Audi A7 Rear Spoiler
Discussion
Hi there, I bought an Audi A7 today. The inner child in me felt as though I needed the spoiler permanently raised on the way home (I personally think it looks better). I activated the manual override for the spoiler as instructed by the manual; however, once you reach 90mph (the speed the spoiler is automatically raised) the manual override light switches off. This means that in each instance you slow down to 40/50mph after reaching 90mph the spoiler is once again retracted, even though the manual override button was active before reaching 90mph.
Does anyone know why this happens? Or have a solution?
This is only a minor annoyance, but I'd be grateful for any help.
Does anyone know why this happens? Or have a solution?
This is only a minor annoyance, but I'd be grateful for any help.
Sorry, but I have to post this link:
http://cars.aol.co.uk/2012/01/19/audi-a7-long-term...
"What does that button do over there?"
"Lifts the spoiler."
"Can I touch it?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because a spoiler is not a fashion accessory."
"Then why put the button there?"
"..."
"Well..."
"Get out of my Audi."
http://cars.aol.co.uk/2012/01/19/audi-a7-long-term...
"What does that button do over there?"
"Lifts the spoiler."
"Can I touch it?"
"No."
"Why?"
"Because a spoiler is not a fashion accessory."
"Then why put the button there?"
"..."
"Well..."
"Get out of my Audi."
I'm glad you've all managed to weigh in with your anti-spoiler opinions. I thought i'd sign up to this forum for some simple technical, objective advice on something i was curious about. I didn't want the car police to give me their subjective opinion on whether they liked it or not.
Anyway, have a good day!
Anyway, have a good day!
soziblewuup said:
I didn't want the car police to give me their subjective opinion on whether they liked it or not.
Sorry about that. You get that for free here. (And we were polite about it compared to Chris Harris).I think there's no VCDS coding on spoiler behaviour because it's a "safety feature". The only suggestion I have is to locate the fuse and remove it with the spoiler up, or some similar bodge.
In answer to the 'why does it have a button' as an ex-A7 and 911 driver which all have had button/speed lifted spoilers - I had always assumed the button was there purely to enable you to clean under the spoiler when washing the car.
I have never felt the need to raise the spoilers at 30mph as there is no benefit to the car and it will only cause more drag.
Interesting a Veyron has the opposite option for good reason, you can (with a key) lock the spoiler down to enable the car to go faster (reducing drag) - not so good in corners but enables higher top speed - take from that as you will
I have never felt the need to raise the spoilers at 30mph as there is no benefit to the car and it will only cause more drag.
Interesting a Veyron has the opposite option for good reason, you can (with a key) lock the spoiler down to enable the car to go faster (reducing drag) - not so good in corners but enables higher top speed - take from that as you will
I know this is an old thread but I thought I would post the solution for googlers that come across it.
Rear spoiler deactivation - I have left mine activated as standard but I wanted to adjust the activation/deactivation speeds which I cannot find a solution to. However while experimenting I found that it looks like it is possible to deactivate it completely with no error lights on the dash. I tested it on my road and no errors appear, but as I have left mine as standard I don't know what will happen once the key speeds are hit. I would assume nothing, but try at your own risk obviously.
If deactivated whilst in the up position, it stays up. If deactivated whilst down, it stays down.
To do it, simply untick the box that says "rear spoiler installed" in the long coding helper in both module 17-instruments (byte 5 bit 1) and also in module 46-central conv. (byte 6 bit 7)
Rear spoiler deactivation - I have left mine activated as standard but I wanted to adjust the activation/deactivation speeds which I cannot find a solution to. However while experimenting I found that it looks like it is possible to deactivate it completely with no error lights on the dash. I tested it on my road and no errors appear, but as I have left mine as standard I don't know what will happen once the key speeds are hit. I would assume nothing, but try at your own risk obviously.
If deactivated whilst in the up position, it stays up. If deactivated whilst down, it stays down.
To do it, simply untick the box that says "rear spoiler installed" in the long coding helper in both module 17-instruments (byte 5 bit 1) and also in module 46-central conv. (byte 6 bit 7)
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