Automatic entry height
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Automatic entry height
After picking up my new FY22 Defender, I noticed there is an option to enable automatic access height when you turn the car off. Seems like a neat feature, but wouldn't having the car raise and lower everytime its turned on an off needlessly introduce vastly more duty cycles for the air compressor and struts? I can't imagine this wouldnt work those parts more and lead to required maintenance more quickly than not using it.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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After picking up my new FY22 Defender, I noticed there is an option to enable automatic access height when you turn the car off. Seems like a neat feature, but wouldn't having the car raise and lower everytime its turned on an off needlessly introduce vastly more duty cycles for the air compressor and struts? I can't imagine this wouldnt work those parts more and lead to required maintenance more quickly than not using it.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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GrouseK9 (11-11-2021)
#6
Ha ha, as every guy knows EVERY INCH COUNTS....
I would assume they meant hung up going across the trail... but yeah that's a silly example.
Look I get why the coils make sense (crossover to the air or not to air thread) to people who want to hardcore wheel it or want old school goodness whatever. As someone who has already replaced all four coils on my < 50k mile Jeep (because even with the tow package they were getting soft) I wouldn't assume coils never need work either.
THAT SAID, I LOVE THE AIR SUSPENSION on our D, and we use the access height setting. Doing so means my 5' 6" wife and our kids can get in and out of the thing without using any side-steps like we have installed on my Jeep.
Though I confess I purposely parked it in off-road height once just to watch my MIL sky dive out of the passenger seat.
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#7
Thanks for all the replies guys... you make good points. I hadn't considered that going into access height might actually be good as it could de-stress some components. I'm just worried it will make my wife want to drive it more than she already does... keeps trying to get me to drive her Audi to work now...
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