Originally Posted by itsky
I think I may have read on here once where someone had a spoiler motor issue when the car was coated in ice from a storm and the spoiler would not go up because of that. I don't drive mine when it gets that icy or snowy, so I have never tried to raise the spoiler in this situation.
I'm fairly certain this is the only situation that would cause the spoiler motor to fail prematurely, as well - if I know it might snow or ice over, I throw appearance to the wind and leave the wing up. It absolutely can't be good to be putting a bunch of force on (and thus current through) the motor, nor can it be good for the motor's drive linkage.