Air Suspension in colder climates

[loc8or]

Last winter mine failed. It was about -28F. Sat outside for 2 days. After having to walk up to truck, get in and start it (cold remote /starting issue), I left and noticed it seemed very rough. Got out and looked at truck and the whole rear end was waayy low. There was zero suspension in the rear. Front was fine. Tried to raise and lower it with no luck. drove it(slowly) and continued to try raise/lower it. No luck. Was deep in the woods and just wanted to get out of there being it was so cold. Got to a gas station, shut truck off, went inside. Came back out, started it, and could feel rear end rising. Low and behold everything was fine. Guessing it reset and was all good. Just hoping that never happens again. Lesson learned, shut it off and see if it resets! 2020 limited w/12k miles

 

[mikeru82]

Last winter mine failed. It was about -28F. Sat outside for 2 days. After having to walk up to truck, get in and start it (cold remote /starting issue), I left and noticed it seemed very rough. Got out and looked at truck and the whole rear end was waayy low. There was zero suspension in the rear. Front was fine. Tried to raise and lower it with no luck. drove it(slowly) and continued to try raise/lower it. No luck. Was deep in the woods and just wanted to get out of there being it was so cold. Got to a gas station, shut truck off, went inside. Came back out, started it, and could feel rear end rising. Low and behold everything was fine. Guessing it reset and was all good. Just hoping that never happens again. Lesson learned, shut it off and see if it resets! 2020 limited w/12k miles

That's what IT always asks when you have computer problems..."Have you tried turning it off and back on?" LOL

 

[SpeedyV]

Last winter mine failed. It was about -28F. Sat outside for 2 days. After having to walk up to truck, get in and start it (cold remote /starting issue), I left and noticed it seemed very rough. Got out and looked at truck and the whole rear end was waayy low. There was zero suspension in the rear. Front was fine. Tried to raise and lower it with no luck. drove it(slowly) and continued to try raise/lower it. No luck. Was deep in the woods and just wanted to get out of there being it was so cold. Got to a gas station, shut truck off, went inside. Came back out, started it, and could feel rear end rising. Lo and behold everything was fine. Guessing it reset and was all good. Just hoping that never happens again. Lesson learned, shut it off and see if it resets! 2020 limited w/12k miles

That almost sounds like the (known) issue where a truck lowered to E/E mode will stay there (sometimes) after a remote start. It’s almost like the computer can get confused if systems boot up in an unexpected order. Glad it was a one-off for you.

 

[MarvsAMartian]

Forgot to update this, and here we are coming up on another winter. Had zero issues with my Air Ride last winter. Truck has about 23k KMS on it currently and it's been great. I guess we'll see after winter #2. Fingers crossed

Update on this being winter #3 now. No issues whatsoever. Last winter I frequently parked my truck at the airport for 2 weeks at a time, often in deep freeze conditions (not heated or covered parking) and never had any issues. This winter I'm spoiled and have heated parking but still haven't had any issues. Holding up much better than I hoped. Knock on wood

 

[Pertzbro]

With this recent cold shock I've seen a Ram and a jeep driving around town with zero, and I mean zero air in the bags. Granted i think both were previous generations and not the current ones. We're at below zero for 4 straight days. -20 for 48 hours.. not counting wind chills. Single digit highs all week, double digit negatives all week.

 

[OldMarine]

we just went through record setting cold temps of -20F for 3-4 days straight. Zero issues with my Limited air suspension.