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

[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.

[Edin430]

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

[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.