996TT Rear Spoiler Warning Light Problem Solved <$100
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Here is what I have going on, I would appreciate any suggestions.. My wife bought an '05 996TT in May of this year that only had 9900 miles so obviously it sat a lot. Now it is a DD. After a month or two she got the spoiler light while driving to work and the spoiler would not go up. We took into our highly respected local Pcar shop and they could not find anything wrong saying it functioned fine for them ~30 times. All was good for about 6 weeks and now the spoiler stays up and there are no fault lights at all. After exploring around the wires but not taking any parts off, it worked for one day but now we are back to it staying up, no fault lights of any sort. I'm thinking loose microswitches based upon my reading here.. Thoughts? TIA, Scott
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Thanks for the replies; I had some unanticipated travel but am now back and can try some of this. Dave C; I will send you an email so we can work on this off-line, I really appreciate the help.
I don't know that "playing" with the wires did anyting, it was not immediate, I just know it worked the next day.. To my non-mechanical mind it certainly sounds like something loose/a bad microswitch..
Thanks again,
Scott
I don't know that "playing" with the wires did anyting, it was not immediate, I just know it worked the next day.. To my non-mechanical mind it certainly sounds like something loose/a bad microswitch..
Thanks again,
Scott
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Here is what I have going on, I would appreciate any suggestions..
My wife bought an '05 996TT in May of this year that only had 9900 miles so obviously it sat a lot. Now it is a DD. After a month or two she got the spoiler light while driving to work and the spoiler would not go up. We took into our highly respected local Pcar shop and they could not find anything wrong saying it functioned fine for them ~30 times. All was good for about 6 weeks and now the spoiler stays up and there are no fault lights at all. After exploring around the wires but not taking any parts off, it worked for one day but now we are back to it staying up, no fault lights of any sort.
I'm thinking loose microswitches based upon my reading here.. Thoughts?
TIA,
Scott
My wife bought an '05 996TT in May of this year that only had 9900 miles so obviously it sat a lot. Now it is a DD. After a month or two she got the spoiler light while driving to work and the spoiler would not go up. We took into our highly respected local Pcar shop and they could not find anything wrong saying it functioned fine for them ~30 times. All was good for about 6 weeks and now the spoiler stays up and there are no fault lights at all. After exploring around the wires but not taking any parts off, it worked for one day but now we are back to it staying up, no fault lights of any sort.
I'm thinking loose microswitches based upon my reading here.. Thoughts?
TIA,
Scott
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Kevin, thanks again for installing my eRam kit. There are over 20 kits installed out there - my website is about to go live!
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I like the sleeper look too. But what about the warning in your manual that states the car should not be driven at high speed without wing function. The design of the wing is to push down on the back end at speed, no doubt to avoid oversteer.
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