JustCruzin

On 4/28/2021 at 10:39 AM, Greenman said:

Do you know if it goes up at speed?

Could just be a switch issue and coincidence?  If it goes up in service mode it would tend to eliminate anything that the bodywork might to have caused (misalignment, wiring unplugged etc)

Sorry forgot to mention, it was 'stuck' in the 'up' position and curiously when the speed hits 75mph I was getting a 'spoiler failure' warning on the dash prompting me to slow down.

Anyway, update: I took the car to an independent specialist and once again they confirmed that the spoiler could be operated when plugged into the diagnostic laptop but what was interesting here was that the spoiler descended into the stowed position but would not remain there and would bounce back up again. You could hear two clicks, one as the the spoiler stowed then a second click as it redeployed to the up position (dreadfully boring this I know....).

Was shown on another 718 that had a working spoiler that only one click was heard when stowed properly.

So, bumper was taken off and the problem was that there is a magnetic contact which was covered in fine metal filings which the spoiler mechanism has to make contact with properly to enable the spoiler to stow properly. Once cleaned all went back to normal. The independent said it was highly likely that in the confines of a car body shop environment that the tiny bits of metal had unfortunately become unknowingly stuck to the contacts causing the error.

The repairers have told me that the issue was in their words "not repair related".

My only gripe now is that if the Porsche 'approved repairer' (also endorsed by the insurer) had cleaned these contacts before reinstalling the rear bumper none of this would have happened. The reason for going to an independent was that my OPC (and Porsche Cars GB) endorses this repairer as the only approved repairer in my region and hence, a conflict of interest.

I am now seriously considering making a claim for this issue. It wasn't dreadfully expensive to sort out but the principles and ethics behind this are to me, rather disturbing.

Fun fun, and not to mention, AWKWARD!

Ok here's a new one for the Cayman 718 S. My car suffered a minor bump (low speed on the rear wheel arch which was replaced an OPC recommended repairer (used by them and also endorsed by my insurance company). Since the repair my rear spoiler has stopped working. The repairer was very transparent stating that it was working fine when they initially received the car as they had to disassemble the rear bumper and the spoiler assembly to take off the damaged rear wing. The was no evidence of damage to any internal components and in their words this was a an entirely straightforward job.

The spoiler button no longer works, there is no light. The one rather odd thing they said is that they are able to operate the spoiler when the car is connected to their service laptop.

Any ideas?