A motor vehicle chassis, comprising a base structure; and a multiplicity of wheels connected therewith via respectively one wheel suspension, wherein each wheel suspension has at least one spring and wherein further a hydraulic level-adjusting device is allocated at least to one wheel suspension, characterized by the following features: - the hydraulic level-adjusting device is disposed completely on the wheel suspension; - the hydraulic level-adjusting device comprises a reservoir for hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic power pack with a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor and having two pump ports (13, 14), a single-acting hydraulic linear actuator as well as a line and valve arrangement placing the reservoir, the hydraulic pump and the linear actuator in communication with one another; - for raising the base structure, the working space of the linear actuator can be pressurized by the hydraulic pump, for which purpose a first pump port, via a filling line with a filling check valve disposed therein, is in communication with the working space of the hydraulic linear actuator; - the hydraulic power pack is reversible, with a reversible delivery direction (A, B) between the two pump ports (13, 14); - the two pump ports (13, 14) are in communication with the reservoir via a shuttle valve; - the shuttle valve is constructed to be self-sufficient, without any activation imposed by external energy, and does not have any shut-off position, and so at least one of the two pump ports (13, 14) is constantly in communication with the reservoir via the shuttle valve; - the second pump port is in communication with the reservoir via a discharge line with a throttle unit disposed therein; - a control line places the control port of a pilot-to-open drainage check valve, which is disposed in a drainage line placing the working space of the hydraulic linear actuator in communication with the reservoir, in communication with the discharge line between the second pump port and the throttle unit. - the hydraulic level-adjusting device is disposed completely on the wheel suspension; - the hydraulic level-adjusting device comprises a reservoir for hydraulic fluid, a hydraulic power pack with a hydraulic pump driven by an electric motor and having two pump ports (13, 14), a single-acting hydraulic linear actuator as well as a line and valve arrangement placing the reservoir, the hydraulic pump and the linear actuator in communication with one another; - for raising the base structure, the working space of the linear actuator can be pressurized by the hydraulic pump, for which purpose a first pump port, via a filling line with a filling check valve disposed therein, is in communication with the working space of the hydraulic linear actuator; - the hydraulic power pack is reversible, with a reversible delivery direction (A, B) between the two pump ports (13, 14); - the two pump ports (13, 14) are in communication with the reservoir via a shuttle valve; - the shuttle valve is constructed to be self-sufficient, without any activation imposed by external energy, and does not have any shut-off position, and so at least one of the two pump ports (13, 14) is constantly in communication with the reservoir via the shuttle valve; - the second pump port is in communication with the reservoir via a discharge line with a throttle unit disposed therein; - a control line places the control port of a pilot-to-open drainage check valve, which is disposed in a drainage line placing the working space of the hydraulic linear actuator in communication with the reservoir, in communication with the discharge line between the second pump port and the throttle unit.