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Old 20th September 2018, 08:57 PM
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I've used mine at speed through water, as many here can attest. And suffered no issues with the suspension.
If you lift the suspension and then continue driving, over a certain speed (I forget haw fast) the car will drop its self down to normal height, and it will show 'LIFT' greyed out. Just like it does whenever driving at speed.

If you hit LIFT, and see the up arrow lit up, wait until it goes out. You car should now be raised. Then hit comfort, auto or dynamic and you should see the down arrow light up while it lowers its self.
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Old 20th September 2018, 09:50 PM
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I went to it earlier, pressed lift and waited for the arrow to go out. I presume it's now at it's highest setting. But for some reason when I press any other setting no arrow appears and the car doesn't seem to drop

Its still at lift level. I will drive at 70mph tomorrow and see if it lowers by the time I get to work.

I'll update tomorrow lunch
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Old 21st September 2018, 06:54 AM
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My guess is water got into one (or more) of the height sensors, VCDS should confirm.

Maybe as simple as drying it out and sealing, but over the years I've replaced a few - almost a consumable
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Old 22nd September 2018, 08:04 AM
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Cheers, the car has now returned to it's normal level although I haven't tried changing any settings.

Will get it scanned.
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