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Re: 2003 Nav Air ride trouble [jkingsbury]
by dv1047
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Dec 05, 2008 (2:11 pm)
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Replying to: jkingsbury (Nov 16, 2008 5:44 pm)
I am having the EXACT same problem, i live in texas and the temperature gets low at night but hot again during the day, the bags barely inflate if the temp is under or around 65 and the ride is terrible. I recently took it to the shop and they changed my solenoids and one of the bags but it did absolutely nothing.... 930 dollars! It is in the shop again right now and i am waiting on another bullshit excuse to give them money. Have you found anything out? I need help and i think this is a weird problem we are having.
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Re: 2003 Nav Air ride trouble [dv1047]
by mjaennette
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Dec 05, 2008 (3:36 pm)
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Replying to: dv1047 (Dec 05, 2008 2:11 pm)
I dont know if I found the problem yet. I put both solenoids in the rear and replaced a coupler under the hood on the air line that was leaking and the compressor still runs alot more than I think it should. I havent driven it enough to see if the air bag light will come back on but I will let you know what I find out. After changing the things that I did it seem to ride about the same. I have done everything myself so it hasnt cost me near that much. If you want to save money instead of bringing it to the shop get some soapy water (I used dawn dish soap and water in a windex spray bottle) and follow your air lines and spray them and all connections down tp check for leaks. I also would spray were the air line enters the rear air bag because they are also famous for leaking. Other then that for now I dont know what else to tell you. Let me know what you find out and I will most definately do the same.
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- #93 of 166
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Re: 2003 Nav Air ride trouble [dv1047]
by zhemiz2
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Dec 09, 2008 (5:10 pm)
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Replying to: dv1047 (Dec 05, 2008 2:11 pm)
short history! i aws having problems after i drive from Grand Canyon to Peach Springs (reeally bad mountain road) the front passenger side tire wasnt going up, then start working fine, a week ago start doing the same shit, i buy the "service kit" (some o ring) and replace it and still same shit, buy the solenoid, same shit, then i bought the airbag, and the same shit, but if i help the SUV a little bit it go up, so unbelievable i buy the shock and shock mount (thats where the orings go) and the problem is solve, BTW i live in Tucson,AZ and just do that when is really cold to, so it can be the same problem in your gator guys, hope it helps.
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- #94 of 166
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Re: Another Tail Dragger [bobbycar]
by zhemiz2
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Dec 09, 2008 (5:51 pm)
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Replying to: bobbycar (Feb 12, 2008 3:50 pm)
check the ball joints, that was on mine, i had to replace the ball joints with the control arms.
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- #95 of 166
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03 Navigator Tire Sensor and Air Suspension Lights
by tgpitch16
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Dec 10, 2008 (4:05 am)
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I have a 2003 Navigator and both the tire sensor and air suspension lights are on. The Navigator is sitting on 20's and the air suspension seems to be fine (not slammed to the ground and sits up pretty good). Is there anyway to get rid of those warning signals without spending an arm and a leg?
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- #96 of 166
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leaning to the left
by lowkey615
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Dec 20, 2008 (2:52 am)
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Hi, I have a 2003 navigator. I stopped at one of those side of the road tire shops to get my tires rotated. Instead of jacking the truck up from the sides. He jacked it up under the front and the back. now it is leaning to the drivers side. When i do a systems check on the dash it says everything ok. Any ideas what he may have mess up?
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Re: leaning to the left [lowkey615]
by lincoln03
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Dec 21, 2008 (11:01 am)
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Replying to: lowkey615 (Dec 20, 2008 2:52 am)
Did he turn off the suspension system? You need to do this anytime the car is being jacked up. my guess is driver side height sensor.
If it does not stabalize after a few trips i would have it checked. It could be just having to re-calibrate the system or you might need to replace the height sensor.
Let us know what the end result was.
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Re: Changing Air Suspension [bronconvict]
by lincoln03
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Dec 21, 2008 (11:34 am)
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Replying to: bronconvict (Oct 12, 2008 11:41 pm)
Can you give us an update on the coilover conversion? Do you have any regrets? Do you feel a difference from the air suspension?
I just purchased the same kit but have not installed them yet.
I had problems with my air suspension last year and it cost me about $1,300 to fix. I am starting to get the same symptoms again and am afraid that I will have to fork over another grand or so.
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2003 4wd -Cold Weather suspension stays down.
by navman1
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Dec 28, 2008 (8:30 pm)
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I see a lot of the same problems on this board without any solutions. My suspension has a mind of it's own. I have a new pump and it works fine. It turns on and off. But the suspension doesn't always go up or down. Anything below 30 degrees and the suspension won't stay up. If the temp is over 50 degrees the suspension will pump up fast but then drops. After about 15 to 30 minutes the suspension pumps back up quickly and works great the rest of the day. In the summer time the suspension pumps up and works perfect in 80 degree plus weather. I've replace the pump and the passenger side front sensor and nothing has helped. The dealer is dumber than a stone. They suggest replacing everything or better yet they will make me a great deal on a new SUV. I'm sure it's as simple as some sensor failing that is affected by cold weather. I know many on this board have had the same issue. What did you do to fix the problem? Please help. Thank you.
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Navigators SUCK
by hatemygator
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Dec 30, 2008 (4:43 pm)
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Replying to: navman1 (Dec 28, 2008 8:30 pm)
Anyone want to steal my pice of crap 03 navigator..its the rare blue colored 2wd..lets see tires are bald, air compressor/shocks are completely out so even when you hit a little bump your head will bang up and hit the ceiling, but if your lucky the seat belt will throw u back down into the seats....85,000 miles on it..oh the key has been stuck in the ignition for 2 months. The engine doesnt sound right, its missing at times. Its only worth about 7g and I owe 20g, and need appox 5g to repair it. So ideally if you could take it to mexico that would be nice im in Arizona so its close to border at least..This is my 2nd nav and I will never buy american shit again..they can have all the bailout money but they still will go under because they sell crap and with everyone needing reliability everyone knows honda and toyota are way more reliable than american junk buying this piece of crap was the biggest mistake Ive ever made.
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