I drove a Ram 1500 Limited with an air ride suspension recently and it was pretty smooth. It made me wonder, however, how reliable those are. It seems like they would inevitably fail and you'd wind up with a cockeyed stance or just with the whole truck dropped down into lowrider ground clearance. Anybody know about the long term reliability of these suspensions?

Did you actually just use the word "reliable" along with both "Ram" and "air-ride suspension"?

This is a textbook universe-ending paradox. Back away slowly……

We have it in my wife's GGC and it's great to this point. (2018 with 60k miles).

But we also have that lifetime bumper-to-bumper warranty that I guess they did away with

Picard said:

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Did you actually just use the word "reliable" along with both "Ram" and "air-ride suspension"?

This is a textbook universe-ending paradox. Back away slowly……

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I had a negative impression of Ram reliability also, but Consumer Reports has stubbornly ranked them at the top for reliability among pickups for about three years running. That was a big surprise to me.

Buck Turgidson said:

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Picard said:

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Did you actually just use the word "reliable" along with both "Ram" and "air-ride suspension"?

This is a textbook universe-ending paradox. Back away slowly……

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I had a negative impression of Ram reliability also, but Consumer Reports has stubbornly ranked them at the top for reliability among pickups for about three years running. That was a big surprise to me.

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Ignore that guy.

Woods Ag said:

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We have it in my wife's GGC and it's great to this point. (2018 with 60k miles).

But we also have that lifetime bumper-to-bumper warranty that I guess they did away with

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163k on my Grand Cherokee's air suspension, and it gets used.

I did immediately shut off the parking squat option immediately after buying.

I bought the Max care 4 or 5 year ( I think) unlimited mileage warranty which ran out about 12 months ago. Chrysler replaced the compressor at 145k, everything else is still working as intended.

That's the only thing I've needed to replace on the vehicle since buying it

Supposed to be pretty reliable as long as you stay south of the Mason-Dixon line. Most of the problems reported have been in northern climates with lots of prolonged freezing temperatures. Test drove one, and the highway ride was outstanding. Couldn't believe I was in a truck.

My dad's 2017 Ram 1500 has 95k on it with the air suspension. Has had no issues up to this point with his. I have an 18 without and I can tell the difference. I probably won't get another truck without it personally.

I lifted & leveled my Ram Limited to fit 35" tires. Still rides great

Have a 2019 Limited with nearly 100k miles. Not a single issue.

I'm starting to see a few going down bw8 sitting on bump stops.

2017 1500 Longhorn and began having air suspension issues this past December.

The drive is horrible with it either being completely low or down on one side or to the bump stops.

I've spent hours and hours going down every rabbit hole possible. Air suspension issues seem to be a pretty common problem and once you get them, the internet/ram forumz etc basically make it seem like it's near impossible to diagnose the issue.

From weak battery to pin-hole sized leaks in one of the bags, to valve block, to air lines, to the right pressure in the system not staying in there, etc. I found very few people who actually were able to diagnose and fix it, and I've come across hundreds who bought a conversion kit to a standard suspension system and have said how much they love being worry free.

It was recommended to me by someone locally to take it to Sterling in Navasota as he thought they would be more likely than some other dealers/local shops to fix it. Like an idiot I trusted their suggestion and just decided to take a shot on what Chrysler sent back to them based off my error codes, my details of everything I was experiencing and what they had found on their own research.

Of course Chrysler said replace the compressor, sensor, air lines & valve block for a solid $3400.

I had read in my research that the air suspension systems do ultimately have a shelf life so I was hopeful sinking that into it would solve the problem.

NOPE. I brought the truck back 2 different times after and they basically don't want to touch it and claim they can't 'replicate' the problem, even though it fails 19 times out of 20 times while driving, sags rear driver side while off and parked sometimes, completely falls in both rear sometimes, all 4 corners sometimes, etc. What the new parts did do was seemingly get the system to air up and try to get to normal ride height when you star the car but rarely does it stay there. Each time I took it back they said "oh well we have to see the problem and it didn't happen while it was here" promising me they drove the truck. One time it was there for a week and the mileage didn't change and the car smelled like mildew (we had tons of rain that entire week).

I've also replaced the battery to ensure nothing there. I've done full resets of the suspension system (on the dash & disconnecting batter) and nothing there . Other possibilities i've seen include a bad ride height sensor, possible short/bad connection to the battery in the wire, and I've even seen one person say the steering angle sensor could be messing with the system. Also seen some people get a fancy tool to manually calibrate each ride height sensor again. Sometimes with success, often without. One or 2 times I saw it was as simple as a blown fuse but of course that wasn't my issue.

Sterling also checked fuses, leaks in the system, etc.

Not sure what to do now. I'm stubborn so i'm not ready to accept that I fully blew $3400 before spending $1500 on a conversion kit.

Anyone in B/CS an expert on air suspension systems?

Sounds like its in the "programming" of the air ride system at this point for you.

Yeah. One thing I did notice yesterday while going down a 'pressure in the system' rabbit hole and saw everyone saying the system needs to be at 150 and I just pulled out my invoice from Sterling and they said the system air pressure after the repairs checked in at 109.48536 and the (short) test drive worked fine for them.

So I'm going to head down tomorrow morning to ask what that's all about and request they do a system recalibration check and add pressure, or explain to me why 109 is acceptable.