Magnetic Ride Control vs Air Ride Suspension

[Polo08816]

I just saw a 2021+ Chevy Suburban High Country pulled off on the side of the road near where we lived. The occupants had the spare tire out but they didn't seem to be doing anything with it. The entire front of the vehicle looked really low - it wasn't just one corner of the vehicle lower than the rest. It looked like his Air Ride system failed and the car was pretty much immobile at that point unless you want to drive around on the bump stops?

The downside of the Air Ride suspension. It works great until it doesn't.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

The air ride on some of the newer trucks allow for ride height changes while driving to conform better to the terrain that they are driving on.

 

[tagexpcom]

It's interesting to read air-ride comments. I only have magnetic on my 2021 Yukon Denali and it's 'fine' but my 2004 Cadillac SRX (bought new and still drive it) has auto air-leveling and is now 20yrs old and has always 'just worked' - it's never been fixed or replaced. Cool to load it up at Home Depot and see it sag but then level right up as soon as the car is started.

 

[Antonm]

I just saw a 2021+ Chevy Suburban High Country pulled off on the side of the road near where we lived. The occupants had the spare tire out but they didn't seem to be doing anything with it. The entire front of the vehicle looked really low - it wasn't just one corner of the vehicle lower than the rest. It looked like his Air Ride system failed and the car was pretty much immobile at that point unless you want to drive around on the bump stops?

The downside of the Air Ride suspension. It works great until it doesn't.

So let me get this straight... You saw a vehicle on the side of the road, you have no idea why it's there , what happened, or even if the vehicle has the air ride system at all (air ride was optional on high country, not standard), but you assume the vehicle has air ride, and that it completely failed because they had the spare tire out.... yeah that makes a lot of sense right there.
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[Polo08816]

I just saw a 2021+ Chevy Suburban High Country pulled off on the side of the road near where we lived. The occupants had the spare tire out but they didn't seem to be doing anything with it. The entire front of the vehicle looked really low - it wasn't just one corner of the vehicle lower than the rest. It looked like his Air Ride system failed and the car was pretty much immobile at that point unless you want to drive around on the bump stops?

The downside of the Air Ride suspension. It works great until it doesn't.

So let me get this straight... You saw a vehicle on the side of the road, you have no idea why it's there , what happened, or even if the vehicle has the air ride system at all (air ride was optional on high country, not standard), but you assume the vehicle has air ride, and that it completely failed because they had the spare tire out.... yeah that makes a lot of sense right there.
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You missed the bolded part so I'll repeat it again.

The entire front of the vehicle was incredibly low but none of the front tires looked flat. There did not appear to be any collision damage. The driver had the spare tire out but wasn't taking any action to replace any of the front tires with it.

There was another car pulled over with it with their hazards on. It appeared as if the occupants for both vehicles knew each other and the other vehicle was there to assist. Maybe they were following each other when the failure happened... OR maybe the occupants of the Suburban High Country called a friend/family member to assist with his immobile vehicle.

An air ride system failure affecting the entire front axle causing the entire front to look like the vehicle was slammed ... is an educated guess.

What other mechanical failures would look the same?

 

[Antonm]

You missed the bolded part so I'll repeat it again.

The entire front of the vehicle was incredibly low but none of the front tires looked flat. There did not appear to be any collision damage. The driver had the spare tire out but wasn't taking any action to replace any of the front tires with it.

There was another car pulled over with it with their hazards on. It appeared as if the occupants for both vehicles knew each other and the other vehicle was there to assist. Maybe they were following each other when the failure happened... OR maybe the occupants of the Suburban High Country called a friend/family member to assist with his immobile vehicle.

An air ride system failure affecting the entire front axle causing the entire front to look like the vehicle was slammed ... is an educated guess.

What other mechanical failures would look the same?

So let's assume the vehicle in question did have the air suspension system (which is an assumption), you know there is an "easy exit" setting for the air system that lowers the car when you put in in park. We use this little feature when visiting the MIL because she's like 81 years old and it helps her to not have to step up as much.

You are not making educated guesses, you're making wild ass guesses about a situation you know absolutely nothing about, blaming a system that you don't even really know the vehicle had.

The high country models do come with the 6.2 standard, it's just as likely by your logic that it was sitting on the side of the road because the engine seized due to the lifter bore issues the 6.2 has.

Bottom line you don't know what was going on and you also don't have enough information to make an educated guess. So you're just running your mouth (or keyboard in this case) blathering on without a freaking clue.
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[Polo08816]

So let's assume the vehicle in question did have the air suspension system (which is an assumption), you know there is an "easy exit" setting for the air system that lowers the car when you put in in park. We use this little feature when visiting the MIL because she's like 81 years old and it helps her to not have to step up as much.

You are not making educated guesses, you're making wild ass guesses about a situation you know absolutely nothing about, blaming a system that you don't even really know the vehicle had.

The high country models do come with the 6.2 standard, it's just as likely by your logic that it was sitting on the side of the road because the engine seized due to the lifter bore issues the 6.2 has.

Bottom line you don't know what was going on and you also don't have enough information to make an educated guess. So you're just running your mouth (or keyboard in this case) blathering on without a freaking clue.
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Does the "easy exit" setting just lower the front axle or does it lower the entire vehicle evenly?

You seem really offended. I take it you have an Air Ride equipped vehicle?

 

[Antonm]

You seem really offended. Do you have an Air Ride equipped vehicle?

Mad , no more like disgusted at people that actually know nothing, who then go post a bunch of crap like they do. Reminds me of our news media today, with all their uninformed opinions on things that they literally know nothing about, but will jump right to a conclusion and tell you that's the way it is.

But,,, the front end was low it must've been the air ride,,,,, or,, maybe they jacked up the rear end to get the spare tire out of its storage location. These trucks have plenty enough issues as is without making up new ones out of thin air.
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[Polo08816]

Mad , no more like disgusted at people that actually know nothing, who then go post a bunch of crap like they do. Reminds me of our news media today, with all their uninformed opinions on things that they literally know nothing about, but will jump right to a conclusion and tell you that's the way it is.

But,,, the front end was low it must've been the air ride,,,,, or,, maybe they jacked up the rear end to get the spare tire out of its storage location. These trucks have plenty enough issues as is without making up new ones out of thin air.
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So you need to jack up the rear of the vehicle to remove the spare tire? Then I presume you would need to use the same jack (unless you're carrying 2 jacks) to lift the corner of the vehicle for the tire that you're replacing.

 

[Antonm]

Or,,, if the flat is on the front, once you have the spare tire out,,,lower the jack, and move it to the front.

Did you ride the short bus to school maybe, these aren't hard concepts or advanced logic we're talking here, pretty simple stuff that you don't seem to be grasping.
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