Air suspension????

[rule18]

Right, what Randy said. It is a nitrogen system. The problem with refilling them is, where'd it go in the first place? Once they start leaking they need to be replaced as I did with mine a year and a half ago. Mine turned out to be a bunch of micro-leaks so it would take a few days after the recovery from the sag to drop down. In my case, it was the front bags that showed the first symptoms. It was cool the first time I noticed it - I opened the garage and the truck was kneeling before me. LOL!

 

[Bandit517]

Can the bags be filled?

With nitrogen, I have seen a post somewhere where someone refilled the system. With regular air, no.

Yes when the right rear fender liner is removed you can access the service ports. You have to vacuum the system and charge it with nitrogen. Similar to an A/C system, just using Nitrogen instead of Freon.

 

[Zac1]

You are describing my 2017. It is your air ride. There are many components that can go wrong. Moisture in the system, low N2. N2 compressor, sensors valves, air bags, lines, level switches, compressed N2 tank, etc. I dumped mine. Bad, unreliable design specially in cold climate below 32 F. Simply put, it is a junk. Good luck.

 

[BWL]

It seems to be more common in my research that the driver rear air bag leaks down. Mine does occasionally if parked off camber over night. No codes or error messages. It will inflate eventually but takes longer than I'd like sometimes. But it's usually VERY obvious that the suspension is down from normal ride height. Old pic from when it first happened you can see the rear wheel gap is less than the front and the truck is leaning. It's been like that for almost 3 years now and I haven't worried about it because it's not an everyday problem. I'd suggest checking your bags, lines and distribution block for leaks.


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That's what my truck looks like in the morning now.

 

[Jeepwalker]

Air ride systems pretty much use the same design philosophy since the late 80's-90's: air compressor, tubes, valves, sensors & shocks. Little details have changed (like computer control) but overall pretty similar.

Get used to it ...a lot of (but not all) electric cars/trucks do and will continue to employ the weight carrying capability of air suspension systems due to heavy batteries. Not just pickups, but SUV's too. Although I think I read the Ram electric truck was going to use steel wire springs...

But yeah ..more stuff to go wrong for sure. People are going to hate it when their expensive electric SUV air suspension system goes wonky and the dealer gives them the expensive run-around. All the money they saved in gas, and here it's the air suspension system that drives them crazy!

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