The invention relates to a vehicle pavement identification system and a suspension mode switching method and belongs to the field of automobile safety and comfort. A suspension mainly comprises sprung mass, an elastic element, a damper, a linear motor, unsprung mass, an acceleration sensor A, an acceleration sensor B, a displacement sensor A, a displacement sensor B, a current amplifier, an A/D converter, a signal storage unit, an ECU, a power amplifier and a D/A converter. The ECU (14) comprises a signal processing module, an analysis module, a judgment module and a control module, receives displacement signals and acceleration signals, measured by the vehicle sensors, of the sprung mass and the unsprung mass, grades road conditions by combining the vehicle speed and the damping coefficient and meanwhile controls the suspension by combining vehicle working conditions and switching different modes to meet the requirements of safety and comfort. According to the vehicle pavement identification system and the suspension mode switching method, the linear motor is adopted as an actuator, brake energy of the suspension can be recovered under good road conditions for supplying to other systems for using, and energy feedback performance is achieved.