Ute4Life
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I have a few trucks I am going to look at this afternoon and some have the air suspension. Just don't know if it is worth it, and how long it will last and the maintenance of it if it breaks. Would love some insight
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I prefer coil due to it's simpler design and that my parents were through 2-3 cars/trucks that had air suspension failures, all after the warranty expired.
Benz car has failed 3 times, Navigator countless times(converted to coil). Drawing a blank atm on the 3rd one.
Maybe Dodge/RAM has got the reliability better than others. Not trying to be a negative nancy, but just sharing some stories of some air ride cars that had issues as a heads up.
Just out of curiosity, what were the approximate time frames of these failures? And MY's of the cars?
I prefer coil due to it's simpler design and that my parents were through 2-3 cars/trucks that had air suspension failures, all after the warranty expired.
Benz car has failed 3 times, Navigator countless times(converted to coil). Drawing a blank atm on the 3rd one.
Maybe Dodge/RAM has got the reliability better than others. Not trying to be a negative nancy, but just sharing some stories of some air ride cars that had issues as a heads up.
2005 E55. Think it failed not more than a month or two after the 4 year warranty expired. They walked out to the garage to see the car slammed to the floor.
Mercedes made them pay in full. Then after that roughly every 3 years. Wasn't a daily driver. Got maybe 7-10k miles at most on it per year.
The navigator was a 2004 and failed while in warranty (3/36). But it just kept on having issues post warranty. Day after my dad got it converted to coil, it got t-boned by a semi running a red light. Truck was cursed lol.
It was driven 20-25k miles a year, so failures was in warranty and over 100k for the issues.
I test drove trucks without it and I felt a big difference. It’s all subjective. I also got Mopar lifetime max care warranty for peace of mind.
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$2,745 For $100 deductible. Can also get $200 deductible for $2,450. Was a no brainer for me.I was thinking of doing the same thing how much did you end up paying for the lifetime maxcare warranty if you don't mind me asking?
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Mine sits a bit low on 1 corner but works well apart from that. Rides great, keeps the ride height the same loaded or empty and gives me a couple extra inches when i need it and the fuel economy of not being a couple inches higher when i don't. Haven't driven the truck enough to speak on reliability though, but i now know a couple co workers who have had no problems with it including one with 100k miles on his. Seems like the real problems occur when they leak and freeze up due to moisture in the air so having it serviced if needed by a good mechanic that knows and follows the correct procedures to purge the air and refill the nitrogen is key so minor problems don't become major.