I am wondering if someone can give me some advice please, I live in the UK and have a 2005 Roadster with 52K miles on the clock which I am currently experiencing problems with, my spoiler does not retract, about a week ago I was giving the car a run, everything was performing as expected, no warning lights on or buzzers sounding, I pushed the car up over the 60 mph and the spoiler was activated, but looking in my rear view mirror I could see the spoiler had not been fully deployed, and when I stopped the spoiler did not retracted, again there were no warning lights on, or buzzers sounding, so I pressed the spoiler switch and the little red light in the middle of the switch begun flashing and the spoiler remained up.

I will add that the car is kept on our drive all year round with three tarpaulins over it, I have since pulled everything out of the boot and that is bone dry, so I am pretty sure it is not water ingress that has caused the problem, I have also checked the fuse boxes and all fuses are OK, but while playing around with various switches I thought I would lower the roof, I released the catch and the side windows went down, but then it stopped its cycle, after playing around with the switches nothing happened, so I disconnected the battery for a few minutes and then re-connected it, but nothing happened, no change, so I then locked the roof, then pressed the window lift switches and the windows went up, I have since driven the car, it goes fine, but the fault is still there, can you help me I would appreciate you feed back?
Ken

 

How old is your battery?
Sometimes when the battery starts to go bad weird things start to happen with the electronics. There should be a date code on your battery. If it's more than 3 years old you might want to change it or at least have it tested.

 

Hi Thanks for your response to my question, my original battery was replaced with a Varta 096 (77ah) battery in October 2017, while the battery is coming 9 years old I will add I am pretty sure the battery is still in good condition, the car always starts first time on the key, also I have a trickle charger on a timer wired up to the car battery to keep it topped up. Nevertheless I will have it tested.

Once again thanks for your comments

Ken

 

The spoiler going up is an early warning of battery failure. At 9 years old you are overdue for a new one.

 

In nearly 19 years on this forum and 19 years of owning 2 Crossfires I have never kept a battery older than 6 years installed in my Crossfire.
These cars are very reliant on proper voltage and a battery more then 6 years old isn't worth having under the hood.
I use battery tenders and maintain the charge as needed but that is still not a reason to expect a battery to last longer than 6 years.
Its the simplest thing to buy and install yourself to eliminate it as a problem for any other troubles you are experiencing
A spoiler not functioning properly has been known to be a result of a failing battery and I have seen this here many times over my many years here

 

I would never run a battery for 9 years, especially in a Crossfire. It doesn't matter if it tests good, it will fail at any time.

 

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Like other members who chimed in here, I also suggest you replace the battery. Too many ppl have the battery tested good but the moment they replace the old (supposidly good) battery their problem is SOLVED. Good luck!


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