F430 - Suspension Warning Light

[X7LDA]

Need a bit of guidance if possible. My F430 has a suspension warning light on. It comes on within a couple of seconds of the car being started up and stays on. At times it's not come on until mid-way into a journey. Suspension seems fine when it's not on but brick hard when it is on (I believe this is the default setting when this happens).

I took the car into Ferrari who ran the code reader and sead Front Left shock is showing an error. They cleared it but it just came back. On speaking to them they said it could be one of three things:

- The shock itself is broken
- The shock ECU is sending a faulty reading and is broken
- The wiring

I asked them the best step to take and they said they wouldn't know until they started replacing parts. With the shock the most likely. The fact the shock is c£1200 makes me wonder if this is the best approach however as reading other forums (which I have done extensively) suggests wiring is a common issue, so are sensors (albeit I assume the diagnostics would have shown this up) and the shock is pretty rare. In fact one thread suggests near impossible to fail.

Anyone got any ideas of how to approach? The car goes into an indy tomorrow for some shiny upgrades so going to get them to attend to it - but not sure in which direction I steer them as yet.

Thanks

[mike01606]

X7LDA said:

I asked them the best step to take and they said they wouldn't know until they started replacing parts. With the shock the most likely.

This makes we weep....Can no one fault find anymore!

Preferably take it to someone who can diagnose it properly or if they want to throw £1200 parts at it, be very clear that you aren't paying for them if they don't resolve it.

It should be relatively easy to test the wiring and if the shocks are the same (and depending on the time and hourly rate) they could move it on the car to see if the problem moves with it.

[Juber]

Hello

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Have you tried speaking to an independent Ferrari Specialist?

http://www.verdi-ferrari.com/ - 07785 760606 - DO NOT USE VERDI, THEY ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED!!!

Or

http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ - [phone]

Or

http://www.ferrarimaserati.co.uk/ - 01527 576355

Or

http://www.thesupercarrooms.co.uk/ - 01299 250009

Edited by Juber on Wednesday 23 July 10:05

[South tdf]

Had the same thing (light with triangles under the wheels). Main agent swapped a couple of bits about and found the suspension ECU was at fault (just over £1100 to sort).

[X7LDA]

Thanks guys.

I think I'll at least try something out by going with the above and maybe swapping the shocks over - see if the fault follows. Then I might be able to nail it down to a shock/wiring or ECU.

[Jules360]

Juber said:

Hello

Sorry to hear about your troubles.

Have you tried speaking to an independent Ferrari Specialist?

http://www.verdi-ferrari.com/ - 07785 760606

Or

http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ - [phone]

Or

http://www.ferrarimaserati.co.uk/ - 01527 576355

Or

http://www.thesupercarrooms.co.uk/ - 01299 250009

Verdi is back ?

[CSL Jay]

Bit of a thread revival but did you ever resolve this?

[Edin430]

Yes. It turned out to be the suspesnion ECU. Seems to be common!

[CSL Jay]

Hey, thanks for getting back to me. I will give that a try, do you know if the ECU is interchangeable or did it have to be coded to the car?

[Edin430]

They dont need to be coded as far as I'm aware however I did try fit a used one and it didnt work... Dealer fitted a brand new one and fault went away.