Esteemed Gentlemen of the Mudless Forum,
My '02 has 104,000 miles on it and on the way home from the golf course today I noticed I was stuck in low mode even though the indicator says it's in neutral and I was "pogo sticking" on the bumps. No error lights on the dash. Fluid level looked good when I got home after driving on the high way. Drove fine except for the height.
I checked the forum and the wisdom seems to be to rip out the AHC system and replace it when you get any amount of trouble.
However, my vehicle was garage kept until I got it at ~89,000 miles and I had my mechanic who I trust (mostly) do the 120k service last summer and go over it with a fine tooth comb.
He said all the lines looked good, no rust, nothing major he could see on the horizon.
I'm thinking that either my pump, or my height sensors are going bad. I also took it through the car wash the other day and selected the undercarriage wash ( I was feeling fancy), something I usually don't do-possibly water/ dirt getting in the sensor body?
My question is- Would I be better off ripping and replacing the entire AHC now? Or considering my vehicle's relatively young life, could I get a new motor and/or sensors and still be under the cost of what a total replace would be?
For the record, I'm in a high COL area, I don't have the space/tools to do anything major myself, and I only have one vehicle so I don't mind paying someone to do the job right if it means I sleep better (this is the part where you can call me names for not doing the work myself, if you like).
Please let me know what you think. Thank you.
My '02 has 104,000 miles on it and on the way home from the golf course today I noticed I was stuck in low mode even though the indicator says it's in neutral and I was "pogo sticking" on the bumps. No error lights on the dash. Fluid level looked good when I got home after driving on the high way. Drove fine except for the height.
I checked the forum and the wisdom seems to be to rip out the AHC system and replace it when you get any amount of trouble.
However, my vehicle was garage kept until I got it at ~89,000 miles and I had my mechanic who I trust (mostly) do the 120k service last summer and go over it with a fine tooth comb.
He said all the lines looked good, no rust, nothing major he could see on the horizon.
I'm thinking that either my pump, or my height sensors are going bad. I also took it through the car wash the other day and selected the undercarriage wash ( I was feeling fancy), something I usually don't do-possibly water/ dirt getting in the sensor body?
My question is- Would I be better off ripping and replacing the entire AHC now? Or considering my vehicle's relatively young life, could I get a new motor and/or sensors and still be under the cost of what a total replace would be?
For the record, I'm in a high COL area, I don't have the space/tools to do anything major myself, and I only have one vehicle so I don't mind paying someone to do the job right if it means I sleep better (this is the part where you can call me names for not doing the work myself, if you like).
Please let me know what you think. Thank you.