Disable your wing in ice and snow

[Cougar 0]

I posted this on another C forum. I usually disable my wing when ice or snow is expected but forgot last night. We got alot of ice overnight and as I got on the highway ths morning I heard Grrrrr krak krak krak and saw that the wing wasn't going up. I think I may have distroyed the gears or the motor.

 

Good advice, if weather is coming, pull the cover inside the hatch and pull the manual button out a notch to disengage the drive to the wing. May save you a headach.

[Jim 2]

I don't think winter really gets cold enough here for the spoiler to freeze up! :)

[chubbybrown 0]

Twas -14° up here yesterday and they expect between -5 and -10 tonight

 

but car is in Garage and the rice is on the drive :-P

[dinkus 10]

but car is in Garage and the rice is on the drive :-P

 

Ah no worries then :D Just pop the frozen rice in the microwave for a few mins and it'll be drivable again :D

[kvwloon 0]

but car is in Garage and the rice is on the drive :-P

 

Ah no worries then :D Just pop the frozen rice in the microwave for a few mins and it'll be drivable again :D

 

don't forget the teaspoon of water over the bag first! 'Tis a good point though, have occasionally thought a severly iced over spoiler could be a strain on the motor, but surely VW would have thought of that at the design stage!?

[davidwort 0]

but car is in Garage and the rice is on the drive :-P

 

Ah no worries then :D Just pop the frozen rice in the microwave for a few mins and it'll be drivable again :D

 

don't forget the teaspoon of water over the bag first! 'Tis a good point though, have occasionally thought a severly iced over spoiler could be a strain on the motor, but surely VW would have thought of that at the design stage!?

 

err, isn't that what the correct rating fuse is for??? :?

 

David.

[kangaroo 0]

Ah no worries then :D Just pop the frozen rice in the microwave for a few mins and it'll be drivable again :D

 

Don't re-heat rice! Biggest cause of salmonella, or so I've heard... :?

[mantaraman 0]

errr, how do you disable it - take the fuse out? :oops:

[Richie_FSOB 0]

why dont you just put it in the up position?

Then doesn't move till you want it to go back down (i think)

[ben16v 0]

Richie_FSOB, or get below 10mph!