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Old May 26, 2019 | 9:10 PM
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Just curious if anyone has had this problem with the air leveling suspension on the suburbans. I have had my suburban 1 year and have already had to replace the air leveling shocks 3 times and this weekend will be number 4. It works fine if I am only hauling groceries or luggage but if I attach a 4500lb travel trailer it blows one of the shocks making the the whole system leak. Any ideas or other people experiencing this problem?
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Old May 27, 2019 | 7:32 AM
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I also have a 2017 with air leveling. I have not had an issue nor put any significant weight on the receiver. Just chiming in to see what others reply as I’m curious
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Old May 27, 2019 | 9:13 AM
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We got our 2005 Yukon Denali in 2010; I believe the air leveling has NEVER worked in all that time, and I've never replaced shocks on it. And Mrs. Cusser uses that to pull a horse/trailer.

The tire pressure monitors have also not worked either.

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I wonder if one of the height sensors is bad causing it to over-inflate the bags?
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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by KChevy75
I wonder if one of the height sensors is bad causing it to over-inflate the bags?
I just took it in to the dealership and they replaced both and said they were leaking at the top. That makes 4 replaced shocks in 1 year and only has 22k. I mentioned that very thing saying to them that something has got to be over inflating them that is all that makes sense at this point. They keep saying it’s not a common problem they see. Typically it shows up down the road around 100k after the seals have had some time to weather rot. I guess we will see how long this set lasts .
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