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Old Jan 19, 2011 | 12:52 PM
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Default Re: dead battery

Originally Posted by musicslave
The uniqueness to the Crossfire and drained or dead battery seems to be the deployment of the spoiler. Despite having a new high capacity battery, if I do not use the carfor a period of 7-10 days, the battery drains. If I manage to coax a start out of the car on the low battery, the spoiler deploys. If I jump start the car because it is too low, the spoiler deploys. I have not found a resolve for the issue and tolerate the quirk from time to time during the winter months being I dio not drive the convertible in wet or adverse weather conditions.

From a layman's view, there seems to be an electronic (but not physical) activation of the spoiler at some point during non-use that causes the battery to discharge.
Your post is confusing.

FIRST, you tell us that the spoiler deploys if the battery is very low.*
THEN, you tell us that the spoiler deploys on a low battery when the car is unattended - did I get that right?


* This appears to be a normal "glitch" with the car. The car was not designed to be jump-started as a normal way of starting the car.
 
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