Active Air Dam Issue

[BuiltFordTough]

Your spot on. I already ran something over and mine is jacked. Removing it forsure.

I got lucky until the next time. The 1x2 removed the “memory effect” in the air dam plastic and its working now.

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[Poostang]

I got lucky until the next time. The 1x2 removed the “memory effect” in the air dam plastic and its working now.

You got that right, mo fo!

 

[Daily22ssv]

Anyone had luck with a fix for this? Service advisor acted like they just pop them in place, but I assured him that doesn’t fix the problem. Also FWIW, I talked to an auto transport friend of mine, and it’s not chain damage, seems to be a bad design.

Yes dealer adjusted it lasted a few days. Then the second visit back they removed and reinstalled it been working fine for the last few weeks.This has been a common issue they are finding them improperly installed and some damaged.

 

[UGADawg96]

Come on guys, it's just cosmetic

 

[johnatuckeriii]

Few minutes of my time and mine was removed. Do have a DTC in FORScan but nothing showing in the IPC. Good riddance.

 

[Rvcookin]

I got lucky until the next time. The 1x2 removed the “memory effect” in the air dam plastic and its working now.

 

[Rvcookin]

Just had dealer look at my air dam. They are going to replace the whole assembly. Said would have the parts in 3 days. the earliest I could get schedule appt. is next Thursday. They said it would take 3 hours. Mine looked just like the pictures catching in the middle. Not wasted trip picked up my new gatorback mudflaps. Used my ford pass points plus cash not cheap but need the protection. Many gravel roads where I live. Hope to have them on in the next few days.

 

[Bogeypro]

I had it happen too. I think the flimsy piece catches the rubber edge and pulls it up. It’s stupid. Should be removed altogether.

 

[BlackCloud]

Darn. I looked under the truck. It got me, too. That's the first problem of any kind I have had in 2500 miles. I guess I'll call the dealer tomorrow. It should be helpful to say there is a whole forum thread about it, so they don't just conclude I ran into something, or that I am the only one with the issue.

 

[Pedaldude]

I've been peeking at mine once a week, and it's been straight until I just looked again and saw that it was curled in at the center about 1/16 of an inch, I also noticed that there's a slight thumb sized indentation along the entire soft portion of the fixed half that corresponds with the little molding nipples on the backside. I have zero highway miles over the past month and less than 800 miles total. I bent it back with my fingers and I will check again in a few days.

I am starting to wonder if this is a manufacturing defect. Here's an article that touches on unwanted dynamic behavior in molded plastics:

https://www.plasticstoday.com/medical/taking-advantage-viscoelasticity-unique-property-plastics

 

[Rvcookin]

Just had dealer look at my air dam. They are going to replace the whole assembly. Said would have the parts in 3 days. the earliest I could get schedule appt. is next Thursday. They said it would take 3 hours. Mine looked just like the pictures catching in the middle. Not wasted trip picked up my new gatorback mudflaps. Used my ford pass points plus cash not cheap but need the protection. Many gravel roads where I live. Hope to have them on in the next few days.

 

[Rvcookin]

I just got back from the dealer replaced both air dams. took 3 and a half hours. Had to remove the bumper and fog lights to replace them. Then after they are done they want me to schedule an appointment to get pictures and measure distances on my rear driveshaft to see If mine is part of the recall that came out on the 28th of May. Wish they would of did it at the same time. I did not receive any notifications on Ford Pass about this. I think they just want to make sure it does not involve more trucks than the recall lists.

 

[Its Not Me]

Mine has been looking just like the pictures above...

Dealer looked at it when it was in for windshield redo, they noticed scrapes on the bottom of the damn dam, took pictures to send off to the engineers at factory. They said they wanted to make sure the factory would pay for the repair, however, they were concerned it was damaged by my driving over something...arggghhh!

It drags BECAUSE it is stuck down!

 

[spectre446]

Ford should have designed it to slide behind the fixed air dam. Probably would have been less likely to get stuck. Or make it an inch longer so it never slides above the fixed portion

 

[Predator]

Had the same problem it seemed to fix itself or it's just not working anymore

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