993 Rear Spoiler Motor

[A993LAD]

How noisy should the motor that lowers the rear spoiler be.

I've been driving my recently acquired C2 for a few weeks now and I still haven't got used to the whirring noise as the spoiler goes down when I come to a halt. It's not REALLY lOUD, but because I'm not used to a rear engined car, and the whirring of the spoiler comes from the back, it gives me a sudden - "oh f**k what have I done to the engine" pang of anxiety, which is obviously quickly aleviated by the "of course, it's only the rear spoiler" afterthought.

But as I never hear it going up, I wondered if it should be silent coming back down?

[tertius]

Hmm, I never, ever, hear mine.

[AJAX50]

My rear spoiler is really noisy, souds like it's made of old Meccano. I've got the bits to fix it. Does anyone know how difficult this is?

[evil jack]

Yeah. This is a common problem. The bearing in the little drive gear runs dry of grease.

Check out this DIY procedure: Here
I bought a bearing from a company I found online, but haven't had the time to install it yet...

[clapham993]

Mine has been noisy for as long as I've had the car; I wouldn't worry about it.

[sbrewster]

Mine does this too. First time I heard it I thought I'd broken something.

Never hear it go up, but always hear it go down when I come to stop.

I'd say don't worry about it.

[james_j]

The evil one is correct. It's most likely the bearing. About £3 to replace plus some labour / effort.

[YellowRS]

If its of interest to anyone i've got a brand new motor and spoiler(off 1996 c4).
Will sell as whole or split. offers??


sorry if this is in the wrong place!!

[pdV6]

sbrewster said:

Never hear it go up, but always hear it go down when I come to stop.

I'm guessing that its drowned out on the way up as you'll be travelling at speed.

[muzaa]

I have the same problem, mine sounds like it is grinding on the way down, ok on the way up. When I had the annual service at OPC they quoted 850 to replace the motor, so I declined their knind offer. Will look at replacing that bearing as it sounds like it could be the problem on mine.

[evil jack]

Here's the company i got my bearing from (no affiliation etc) and this is the actual one you want: Link

This one is sealed so that the grease doesn't leak out - which apparently is the problem with the original one...