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Bottoming Front End

Yahoo Message Number: 5186
I've suffered this problem several times on my '00 Magna and in every case it has been the lowsy ride height air valves. First the left rear failed, then the right rear, thent the front valve. I had them replaced one at a time not knowing they were all bad. I think the new left rear is already starting to leak after a few thousand miles. It is really tough to get the ride height adjusted correctly. One side affects the other and there is hysterisis to boot. It takes several attempts to get it right. When it is set correctly the ride is great and it takes one hell of a bump to bottom it out. The problem is that these lowsy air valves won't hold the adjustment. They start to fail after a few thousand miles and you have to keep re-adjusting them until they fail completely. Why CC doesn't replace these valves is a mystery to me. They are causing a lot of "hate and discontent" out here. CC has been very good to me over the years and this lack of action makes me sad. The previous two CCs I've owned never had air valve problems so we know there are good ones somewhere. I didn't mean to write such a long diatribe but I couldn't help myself. jerry in NM, '00 Magna.