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Old 8th May 2014, 06:21 AM
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Default Suspension problem?

Not sure if this a problem or not.

Essentially, I had not driven or even gone near my D3 since Monday morning.

72 hours later, and I return to my car to find that the whole car (all four corners) was lower than when I left. It was not on the decks, but was maybe 2-3 inches lower in all four corners.

I started the car as I needed to go for a short drive to put some charge back in the battery due to a parasitic current drain and no sooner than the engine was running the rear of the car raised, followed by the front. No faults on the dash, nothing out of the ordinary as far as warning lights go.

The car is parked on uneven ground, sideways on a downhill. I wonder if what I saw was simply signs of the car trying to level itself or something more sinister going on.
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