Lincoln Continental Air Suspension System generally functions well until time catches up to it
The Lincoln Continental Air Suspension System generally functions well until time catches up to it. The air springs on Lincoln air struts are made of rubber and after five to seven years, based on extreme heat and cold and local road conditions, they become subject to cracking. As the air struts move up and down, the rubber stresses where it folds under. Most Continental air struts will pass a visual inspection because the cracks are hidden. As these cracks become small leaks, sometimes when parked a certain way or the brakes being applied, the compressor runs more than it was designed to. It may continue to pump the car up when started, but it goes down in the evening when parked. When the compressor fails, the car refuses to raise.
Simply replacing the air compressor will only cause unnecessary expenses to replace it again. If you do not stop the leaking, you will keep burning out compressors. It is not necessary to replace more than the defective strut, but if none have been replaced before be aware that the other three are the same age and will soon follow with failure of the Lincoln air suspension system. Also, experience proves that the electronic devices; solenoids, relays, modules, actuatiors, levelers, height sensors, etc will all fail in time adding to expense and down time. For the Lincoln Continental, they offer the option of replacing the factory air suspension system to a heavy duty passive strut suspension system with our conversion kits. At last you can leave your air suspension problems behind you forever! Installing our conversion kit means never worrying about an air leak again, while still enjoying a luxury car ride.