Air Suspension Failure on 04' RX330
07-21-06, 08:30 AM
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Air Suspension Failure on 04' RX330
Well, after nearly 120 000km (75K miles), my 04 RX330's wonderful air suspension died on me the other day. The RX was stuck at a certain height and I had the "Off" light flashing on the dash. 1250$Cnd later and it's good again.
A few weeks earlier, I had carried two separate loads of cement blocks of at least 600 lbs total in the trunk. I heard the compressor compensating working longer than usual to adjust the level of the ride height for it, but nothing more unusual than when people sit in the car and add weight. Can't say if that was the killer, but I'm sure that contributed to the wear-and-tear. Lesson-learned !
I am a little disappointed with this failure, but I understand it was possibly my fault or that I accelerated the wear and tear. We tend to forget the RX is not a true SUV, instead it's a unibody car-based (Camry) luxury "SUV" not meant for heavy hauling/towing. We need to go to the GX or the Toyota "equivalent", the 4-Runner for more heavy-duty stuff.
Anyone else had an issue with their Air Suspension and when?
A few weeks earlier, I had carried two separate loads of cement blocks of at least 600 lbs total in the trunk. I heard the compressor compensating working longer than usual to adjust the level of the ride height for it, but nothing more unusual than when people sit in the car and add weight. Can't say if that was the killer, but I'm sure that contributed to the wear-and-tear. Lesson-learned !
I am a little disappointed with this failure, but I understand it was possibly my fault or that I accelerated the wear and tear. We tend to forget the RX is not a true SUV, instead it's a unibody car-based (Camry) luxury "SUV" not meant for heavy hauling/towing. We need to go to the GX or the Toyota "equivalent", the 4-Runner for more heavy-duty stuff.
Anyone else had an issue with their Air Suspension and when?
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While I do not know if it is the same system or not we had a problem with the air suspension on our GX, for some reason the left rear got stuck in high mode and apparently trying to compensate the right rear got stuck in low mode. It was a warrantied repair as the car had something like 2500 miles on it when it happened.
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