Major suspension problem

[mannyo]

So, as most of you know my 2004 D3 has hardly been used for quiet a while now as I have been doing a minimum wage job and simply cannot afford to run it.

I've been using it as a daily driver this week, and last weekend with no problems wharsoever, until today.

So, I decided to demonstrate the air suspension to some work colleagues and now wish I hadn't.

whilst in the car park at work, I selected dynamic and everything was ok and the car dropped down and settled as it always had in the past and then the fun started.

I selected automatic, air compressor kicked in and not a lot happened. Eventually the orange light came on. I switched the engine off, waited a while and started it again and the car returned to normal height.

This morning everything was ok, but this evening whilst driving home the green warning light kept on coming on and going off. Now back at home it looks like one whole side of the car is lower than the other.

Next mistake I think, I thought I would try lift mode. Compressor kicks in and nothing happens until the orange light came on again. Left it for an hour and now cannot get out of lift mode, so everytime I start the car it tries to lift up.

If I select automatic, the down arrow comes on, but compressor continues running until orange light comes on. Selecting jack mode switches off the compressor but obviously disables controls.

Everything was ok until I decided to show off dynamic mode, keeping in mind the car has not been down that low for several years.

I have zero spare money to fix this, so sadly I fear the end maybe nigh for the car which I have been trying to unsuccessfully sell for months. This could be anything from a leaky strut to busted compressor, or simply a height sensor.

I'll stew on it for a few days, but may well remove the AMI and DVB-T tuner. Not sure I could even successfully drive to A8parts given the suspension problem.

For now she is sitting outside with battery disconnected.