Toyota Repair: toyota camry aerial problem, antenna mast, toyota camry

Question
Hi,

we have a problem with the electric aerial of a Toyota camry. After the aerial
goes ful up the electric motor does nto cut out for another 30 seconds, and
there is a loud knocking noise.

Greg


Answer
This is normally due to a broken antenna mast inside the motor, the mast /cable assembly should be replaced, the antenna motor has to be removed from the car and disassembled to remove the broken piece of the old cable, once that is accomplished the antenna motor is reinstalled and the new cable assembly is fed into the motor by turning the radio on until the motor stops and then turning the radio off while feeding the new mast in.