I don't know why I didn't think it would happen to me. Probably because this car is used very little. It is a pampered garage queen that has been driven <500 miles per year the last few years.
I was going to take some pictures of it and I like the looks with the spoiler up. I hit the interior switch to run it up and it goes up uneven. Looked under the ram cap and there is a leak.
I am not even going to entertain trying to repair this set up so it can fail again. I will remove it and thow it in the pile next to the original slave cylinder.
The fixed wing thing from ebay is already on order.

 

It seems to happen when we let the cars sit for long periods of time.
I left my car in the garage with the spoiler up for two months...that's when it all started.
The good part is, I'm enyoing a GT2 rear wing now.

 

mine went two days ago. ebay fixed wing kit ordered. gt2 decklid on wish list also. no more hydraulic curiousity.

 

Do you guys think that as a preventative measure, that the spoiler should be activated each time the car is out, regardless of reaching speeds where it automatically deploys?

 

i hit spoiler speed daily. it ain't gonna help.

 

Mine went for the 2nd time after a rainy track day. I ordered the Misha GT2 decklid... Just waiting on paint and install.

 

that would probably be my choice also. i looked at them yesterday. about 2k before paint? please post pics once you have it installed

 

and.. that's why I like my OEM Aero wing..... when it can go wrong .. it will go wrong!!

 

thank you, sunshine.

 

Someone has a complete lid for sale including hydraulics. I think $500? If I was one of you I'd buy it.

 

knowing the ( ahem ) delicate nature of these. i would never buy them "used". i think that's just asking for trouble. so i have bought my "last" set of wing rams and parts. i will miss their mercurial nature. or not.

 

For us common type

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercurial

 

lol. i was kinda goin with this kind of mercurial..mer·cu·ri·al   [mer-kyoor-ee-uhl] adjective 1. changeable; volatile; fickle; flighty; erratic: a mercurial nature.

but as all of us with wing problems can surely agree. these spoilers are facoct, in any language.

todd, pls let us know how your fixed kit works out. i'm waiting now, and every hard run off the freeway, i'm running around back of my car. manually hammering down the left side of the spoiler until it's flush again with the decklid. the thought of people behind me pointing and making fun of my spoilers flaccid condition bothers me.

 

guys dont leave your spoilers deployed it WILL cause a failure. The Spoiler ram is designed in such a way that the spring returns the spoiler to the down position and hydraulic pressure raises it.

If you leave the spoiler in the up position for even a few days, it can/will cause a leak such that they become uneven.

This happened to me once (wihout knowing how it happened) years ago, then again recently when my motor failed, due to improper mounting from the replacement 4 yrs ago (power tab broke off).

SO it got stuck in the up position with a burned out motor.

Of course while im sourcing a motor, then I see the wing uneven days later...

 

There are only two kinds of OEM hydraulic actuated 996TT spoilers...

WAIT FOR IT...

Those which have already failed and those which will fail in the future.