This is quite normal and made the wife jump out of her skin the first time she heard it happen It's the suspension sitting back down again, the compressors don't need to be stressed when the car is sitting there doing nothing so it's a rest state for the system. 

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mnederlof wrote:

Does locking the height up work in the RRS? The RR would bing and say speed max 25 mph, but it wouldn't change the height.

M

mnederlof, "locked access" or "crawl mode" returns to "on-road" mode after 24 MPH. (I assume most won't be doing 25 MPH or above in a height limited parking garage.) In unlocked "access" mode, it returns after 6 MPH.

edit: Ok, I fixed the one MPG typo.

grommet wrote:

mnederlof wrote:

Does locking the height up work in the RRS? The RR would bing and say speed max 25 mph, but it wouldn't change the height.

M

mnederlof, "locked access" or "crawl mode" returns to "on-road" mode after 24 MPH. (I assume most won't be doing 25 MPG or above in a height limited parking garage.) In unlocked "access" mode, it returns after 6 MPH.

I find it really hard to get 25MPG anyway not just in a parking garage.  2013 New Range Rover Sport HSE SDV6
2008 Audi Q7 4.2 TDI
2006 Toyota Vigo Truck 3.0D4D.

MDP wrote:

mnederlof

I too get the Ppssstttt sound of air leaving the suspension after leaving/locking the car. I also noted this in the dealer/loan Disco3 that i have just had. So I guess its a common occurence.

This is known as the Disco fart!!!

shmoogle wrote:

This is quite normal and made the wife jump out of her skin the first time she heard it happen It's the suspension sitting back down again, the compressors don't need to be stressed when the car is sitting there doing nothing so it's a rest state for the system.

mnederlof, your vehicle doesn't lower or "drop to a certain level" while you are out. There is no "at rest" height. As you know, you don't even need to put the vehicle in Access mode; it can stay in On-Road height... and it'll stay like that. It will not lower unless you step inside and tell it to lower.

The vehicle may try to "level" the vehicle, however, and you may hear air being discharged.

The noise you hear is the air system compensating for the reduced load after you have got out

The system works with height sensors which vary the pressure in the air bags (springs) to acheive a ride height set by the system (access, normal, off-road etc). If the load increases, say by putting a couple of sacks of cement in the back, the pressure will rise to compensate for the increased load and retain the ride height. If there is insufficient reserve air supply in the storage tank the compressor will start to provide this air. Conversly, if the load decreases, say by a 90kg person getting out of the vehicle, the system will vent air from the air bags to return the ride height to the set height.

BTW I have heard that the Range Rover does not have a storage tank so are prone to burning out the compressors if used constantly off road.  Renny Thomson
MSA Scrutineer

OK, so what is my car doing when I pull up on my driveway, turn the engine off, get out and lock the doors? Every time there is a "psstt!" and the car settles to it's lowest setting (which I've always presumed to be access height). The reason I think it's access height is that when I get back in the car and turn the engine on, the car automatically raises to what I presume to be on-road height. I can then manually drop the car back to access height and if I look at the tyre/arch spacings they are the same as when the car is parked up and switched off. 

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That doesn't sound right...does it ?
When you get back in, have a look at the height selection switch to see which icon is lit up.
I didn't think the height should change without a specific instruction to do so, and even then all doors MUST be closed.
However, I'm still learning so I may be wrong on that point.
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grommet wrote:

mnederlof, your vehicle doesn't lower or "drop to a certain level" while you are out. There is no "at rest" height. As you know, you don't even need to put the vehicle in Access mode; it can stay in On-Road height... and it'll stay like that. It will not lower unless you step inside and tell it to lower.

The vehicle may try to "level" the vehicle, however, and you may hear air being discharged.

Grommet, you may be right, but my vehicle *does* lower. It lowers quite a lot, and yes, it is when the doors are closed. It usually goes something like I get out, close my door, maybe get something out of the rear, close that, and lock using the key. THEN it pssts, and lowers visibly, every time.

My car is getting a scratch fixed, so it's away for a few days when it's back, I'll measure the space between tire and wheel well. I don't think I'm an isolated case.

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The noise you hear is the air system compensating for the reduced load after you have got out

That is exactly what mine does too. I'd assumed it was normal - the explanation I gave myself seemed to make sense I was reading the handbook sections about the air suspension this morning and it's true it doesn't make any mention of any "at rest" location or any indication that this is what it should be doing. 

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It is NOT normal for the RRS to 'automatically' lower to access height when you stop and turn off the car, UNLESS you have specifically requested the car to do that just prior to turning it off.
My S/C remains at normal height when turned off for days unless I activated Access mode before I turned it off. It will probably 'settle' to access height over an extended period of time as air pressure is slowly lost throughout the system if the engine is not started for quite some time.
Bish '06 RRS S/C Bonatti Grey/Ebony/Cherry with RSE; PTI; Electronic Rear Diff and Sirius Sat Radio.

Bish,
Mine does the same. If I turn it off whilst in "Normal" height, it will stay there, even after I have got out and locked it.
If I stop and select "Access" height, it will drop down. But if someone opens a doors while it is lowering, it will stop and stay at that intermediate height.

I'm pretty sure the car shouldn't lower once you have got out. It sounds like a fault because the car doesn't "know" who or what is underneath it. It could be lowering itself onto a boulder, or more importantly, someone's head

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What can I say, mine is definitely doing that - always has. Looks like another entry for the snagging list when it goes in for the 12k service. Odd.  

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shmoogle wrote:

What can I say, mine is definitely doing that - always has. Looks like another entry for the snagging list when it goes in for the 12k service. Odd.

I don't know---I don't mind at all. As long as the extra compressor work (pretty much always starts when I start the car, which seems normal) doesn't hurt, I like the fact that it lowers; it makes ingress and egress easier, WITHOUT having to remember to hit the button, as I had to on my former full sized RR.

If I didn't have this bug...er...feature, I'd likely be wishing I had it anyway, so unless there's a problem, I'm not saying anything!  2006 RRS SC
2006 RR HSE