C5 Tourer Rear Height Adjustment Switch.

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Hi

 

2009 2.7Hdi Tourer. Can anyone help? The suspention seems to work well and from the front armrest position I can alter hight and select sport setting etc. No problems.

 

However I used the car to tow my caravan for the first time the other week and dicovered the switch at the rear of the car did nothing.

Can anyone assist?

 

Incidentally for those interested. I have been towing caravans behind various cars for over 30 years. Ford Cortinas through to Merc's. I was happy with my C8 only swopping for the need of an automatic. But this C5 is truly great. Plenty of power and very stable. An easy tow. Looking forwards to my next trip.

 

Regards

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[Johndouglas]

The switch at the rear of the load area only moves the boot floor up or down to assist loading.   As soon as a door is closed, the car returns to normal height.   That's how it should work.   Do you mean that the height doesn't change at all?

[paul.h]

Depending on your reply to John's post, it may be worth pulling the switch out to see if its wiring is still connected (and hope it has not been used to power the towbar).

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Hi John

To clarify:- On opening the rear door (tourer) I have a 12 volt outlet and a switch on the drivers side above the wheel arch which has 2 simbols 1 showing a wheel almost retracted into the wheel arch (low body position) and another symbol with the wheel low in the wheel arch High body position. This switch according to the handbook raises and lowers the CAR. It does not give a reason or under what circumstances it is opperational I.e. engine running  or with the ignition on. However I assumed it duplicated the functions of the 2 switches either side of the sport mode switch near the drivers armrest.

 

As I state in my initial post all the drivers switches function well. Height visbly changes. Rear switch over drivers side wheel arch----Nothing happens.

 

Not aware the boot floor can move nor would this be desirable.

 

Hi Paul

Thanks for you previous assistance.  Raining very badly so not able to get out and check the connection to the switch. Can however confirm the caravan supply runs directly from a fused supply straight from the battery.

[paul.h]

This is based on our 2007 estate and I would expect the tourer to be the same: The height switch works with the engine not running and the tailgate open, so key in your pocket. It lets you raise or lower only the back end to help with loading. When the tailgate is closed again the suspension returns to normal height. By boot floor John meant the back end of the car raises or lowers, not just the internal floor.

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Another bullseye. John sorry if my responce was a bit unfair. It was only after I responded, did I realise what you ment by raising the boot floor. Obviously you ment in unison with the rest of the cars rear end. I initially had some strange vision.... Anyway Paul was spot on. All worked well and as described. So no more worries.

Thank you both very much.