Anyone have the workshop manual? Workshop Manual, Section 501-03/501-28. It's fairly easy to remove the spoiler. I'm going to replace mine that's cracked due to this. I got lucky and it barely damaged my actual roof. My rubber seal that goes across came out of the spoiler though and I don't see how I can get it back in and have it secured (did they use an adhesive? At 60MPH, the plastic spoiler now catches wind and flexes upwards so I'm thinking whatever gripped it (rubber seal) broke or came off. If anyone knows it's just a double sided adhesive I could probably get it back together. That said, I'm looking at Ebay for spoilers and seeing them with the seal in there for $300 so may just buy one and swap out whole assembly. My truck is like 6 mo out of warranty and Ford won't pay for it is my guess.....even though they admit the gap tolerance is too small and caused this. The workshop manual question is for what torque spec I put on the bolts that affix to the glass and in which pattern you put tighten. Any help is appreciated.
I just experienced this issue with my 2022 Limited. The roof had a small dent just in front of center of spoiler after a loud bang when the hatch was opening. The two pieces of the spoiler separated on the driver side. I repaired by removing the spoiler, using JB Weld and clamps to reconnect the driver side halves of the spoiler, and reinstalling. All seems fine now.
The rubber seal is held in mechanically between the two halves of the spoiler. I am not sure if you could reinsert without separating the glued halves. I was able to slide the rubber from the separated driver side toward the passenger side before I JB Welded the driver side back together.
I do not know torque specs, but was careful to tighten with small (1/4") hand drive. I rotated tightening of all 8 connectors in a clockwise manner. I tightened to estimated torque I used to remove.
Not sure of the cause, but two factors may have come into play. (1) I rarely park outside, but I parked outside a Northern Michigan cabin all weekend in about 15 degree weather; (2) on the way home, my buddy mistakenly pushed the rear window release intending to open the hatch - I drove about 20 minutes with latch opened (but window closed). As soon as we arrived at home, the hatch opened with the loud bang.
I did not bother with my dealer - I am out of warranty and have had poor luck with similar issues in the the past with the dealer (Service Manager is clearly annoyed with customers bringing in SSMs).
