Originally Posted by Hairydalek
Yesterday, my car was encased in ice. I was scraping it off the windows and digging out the windscreen wipers. Odd thing to do in October, but there you go.
It was only later when the spoiler went up on the motorway did I wonder if there are any special things you need to do to defrost this part of the car. By that time it had thawed out, but in a cold day, moisture in the joints will have frozen and locked the moving parts together.
Don't worry. I had this happen to me not once, but twice last year. Completely encased in about 1-2 inches of ice (surprising thing is the car drives amazing on solid ice too :-P ).
Just make sure you clean all the ice off of all the windows, completely off the wipers, and when it comes to the spoiler, I just made sure that I chiseled the gap between it and the rest of the rear hatch and whatnot. Worked fine and never had a problem with it going up or having a hard time to.