’98 Lincoln Mark VIII Randomly Dumpsall Air Pressure From Suspension Leveling System .
Posted in Ignition Systems | Asked on Feb 11, 2011
My’98 Lincoln Mark VIII has an air suspension system problem. For some reason at odd times the bleed valve opens up and lets ALL the air out of the system (not just down to the high-speed cruise level). I happened to walk by it once after it had been parked about a day and heard a “whoosh” sound as all the air came out in a few seconds and the car sunk to tne ground. I took it to Ford. Result: they found no bag leak (obviously!) and most amazing, all codes and self-tests performed on the system said everything was okay!,even while the car was completely bottomed out on the ground! They tell me to strip out the system and put in springs and shocks! I don’t buy it. Now, for the past few months, while I’m driving on the interstate, it deflates and the front of the car scrapes the road when I hit a bump. REALLY unsafe. Only way to get it reinflated is to pull over, shut ignition off, restart, and wait for system to pump up. Please let me know if you know what’s going or had same problem.
There are 3 Answers for "’98 Lincoln Mark VIII Randomly Dumpsall Air Pressure From Suspension Leveling System ."
My friend had a similar problem with his Mark VIII but he had a leak in his air bags so he just went ahead and had the bags taken out and springs put in which ran him about $150 for the springs and between $200 and $300.
A design flaw…and too think you spent all that money for a nice ride and your ass bounces off the highway…hilarious! why don’t you wait till you really tearS something up before you realize THAT WHAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO DO!!! you just got bad roads…hilarious!
I would check the height sensors and make sure the connections are tight and they are secure. If it is really unsafe turn the air ride off at the switch in the trunk.