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YOUR RESEARCHRear Spoiler Warning Light & Spoiler Issues
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driver's side plastic piston
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My issue was the driver's side plastic piston that goes up and down broke and was not raising it's side of the spoiler fully.
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When I do go for a drive the Spoiler " red warning light on dash" remains on so my concern is that the spoiler is malfunctioning and won't deploy at 74mph (or retract at stop) My thought is the TWO sensors that needed to be disconnected during service/fix may have either gone bad?
Leading evidence: 'driver's side plastic piston' (1 discussions report identifying this cause; no attributable repair resolution). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'driver's side plastic piston' (1 discussions; 1 report identifying it and 0 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Disconnect during service/fix may have either gone bad' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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Suggestion · Original poster
When I do go for a drive the Spoiler " red warning light on dash" remains on so my concern is that the spoiler is malfunctioning and won't deploy at 74mph (or retract at stop) My thought is the TWO sensors that needed to be disconnected during service/fix may have either gone bad?
Recommend cleanup and re-lube service diy by insomnic
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Suggestion · Original poster
I changed out the piston along with doing the recommended cleanup and re-lube service DIY by Insomnic
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Suggestion · Original poster
or may have not been installed back into the drive assembly housing properly OR do I need a Durametric to just reset spoiler settings?
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Suggestion · Original poster
When I do go for a drive the Spoiler " red warning light on dash" remains on so my concern is that the spoiler is malfunctioning and won't deploy at 74mph (or retract at stop) My thought is the TWO sensors that needed to be disconnected during service/fix may have either gone bad?
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Fixed my issue, the sensors were not fully seated into the housing, there is some "audible" click confirmation but not much.
My issue was the driver's side plastic piston that goes up and down broke and was not raising it's side of the spoiler fully. I changed out the piston along with doing the recommended cleanup and re-lube service DIY by Insomnic
When I turn key on to ACC, I'm currently able to manually raise the spoiler to the up fully extended position on both sides now equally (mind you its sill a bit noisy and I did lubricate both the piston tube the goes up and down as well as the service hole in it, per the DIY service However, the noise is not my current concern/ issue.
When I try to close the spoiler manually, it does not close.. If I turn the car off and then back on again, I can then manually close the spoiler. When I do go for a drive the Spoiler " red warning light on dash" remains on so my concern is that the spoiler is malfunctioning and won't deploy at 74mph (or retract at stop) My thought is the TWO sensors that needed to be disconnected during service/fix may have either gone bad? or may have not been installed back into the drive assembly housing properly OR do I need a Durametric to just reset spoiler settings? This job was a bit of a challenge but fun at the same time. I would hate walk away now from doing all this work with it still not functioning correctly
As an added note, Just After the piston spoiler fix... I was able to open and close the spoiler manually without turning on and off the ACC. But after a few times of testing it manually, to get everything internally lubed up, it stopped going down unless I turned ACC off and then on again. Maybe some of the lube has made contact to sensors?
I have attached a photo of sensors (in question?)
The warning light wasn't an issue prior to this fix/service, so its obviously something that went awry during the service. Any ideas or suggestions much appreciated...
Fixed my issue, the sensors were not fully seated into the housing, there is some "audible" click confirmation but not much. It did not look as obvious when I installed them back the first time.
Hi, I found your post whilst trying to diagnose my spoiler malfunction. I�m having exactly the same issue as you were having where the spoiler goes up on the switch, but won�t retract until I turn the ignition off and back on. I then get the malfunction light when driving.
You say you managed to solve the issue by reseating the sensors. Are you able to provide a little more info please, like where I find the sensors and where they should be seated? I can�t quite tell from your photo unfortunately. Many thanks.
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