It's possible they are both leaking. Mine were, though it was obvious one side was worse than the other - it sat lower (passenger was worse than driver side). Pretty common with age and used car. Still a great car though, good luck with the replacement.

 

You can find out yourself which is leaking. Read my threads on air suspension. You will learn more than an indy mechanic and can do it yourself if you choose.
Shock replacement DIY
Air suspension tech info

Once you read and still have questions, let us know.

 

^^^^^ advice
take him up on this great resource for DIY self repair
just had 2 leaky struts on PTT (saved much $)

 

Did you follow Ciaka's procedure and replace them yourself?

 

I know it feels daunting before you do it.
Dont think of how difficult it will be.
Think of how awesome it will be once it is all fixed, and how great you will feel once you complete doing it.
Not impossible to do. Not very hard to do. Requires some time and diy will only help.
If I can do it, you can do it too, guaranteed.

 

 

BOYS!!!!!! I was able to diagnose a problem on my own after getting two different independents to have a look over... Both shops recommended getting the shocks replaced... however, I know damn well that the shocks are perfectly fine.... So I went ahead and followed CIAKA's Workflow to diagnose and i found out that I had a simple Cracked Connector plug to the shock itself! I would get random Chassis System Failure on very cold days and finally it just stayed that way... I also checked on my two other friend's with PASM as well with higher mileage and the wire clips ALL were slightly broken or very brittle! I solved the problem with $7 from Fry's Electronics... basically used a 5" Male to Female jumper wires for motherboards which connects perfectly and protects from shorting out inside of the strut..... I'll post pictures very soon, but I literally just solved it right now and the Chassis System Failure went away and all the functions work again perfectly! Porsche NA is gonna hate me for this one as I have a feeling that they get customers to just get a replacement strut and while they are at it, they replace the wire connector part which I think can be ordered, however, I'll look at the wire connector part and see if I can find a corresponding part number...

 

great news!, looking forward to your pictures.

 

Bigfoot68. Brfore you go to deale4, do yourself a favor and follow the air suspension info plus troubleshooting threads. Can save thousands, literally.
and update us on your car status.

 

Hey Guys!

Yeah, one of the struts had a pinch in the line. Sucks I found this out after already Purchasing an AfterMarket Airlift Performance Kit.

Different question now is.. Is there any way to get rid of the Chassis Failure light??

I also purchased a delete kit, but didnt do its job.

Again, any help I would appreciate.

 

I use durametric for errors reset. There are others too.
Free sw download but you pay for cable.
If you have good rapport with dealer or shop, they may do it free.

 

Thank you!!

a Friend of mine has a High End Snap On Scanner.. I will go ahead and try to see if that works.

If it does, I will make sure to post it on here, for others!

 

How did they know it was the left front ride sensor?

 

I am sure they used volt meter to see if voltage gets to the sensor and maybe ohmed it to see if broken. Piwis 2 system has tests that can be run, while monitoring sensors, dealers can pd in 5 minutes. Replacing sensor is a 15 minute job (it is located on the upper control arm - remove tire, swap sensor, tire back on, re calibrate, done).
If you dont have piwis 2, you can test by eliminating easy/known working items.
Good job though, car on the road, thats what counts.