Air Ride Suspension Diagnostics
The key to understanding the logic of air ride systems is using service information.
Installing Replacement Air Ride Shocks and Struts
Learn how to replace air ride units on the 2015 to 2020 Cadillac Escalade, Chevy Tahoe and other models. Sponsored by PRT.
Tesla Air Ride Service
The suspension uses GPS and vehicle speed to adjust ride height.
Air Ride Conversion Kits
Air ride and active shocks and struts will eventually fail – succumbing to either damage to or dry rot of the air spring.
Air Ride: 1997-2011 Crown Vic
All air ride-equipped Crown Vics have a switch in the trunk on the left to deactivate the air ride system.
Air Ride Diagnostics: It’s Not Just Swapping Parts
Air ride systems can control vehicle ride height, passenger comfort and improve handling. How they operate and work with the rest of the systems on the vehicle is part of the embedded logic of their control system.
Air Ride Diagnostics: Dodge Ram 1500
The secret to diagnosing problems comes down to knowing what criteria the system uses to regulate the compressor/reservoir and having a scan tool that can interpret the information.
Air Ride: Plausibility And Rationalization Codes In Cold Weather
It is a common occurrence on the coldest days or during large fluctuations in the temperature to get a customer call or visit complaining that they have a warning message on their dash telling them the air ride suspension system is malfunctioning or there is a fault.
Air Ride Leak Detection
To the untrained technician, a winter air ride problem might lead you down the path that there is a leak in the system. However, chances are there are no detectable leaks. These types of faults are usually set by parameters from the air ride module for a specific action to cause an expected result.
VIDEO: Air Ride And Sleep Mode
Jason Stahl discusses air ride, and how the vehicles that have it still perform even when the vehicle is turned off. Sponsored by Standard.
