The really strange thing is that according the Internet RR sites, an EAS failure is permanent and can only be reset using rovacomlite.
I assume that's not 100% accurate then? Anyone guess what happened (and how I can avoid it happening again without reverting to std springs?
thanks all!
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edited to add: Ah, it seems there is a soft and hard error indicator (the soft one fixing itself without the need for a dealer reset). So, I had a soft fault but I won't know what it was without a dealer fleasing me 40 quid for the privilege). Figure I might need to buy some diagnostics kit if this is to continue and it's pretty crap at explaining errors.
I've been running my better halves Rangie for a week after it spat it's dummy out the last time she attempted a long journey in it, and it's been great.
5am this morning she tries to do the same journey again - and again the car's not happy.
She starts the engine and gets an EAS Failure. Great I think, leaking air suspension overnight perhaps? Compressor failure? One of the sensors on the blink?
So, after convincing her to take my car (which she hates at it's a tip) I head back to bed.
As I'm awake now and realistically won't sleep again, I figured I'd attempt to work out what's failed this time. Seems EAS failures are a result of either: knackered valves, compressor or air springs generally.
Having read the service history, most of the springs have been changed, and last night the system adjusted itself in seconds. So, I figure that rules out the springs, and there's a fair chance it's not the compressor.
So, sensors maybe? The car was on its bump stops when I got to it (which figures). So, I start it and all's well - no issue at all. The really strange thing is that according the Internet RR sites, an EAS failure is permanent and can only be reset using rovacomlite.
I assume that's not 100% accurate then? Anyone guess what happened (and how I can avoid it happening again without reverting to std springs?
thanks all!
D
edited to add: Ah, it seems there is a soft and hard error indicator (the soft one fixing itself without the need for a dealer reset). So, I had a soft fault but I won't know what it was without a dealer fleasing me 40 quid for the privilege). Figure I might need to buy some diagnostics kit if this is to continue and it's pretty crap at explaining errors.
Edited by _deejay_ on Monday 3rd July 07:13
triple7 said:
What car is this a P38? I qwould check the battery is not on its way out. It can cause all manner of fault codes to appear even with just a few volts short of the norm.
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It is a p38 - I replaced the battery with a yellow top one last week (see first breakdown, 2nd week thread
) I've no idea what it was playing at, it's been fine ever since, doesn't leak overnight, adjusts quickly etc. My best guess at the moment is a 'sensor out of range' error which is a soft fault....
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