Hi folks,
I've done a little searching around the boards and I've seen a few other people have had issues with this, but I've not been able to tell whether anyone has found a root cause and solution for this as yet - hoping someone can point me in the right direction!
My 58 plate TTS has recently developed a problem with the speed-reactive rear spoiler, something similar to what I've seen flagged elsewhere - stuck in the 'up' position with the warning light on the dash - but shows no sign of going back to normal.
Nothing I've tried seems to help, the button in the cabin doesn't do anything (I can hear a sort of motor 'twitch' coming from the spoiler motor when I press it, but nothing happens), and I've even tried swapping out the entire mechanism and motor for a new one, to see if that helped. Interestingly, the new mechanism arrived 'closed', so I attached the power and manually extended it so that I could transfer my existing spoiler blade - this worked flawlessly, but since then it has also refused to retract and the warning light on the dash is on again, making me believe it's not necessarily a motor issue but something to do with the wiring perhaps, or a sensor?
Audi have quoted me £770 to replace and fix, but I'm really hoping there is a cheaper / easier solution out there somewhere as I can't justify that on a spoiler!
All the best,
Rich
I've done a little searching around the boards and I've seen a few other people have had issues with this, but I've not been able to tell whether anyone has found a root cause and solution for this as yet - hoping someone can point me in the right direction!
My 58 plate TTS has recently developed a problem with the speed-reactive rear spoiler, something similar to what I've seen flagged elsewhere - stuck in the 'up' position with the warning light on the dash - but shows no sign of going back to normal.
Nothing I've tried seems to help, the button in the cabin doesn't do anything (I can hear a sort of motor 'twitch' coming from the spoiler motor when I press it, but nothing happens), and I've even tried swapping out the entire mechanism and motor for a new one, to see if that helped. Interestingly, the new mechanism arrived 'closed', so I attached the power and manually extended it so that I could transfer my existing spoiler blade - this worked flawlessly, but since then it has also refused to retract and the warning light on the dash is on again, making me believe it's not necessarily a motor issue but something to do with the wiring perhaps, or a sensor?
Audi have quoted me £770 to replace and fix, but I'm really hoping there is a cheaper / easier solution out there somewhere as I can't justify that on a spoiler!
All the best,
Rich
