Rear Air Suspension Dead?

[studio460]

I've had my Marauder parked outside for about six weeks. I noticed the left side of the car had settled real low during this time, so I charged the battery yesterday and started her up and waited a few moments . . . No "puurrrrrrrrrrrr" sound was heard from the rear suspension air pump. The left side of the car, still sagging very low. I got in, started it, got out, re-started it, sat on the seat, jumped on the seat, jerked the car forward and reverse. Nothing. What gives?

[lwblumjr]

Network Shooter,

I had a '93 Town Car that did the same thing. It ended up being a blown 30 Amp fuse in the fuse box under the hood (not the one under the dash). That car had a lot of miles on it and when I traded it in on the Marauder it had about 230k on it. It would blow that fuse regularly so I ended up just replacing the fuse with a 30 Amp circuit breaker. It would work on startup and sometime during the drive would blow. Once I installed the circuit breaker it would reset when the car was parked and work again on startup. Of course, you may have another problem but I would check all the fuses related to the airbag suspension first.

[studio460]

Thanks, lwblumkr. I'll give it a try.

[merc]

Nice to see you posting again.:beer:

[studio460]

Yeah, thanks! Good to see you guys again! Holy crap. my Mustang friend at work just showed me pictures of TooManyFord's Marauder he saw on a Mustang forum. HOLY CRAP!!!

[ShelbyMotorspts]

I've noticed on my 04MM that the air pump doesn't always turn on when the car is started. Sometimes it takes me putting the car in gear and driving a few feet before it kicks on. I would try driving the car a block or so.

There's no chance you turned the switch in the trunk off when you parked it six weeks ago? Might want to double check it.

Steve

[LVMarauder]

try driving the car around the block , if it still is down its dealer time.

[studio460]

Well, drove it around the block a few times, went through the gears, re-seated all the fuses, flipped the switch in the trunk back and forth, etc. Still no "purrrrr." At least it's still under warranty . . .

[Bigdogjim]

Sometimes warranty can be a good thing, keep us posted as to the outcome please.