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Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

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Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

Post by Bigrichw » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:31 am

Just had error message self level suspension intact.

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Re: Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

Post by Mikey » Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:47 am

Welcome to the club =).  Not all e53 got selv leveling, and those who do have it get's problems with it sooner or later :/

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Re: Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

Post by kjb1 » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:05 am

I thought they all had it on the rear??? and upgrade was all round front included.

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Re: Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

Post by X5Sport » Mon Jun 09, 2014 11:21 am

If you had a 'Sport', or a towbar I thought it was included on the rear too and most FLs were Sport models.  Can't be many with springs only at the back?

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Re: Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

Post by Raj » Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:09 pm

Need to plug it in and see what it's saying in the error codes.

Does it still sit ok?
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Re: Did all e53's have self levelling suspension?

Post by shadrack » Wed Jun 11, 2014 10:41 am

[quote="kjb1"]
I thought they all had it on the rear??? and upgrade was all round front included.
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no they are rare but they could be factory done with no self rear air sus, my mate had one
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