Spoiler dash light is on

[Jeph]

Just to cover all bases, does the light stay on while driving it? It's supposed to go off after driving forward a second or two.

[supersparker]

Thanks for the replies! Yes the spoiler will raise in manual mode to the fully extended position, just won't automaticly extend while driving. The dash light stays on even after the car is running.

[Jeph]

Originally Posted by supersparker

The dash light stays on even after the car is running.

Sorry, semantics kicking in here... not running, but actual forward driving? Does it stay on while driving forward for a little bit.

[krn986]

mine turns off after like a couple seconds.

[denverpete]

I have this problem as well - but the spoiler does actually raise and lower (you'll have to have someone follow you - or be really bendy - to see). With mine, once the spoiler activates the light turns on. That light says one of two things, either it didn't raise or it didn't raise fully.

[Rodger]

I found once that failing to lower the spoiler all the way with the switch prevented it from going up and down on its own. The light also stayed on.

Might try lowering it fully then driving.

[supersparker]

Originally Posted by Schnell!

I found once that failing to lower the spoiler all the way with the switch prevented it from going up and down on its own. The light also stayed on.

Might try lowering it fully then driving.

Took your advice. Looks like that did the trick. Someone might have manually raised just enough to "trip the light up"

Tks

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by denverpete

I have this problem as well - but the spoiler does actually raise and lower (you'll have to have someone follow you - or be really bendy - to see). With mine, once the spoiler activates the light turns on. That light says one of two things, either it didn't raise or it didn't raise fully.

Hi,

That light simply indicates a malfunction, two of which are the ones you mention. A third possibility is speed calibration.

The DME needs to know when to raise and lower the spoiler. This means that it needs to know how fast the car is going. To insure that the spoiler doesn't fail to rise at 75MPH (creating an unsafe condition which the Driver is unaware of), the DME re-calibrates itself on each startup. This why the dash light comes on to indicate a speed fault. Only once the car has attained 3MPH is the DME capable of doing the calibration. Once it's satisfied that it is properly calibrated, the light goes out.

But, if say you were to lose a Speed Sensor, or some debris clipped the wire, or such that the DME was no longer receiving a signal from the Speed Sensors, the dash light would come on to alert the driver of the system fault so as not to exceed 75MPH until the fault is isolated and corrected...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

[denverpete]

Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

That light simply indicates a malfunction, two of which are the ones you mention. A third possibility is speed calibration.

The DME needs to know when to raise and lower the spoiler. This means that it needs to know how fast the car is going. To insure that the spoiler doesn't fail to rise at 75MPH (creating an unsafe condition which the Driver is unaware of), the DME re-calibrates itself on each startup. This why the dash light comes on to indicate a speed fault. Only once the car has attained 3MPH is the DME capable of doing the calibration. Once it's satisfied that it is properly calibrated, the light goes out.

But, if say you were to lose a Speed Sensor, or some debris clipped the wire, or such that the DME was no longer receiving a signal from the Speed Sensors, the dash light would come on to alert the driver of the system fault so as not to exceed 75MPH until the fault is isolated and corrected...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Point taken. But, at least in my case, the spoiler light turns off after beginning to move. Then, the spoiler raises at 75 MPH and the light comes on. The spoiler also lowers at 45 (or whatever) but the light does not turn off until the vehicle is turned off.