Headlights causing Air Suspension Error

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Apr 15, 2021 | 03:24 AM
  #1  
On my XJ6 3 litre V6 RHD UK spec car I have an irritating Air Suspension Fault message coming up.
Fortunately though I know exactly what is causing this because when the original UK Headlamps are installed there is no error message.
As I live in Germany I must change the lamps to EU spec so that the dipped headlight dips to the right. So far so good.
The UK lamps apparently have leveling actuators which somehow relate to the air suspension system.
The EU spec lamps which I have do not appear to have these leveling actuators.
The difference is very clear to see as my wiring harness has 9 cables to the headlight plug and there are 9 contacts on the UK lamp unit.
The EU lamp unit has only 6 pins. Therefore there is no connection for 3 of the cables in my wiring harness.
I would like to drive without the Air Suspension Error message being permanently on so my question is quite simple.
Is there a easy way to persuade the air suspension control module to think that the actuators are there?
I'm rather hoping that somebody out there can suggest a simple tried and tested solution perhaps by using a resistor across 2 of the cables. I think that to re-program the Air Suspension Control Module it would be hard to find somebody in Hannover who could or would do this and that it might be quite expensive.
I do hope somebody out there can suggest a solution to this.
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Apr 15, 2021 | 12:53 PM
  #2  
There is a ground stud under the headlights that can cause air suspension faults when it gets crusty. My guess is this is the issue and not the actual headlights. It's well documented on this forum. Also would help to know what code the system is throwing when the Suspension Fault message appears, you'd need the Jaguar SDD to get that.
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Apr 15, 2021 | 03:19 PM
  #3  
What year is your car? (Put it in your signature for future convenience)
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Apr 15, 2021 | 06:16 PM
  #4  
Have you done some research using google?

I found the info below straight away:

https://www.jaguarforums.com/forum/x...veling-229710/
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