Auto Spoiler Switch gives me blinking light...
Auto Spoiler Switch gives me blinking light...
So I'm placing my groceries into the trunk and close it. I start my XF and reverse out of the parking space. I move forward and...... I look out my rear view and the spoiler has deployed by itself and the switch is blinking red. I press the button in the hopes that the spoiler will go down. It does not. I park the car in my garage and shut off the engine. The spoiler remains up. I start the car again, hit the button, and the spoiler comes down......Hmmmmmm. What's going on??? I did a search, but came up with a whole lot of nothing...
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Re: Auto Spoiler Switch gives me blinking light...
Mine did that too. The BAS/ESP light also came on. I did the reset listed in our owners manual and it stopped. KOW that was two years ago and I had spun the tires on a wet/icy road coming out of the office parking lot. Try the reset, its listed as reset BAS/ESP. Very simple to do, may take a bit for it to actually reset. I did it when I came back from lunch and it didn't reset right away, by the time I left for home it was fine. I had already made an appointment with the dealer to look at it which I cancelled. I also agree with CRM, that is another cause.
Hope it works for you.
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Originally Posted by patpur
Mine did that too. The BAS/ESP light also came on. I did the reset listed in our owners manual and it stopped. KOW that was two years ago and I had spun the tires on a wet/icy road coming out of the office parking lot. Try the reset, its listed as reset BAS/ESP. Very simple to do, may take a bit for it to actually reset. I did it when I came back from lunch and it didn't reset right away, by the time I left for home it was fine. I had already made an appointment with the dealer to look at it which I cancelled. I also agree with CRM, that is another cause.
Hope it works for you.
Pat
Hope it works for you.
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Yes spoiler was up just like his. He doesn't mention the BAS/ESP light. Mine lit at the same time the spoiler light flashed, spoiler went up and stayed up. had to turn off car, restart to put it down, then it would go right back up. When it did this spoiler did not work in the normal manner. I was sitting in the line at the bank drive in with my spoiler up, felt like an idiot.
Re: Auto Spoiler Switch gives me blinking light...
I had this issue a couple of weeks back (along with some others) and it was tied into my battery on its way out, once the new battery was in everything went back to normal.
Not saying that's what this is but just throwing in an option as to what it could be.
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Not saying that's what this is but just throwing in an option as to what it could be.
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Re: Auto Spoiler Switch gives me blinking light...
Originally Posted by patpur
Yes spoiler was up just like his. He doesn't mention the BAS/ESP light. Mine lit at the same time the spoiler light flashed, spoiler went up and stayed up. had to turn off car, restart to put it down, then it would go right back up. When it did this spoiler did not work in the normal manner. I was sitting in the line at the bank drive in with my spoiler up, felt like an idiot.
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My 04 was doing the same thing till I replaced the battery. Never did it again. I did not have to reset anything when I changed mine. Some cars need the ESP light reset, how to is in the manual. Pretty much just start the car and turn the wheels lock to lock in both directions without moving.
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I actually have the same problem here as monty. Have had it for many months now since I haven't been able to get it in for service. I'm going to check the stuff you guys listed on here and hopefully it'll fix it.
I took it in to the dealer a few months ago and they "fixed" it. Said there was a short in my switch wiring (in the switch console above the shifter) that was causing it. They replaced this switch cluster, and it worked for about maybe 5 seconds, and I went back into the dealer. They told me that they would have to call Chrysler (this is a Chrysler dealership, mind you) and talk to them about the problem, and that they would call me back. Well, they never called me back. So I've been stuck with a broken spoiler for about, I want to say, 9 months?
I really hope your suggestions work with this new switch cluster. Wish me luck.
I took it in to the dealer a few months ago and they "fixed" it. Said there was a short in my switch wiring (in the switch console above the shifter) that was causing it. They replaced this switch cluster, and it worked for about maybe 5 seconds, and I went back into the dealer. They told me that they would have to call Chrysler (this is a Chrysler dealership, mind you) and talk to them about the problem, and that they would call me back. Well, they never called me back. So I've been stuck with a broken spoiler for about, I want to say, 9 months?
I really hope your suggestions work with this new switch cluster. Wish me luck.
Re: Auto Spoiler Switch gives me blinking light...
My 04 was doing the same thing till I replaced the battery. Never did it again. I did not have to reset anything when I changed mine. Some cars need the ESP light reset, how to is in the manual. Pretty much just start the car and turn the wheels lock to lock in both directions without moving.
Still good advice. Thanks, Phil.
I didn't expect to endure the alarm while swapping the battery. I didn't know it had an alarm. The FOB wouldn't shut the alarm off while the battery remained disconnected. I replaced the battery; turned on the ignition. Alarm silenced. Then turned wheels to the left--wheels to the right--wheels straight and drove off. The toggle switched blinked and spoiler lifted once to spite me. It's stayed down since.
Fortunately, there's a Crossfire Security Alarm thread. That was annoying.
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