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Originally Posted by Dbone
So is air suspension still a disaster waiting to happen on a used car?
Is this true for all brands?
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It also depends on the brands and how proactive you are with making sure things are squared up.
My X5 has air, I've looked into it, and it's actually a fairly straight forward system. The air struts themselves are around $300USD a corner, so let's say $600CAD. If you need to replace a shock on a similar adjustable damping system that would come on a car like this otherwise, you will be looking at roughly the same amount.
What needs to be said is, the pump itself for the system is very expensive to replace, but failing pumps is almost non-existent unless you've let the car run with a leaking strut for a long time, and the pump has been running at a much high duty cycle to keep the car level. This is what I mean by needing to make sure the car is squared up.
Not everything is a Range Rover