Audi Q7 air suspension query

[andymc]

Hi guys, are there any no no's when driving in the different settings? Is comfort ok at any speeds? I had the fault light flash up at 60mph, it went off after switching the car on and off, what i did notice was all the settings weren't available till it had reset itself

cheers

[alorotom]

After having my Q7 for about 18mths, when it hit 120k-ish (it was about 8yrs old at this point) I randomly started getting the same issue with my Q7 and comfort setting.

Sometimes it would reset itself on turn off, sometimes I needed to reset with Carista.

I think it was the air-sus starting to fail and thankfully I moved it on before it went pop ... ps your reg doesn’t begin with RV09 does it??

[andymc]

no, im suspecting the compressor

[Dr G]

The compressors can (and do) wear with age so the system will struggle to keep up with itself in terms of maintaining pressure and adjusting to changes.

[Andy JB]

Dr G said:

The compressors can (and do) wear with age so the system will struggle to keep up with itself in terms of maintaining pressure and adjusting to changes.

Dr G out of interest I have a 2009 Allroad with 106k with the air suspension, and while it continues to work fine, it would be useful to know at what sort of age/mileage or other indicators the compressor or bags fail?

I planned to keep it another 2 years but theres the dilemma to sell it now while it has some value & no issues or keep it & accept its going to start to wear costly items like the air sus.

While its very well maintained theres not a lot you can do to maintain parts like the air sus. Mind you its built significantly better than my much newer S3 which is made of chocolate !

[Dr G]

Older Q7s always seem to eat their compressors, Allroads seem relatively well behaved.

Not cheap to repair but not silly either; just because a modestly priced Wabco part can be bought in an expensive Audi branded box it doesn't mean you have to...