My adjustable shocks aren't working, they're leaking at the top and pressing the button does absolutely nothing. It does irritate me that there is something that is "non-working" on the car as I too have the maniacal desire to have everything perfect. However, I am seriously anxious to just drive the damn thing already. I've had it since September, put close to 31000$ to fix it and really drained out the finances. The car's never even been to my house for god's sake!!!! I know there are always issues but I was hoping I'd be done for this year spending money and fixing things. I really have no use for the "sport" mode since I don't plan on racing or anything like that. I really could care less about that feature. Should I just ignore it or can ignoring it cause more issues down the line? Is it an expensive fix? What would you do if you were me?
The default is sport mode. Using the switch softens the ride for bumpy pavement. The actuators shluld turn even if u have a leak. To fix the shocks you have 3 options. 1. Replace new $$ 2. Send to Bilstein for rebuild $100 each 3.Send to delta vee for rebuild $400 each with lifetime warranty A small leak would probably be ok for a while but the fluid leaking out is what dampens the movement inside the shock. If toomuch fluis leaks out, the shock won't function as a shock, let alone an adjustable one.
Fab, my shocks are 15 years old with about 47,000 km on them and they still work but I do plan on having them rebuilt sooner or later. The later part is just because like you I have had the need to spend money on other more critical parts. I would just leave it alone for now, you have done enough stuff, tackle this over the winter.
My front ones leak a bit also. I'm not going to worry about it now, maybe next fall I'll get them rebuilt.
It won't cause any issues other than poorer ride quality. I probably wouldn't rebuild just one shock, at a minimum do it in pairs. If I were you, I'd drive this season and pull them off for rebuild in the winter so you can enjoy the car. Maybe see if you can find a single used shock to replace the leaking one for this season and then have them all rebuilt over the winter.
Thank for all your input. I don't plan on doing any crazy race driving so I'll enjoy it "as is" this year and get them done next year. If the button does nothing, I suppose the actuators are the problem, right? Does pushing the button and changing that setting modify the height or stifness? Does it function with all 4 wheels, just front or just back? Could it be the actuators need to be changed? Is it possible that there is only 1 defective actuator and it affects the functionality of all 4? Am I completely off and should I be thinking more of the shocks VS worrying about the actuators? Car only has 13000 miles on it, seems strange that this is already defective....then again, it's a Ferrari!
Either the actuators are bad or the shocks are worn enough to where the damping difference isn't noticeable. It's easy to check the rears, they're right under the water deflectors. Do you get the suspension warning light at all?
Nope, no warning lights and the car performs very well, very smooth. I also have another question: the light on the suspension button is red instead of green, are they all like that?
I don't know, mine is a '95 so it's opposite of the other years (dash light comes on in comfort mode). On mine, the dash light indicating suspension (comfort) mode is green, the warning light is red.
I know this is a super old thread but hoping you would have figured out your question about the suspension button lighting up red, instead of green like the rest of the switches. I have this issue on my car (a '95) and have been wondering the same, it has been red since I got it. To clarify, it is the backlight on the switch that is red, not the light on the instrument cluster. That one is also lighting up red when toggling the switch, which, per my understanding, means that there is an issue with the system.
