Rear spoiler ?

[Phil Seastrand]

Just got back from the service center and it turns out the spoiler motor needed replacing.

 

[aesculus]

Just got back from the service center and it turns out the spoiler motor needed replacing.

Glad to hear it was mechanical and not a conspiracy.

 

[Softwizard]

Just an update about my active spoiler problem. All was fixed after they replaced the tailgate latch.

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• Softwizard
• Sep 2, 2016

 

[nautical]

i posted this in reset technique thread... but, right before going into SC, tried one more effort, which was a modification of another poster's idea.
my spoiler was stuck in down position except when going 45+. trying to set it to "extended" only resulted in switching back to auto and retracting once i put my X into gear.

so, while in park, i put the spoiler into extended mode. from there, did a center console reset (hold both scroll wheels). upon boot up, the spoiler fully extended and the mode back on auto. it's worked like a charm since.

avoided an SC visit... this was clearly a software issue.

 

[Softwizard]

I spoke too soon. I have now seen multiple times when the spoiler stays down when driving. Then all of a sudden it will start working again. This is different from the problem before when it was doing random things. Now it either works normally, or it just stays down.

Back to the SC...

 

[swesson]

I think the coolest thing about this thread is that Elvis worked on your spoiler...

 

[Gwgan]

I drove down my driveway with the hatch up and now the spoiler stays down at all times. Resetting combinations have not had any impact. Car is going in next week for a few service items but I suspect a new spoiler controller will be among them.

 

[commasign]

I had the rear control module replaced but it didn't fix my spoiler issues. About half the days the spoiler won't open at all. On days it goes up a little bit (highway mode) upon car start, I can get it to work normally by opening and closing the trunk a number of times with spoiler in extended or toggling it while trunk is open then closing the trunk and toggling again while trunk closed. They're gonna try replacing the spoiler motor next week.

 

[commasign]

Update: they replaced the spoiler motor and now it seems to be working 100%.

 

[Gwgan]

Recalibration with in-house computer (so not a home fix) was done. No new hardware. I'll report on permanence after a couple weeks.

 

[Zaphod]

In light of wonky spoiler function and not behaving as intended, the idea of integrating the third brake light into the spoiler was not the brightest idea. No idea why they didn't keep it in the top of the rear window like the S. Probably would have been more cost effective and takes the spoiler function out of the equation.

 

[travwill]

I really like/liked the active spoiler as its cool to see retract/move when parked, but I'm kinda glad that our 90D and most have a fixed spoiler to avoid future issues and have one less mechanical thing to break. It looks good when parked as well.

 

[Gwgan]

Recalibration with in-house computer (so not a home fix) was done. No new hardware. I'll report on permanence after a couple weeks.

No problems since service center recalibration. Knock knock

 

[vangogh]

After the 8.0 update, I sometime find my spoiler up about 1/2 inch when I approach the car after it was parked. The SC is going to look at it at my next schedule service....

 

[systemcrashed]

After the 8.0 update, I sometime find my spoiler up about 1/2 inch when I approach the car after it was parked. The SC is going to look at it at my next schedule service....

Had the same thing happen three times. Since I think it is software related, I would just send a note and see if it adressed in the next version.