Help, my X5 has falling down and it can't get up
 

Hi everyone,

My 2005 4.4i is suffering from front air bag suspension problems. It has been to the dealership service a couple of times, no one seems to be able to fix it. I have replaced a bunch of expensive parts (almost 2k worth - suspension module and both front air bags) problem still comes back. For my car, this dropping of the front end happens only about once every 45 days. When this happens the whole system stops working for good, The compressor won't even activate to try to fix the problem, which it normally does. Is there anyway I can reset this? some how get my X5 up again. once it's back to level, I seem to be fine for another 45 days, car handles and drives great. I do not want to go back to the dealership again, Just some how trick the car into leveling. My theory is if I let the car get too low, it passes some point where the system stops completely. For me, stopping and starting the car seems to do healthy tasks. if anything is out of wack it fixes it in the first 30 seconds, unless it has gone to some extreme (like in the pictures) then stopping and starting the car will not help and I'm pretty much broken down. As cool as it looks....my X5 secretly longs to be a lowrider :), it is unsafe to drive in this configuration.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3865560/X5744tc.jpg

45 days seem to be a long time to wait and run a diagnostics. When you have that moment, have the dealer read the riding height on the problematic corner and see if it indeed reads low height. If it does, then I'd investigate why the suspension module does not charge up the air spring to the normal height. Maybe the level sensor on that corner is flakey.

"once every 45 days" sounds like some software issue...

If it was a sensor issue then why would the message appear? It must know that it's not on the normal height... you replaced alot of stuff, might it be some electric problems maybe?