Air suspension issues (or "#%$@!" again!)

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Originally Posted by mdoyle

I thought I'd post a follow-up here to complete the archive. I took it by the dealer and they said it's the airbags so I feel like I've dodged a bullet of sorts since the compressor is okay.

The bags were $158.00 each (thinking I saw a post here mentioning $90 each?) plus labor and will be installed this Friday.

I'd planned to look at the system this weekend, but a very enjoyable soccer tournament kept me busy. Yesterday evening I climbed under to have a look and both air bags are dry rotted and cracked badly, it's a wonder they hold air at all.

I wonder if I got a bad original set, or if some preventative protectant should be applied when the new ones are installed? It's lame that these would go out due to deteriotation at 70K miles.

there's really no reason they should have deteriorated to that degree so quickly. They are not exposed to sunlight. The only other thing would be if certain chemicals made contact with them, maybe at a detail shop or something.