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04-10-15, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by waynesreef

There is an on/off switch on the dash is able to manually raise and lower the wing. In your case, the wing is probably switched in the on position by the dealer.

Thanks for the thought. After emptying my bank account (purchasing the car), the wing has begun to behave properly

I wonder if the ultimate resolution will be a recall or simply a service bulletin that will be applied only after your car demonstrates the problem?

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04-10-15, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by jkeifer3

Thanks for the thought. After emptying my bank account (purchasing the car), the wing has begun to behave properly

I wonder if the ultimate resolution will be a recall or simply a service bulletin that will be applied only after your car demonstrates the problem?

Read my earlier post.

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04-10-15, 02:11 PM

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Because Toyota said it's not the ECU it's the wing is a few mills off and gets stuck so it causes it to fail. It has nothing to do with the ECU. Look up the TSB on it

there is a tsb on it already?

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04-10-15, 05:27 PM

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there is a tsb on it already?

I can only relate what I was told.

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04-11-15, 12:23 PM

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There is no service bulletin or tech tip as of today - April 11, 2015.

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04-11-15, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by lobuxracer

There is no service bulletin or tech tip as of today - April 11, 2015.

Hmm, the shop foreman told me he knew about the wing and it was a TSB because it was a few mills off that's why it sticks, who knows.

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04-13-15, 01:55 PM

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There is no service bulletin or tech tip as of today - April 11, 2015.

thanks, that's what i thought. if there is a tsb that means there should be a fix i thought?

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04-16-15, 10:19 PM

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My RC F wing is on its 2nd time being stuck

***My 1st post yeah!***

Just read all of your posts related to this issue and there is a lot of good info out there about this in this forum. My dealer pretty much said the same thing, they had heard about this issue. Ultimately they took the trunk apart the 1st time and put the wing in the rest position and told me that it will happen again after 500 cycles. Well after driving in ECO mode and trying to stay under 50 I reached that point again lol. SO I guess ill be going into the dealer again for the same issue on this expensive A Car!!

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04-17-15, 03:10 AM

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Lol, it looks better up so I would just leave it stuck up.

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04-17-15, 06:50 AM

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Lol, it looks better up so I would just leave it stuck up.

It really does. AND it's not a dead giveaway if you're speeding in a 35 mph zone.

"No officer, I wasn't going 55. The wing is stuck in that position."

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04-17-15, 07:31 PM

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mine is now stuck in the up position also. I checked as good as I could to make sure nothing is underneath. when I push the button on the dash, I can hear some clicking so I think the motors are still working. I'm guessing the gears have jumped off track and are no longer connected to motor somehow?!?

I Wish i could just lock mine in the UP position! Lol! Mine goes down a good bit when i wish it would just Stay Up! I think it looks so much better up, but that's just my opinion!

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04-17-15, 09:27 PM

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I Wish i could just lock mine in the UP position! Lol! Mine goes down a good bit when i wish it would just Stay Up! I think it looks so much better up, but that's just my opinion!

Doesn't the switch allow that ..??? Up all the time..??

Or is that for only when parked.... To switch up/down

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04-18-15, 06:10 AM

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Doesn't the switch allow that ..??? Up all the time..??

Or is that for only when parked.... To switch up/down

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Nope. It won't stay up all the time with the switch. It will always come back down after exceeding 55 or whatever speed and coming back below the threshold speed.

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