RAASpeedster

Fulwild

Other alternative might be to disconnect the spoiler. If its freezing out you may not be driving fast enough to need the spoiler. Don't know if this creates a fault condition.

turbodogs02

I don't live where it's cold enough for snow, occasional overnights in freezing range though....I simply leave it up for the fact that if it's in the down position and comes up, the middle section is fairly clean looking and the outside portions look like they've been exposed to the various elements (GTS 3 part spoiler). So for nothing other than similarity of appearance across the spoiler, I leave it up.

Ronan

Why would the spoiler ever be up apart from when speed dictates it?..just trying to understand. I have a Sport Turismo Turbo which I will pick up next week. and I expect I will never manually raise it. Is there some advantage that I have missed?

LexVan

I'm pretty sure this is well vetted by Porsche, and their extensive cold weather testing and test mules.

legbuh

Nope, mine sleeps for 4 months in cold storage with my old VWs. I have a "winter beater" ('16 Nissan Frontier) and if need be, I'll drive the Golf R, but I even try to keep that out of the nasty salt here in MN.. even though being AWD it's a blast in the snow!

extanker

ssssoooo got one of these now ? wadda jerk off

LexVan

I see you are still trolling after your vacation. You are a s l o w learner.

LexVan

Thank you mods.

NJS_04_996

I actually thought about posting a similar valid concern as the OP a few weeks back. I was wondering if there was a way to turn off the spoiler, beside probably the obvious of pulling a fuse, during winter weather. Apparently the button on the console only raises/lowers it. (I would have designed the button to turn the spoiler off by a quick push - much like the adjacent engine Autostop button, and raising/lowering only by holding the button down). In any event I am having "spoiler failure" issues since the spoiler deployed under icy conditions.

skiracer

I just leave mine in the Auto position so it moves as needed, and after completing my recent 2-week, 3000 mile journey in mostly sub-zero conditions and lots of road grime, snow, etc. I can report that it worked flawlessly the entire time. When is snowed at night it was retracted and as soon as I got up to speed the next day it deployed as expected w/ no issues. No concerns here about the spoiler in winter conditions.

NJS_04_996

Well, last week I was just about to pull the fuse on the spoiler. After a month of the spoiler quietly raising and lowering - despite being in "spoiler failure", two days last week it began to make a thumping noise when elevating. Thought it sounded bad enough to pull the fuse, and the very day I took out the owners manual to find where the spoiler fuse was (MAN, does the Panamera have SO MANY fuses!!!) it began working normally again! Looks like its probably is a 1/4 higher then it had been while in failure mode, so I'm guessing maybe something (debris) was in under there that finally loosen up and gave way, allowing it to elevate far enough not to be in failure mode. I'm happy- one less thing to fix.....now I have to get after the rear wiper not working.

Paul Rathjen

100% the spoiler has issues with snow and ice. You need to be careful raising and lowering it, particularly if you store it outside, or if it gets covered while you're at work. To be honest there should be a button to leave the spoiler down at all times......but since there isn't I keep it raised most of the winter. I only got mine stuck once, and I just poured some warm water down the back of the car. I'd be very carful though trying to force it or make it work hard while partially frozen. I think the whole spoiler system is pretty well made, but there are a lot of moving parts. Fortunately, while deployed, the spoiler doesn't look like an afterthought, looks like part of the car rather than leaving a big gap open, and prevents most crap from getting stuck.

pokingaround

Hey are you Ronan from "around"...like the MBWorld AMG forum, various BMW/M5 forums, etc? If so, good to have you here! Well, good to have you here regardless. I'm up to about 800 miles on my Sport Turismo Turbo and absolutely love it. Very interested to hear your take.

Paul Rathjen

I'm not convinced that spoiler up or down is going to make a big difference when you're driving 80 MPH. If the spoiler is in failure mode, is the car speed limited = no. Well maybe it won't let you drive 150HPH I guess I don't know!

The point is, the spoiler should have the ability to be kept down with a button. As far as why anyone would want a button to deploy it when you don't need it, well that's easy = it looks cool!