2014 Range Rover Sport L494 Suspension Fault Quick Easy Fix

With the number of sensors on this vehicle, Range owners unite to troubleshoot and identify the easiest fix for a variety of common issues. Today, I have one for you. For months, my 2014 RRS 5.0L SC has been showing a "Suspension Fault" randomly but I was able to circumvent by driving slowly while lowering into "Access Mode", other times it would mysteriously not indicate at all when I started up or drove. Lowering while driving at low speeds is obviously not a long term fix but the fact that it wouldn't indicate regularly didn't make it a major issue for me.......yet....so I was ok with it. Luckily it only forced me into "Extended Mode" a few times acting like there was an obstalce so the majority of time it kept me in "Normal Height" so that was good news. I could keep driving regularly and it wouldn't ask me to shut the engine off for safety or anything like that but I had no control over height when I wanted it. Isn't that one of the cool features of being a Range owner?? So over the past month, every time I started the engine I would get that dreaded chime and dash indicator, showing, something wasn't working correctly, you know what I'm talking about. I think the goal of every Range owner is to hope and pray you can keep all those engine light/faults off the main screen! My assumption was the air suspension exhaust filter was starting to get blocked but progressed to fully blocked leading to the fault at every start up. I had to locate the air suspension compressor that has an exhaust valve filter which I heard can get clogged up over time. Being an almost decade old RRS, I wasn't really surprised to learn that it could be blocked so time to locate it and troubleshoot. It is located at that the rear of the vehicle under the removable cargo area floor board where you find the spare ties so once you remove the spare tire, you will see the protected air suspension compressor housing. After removing about 20 metal clips all the way around the top portion using a flat head screw driver, you locate the compressor and all air lines. You will also see this gold looking microphone thing which is the air compression filter. Whenever you lower the vehicle in any way, it releases air and that air travels through this filter so you don't hear the hissing. I used a lock wrench to loosen and remove this OEM filter to test if that was the issue. I started the vehicle back up, and after hearing a release of air, there was no longer a chime or on screen fault, heck yea! What I did hear was a constant motor running and when I lowered to "Access Height", I heard a big release of air in the cabin so definitely can't keep the filter off forever as it not only works to keep debris out of the air exhaust system but also dampens/eliminates the air sound as well. The OEM filter is about $20 to $30 USD so not too bad or you can buy an aftermarket version for less. Overall, super easy fix for what could have been a very expensive dealer visit :) Todd is all about helping you avoid that dealer visit which never goes well and always costs you way to much, DIYers win on this one!!