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Technical => Electrical Tech => Topic started by: Gary3072 on January 23, 2014, 03:47:31 PM

Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: Gary3072 on January 23, 2014, 03:47:31 PM
My power antenna seems to work fine when raising the antenna but wont lower it. Is this a bad swtich or is the antenna motor to blame ? I don't want to burn out the motor buy manually lowering it, so I leave it down for now.

Thanks for any info... :)
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: White85GS on January 23, 2014, 03:49:19 PM
My vote is bad switch.
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: Gary3072 on January 23, 2014, 03:58:36 PM
That was my guess....I even tried spraying contact cleaner in there but no luck
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: CougrrrFiveO on January 23, 2014, 04:33:57 PM
I've had that problem before. I just used WD40 to lube the hell out of the antenna itself, pushed it down, used the switch to raise it, and repeated the process a few times. After that it worked fine.
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: Gary3072 on January 23, 2014, 07:58:35 PM
Cool..thanks. I'm gonna try that....
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: jcassity on January 25, 2014, 12:18:41 AM
You hear the motor running when you go down with the antenna?

There is about a 24 inch or 20 inch long plastic ripcord inside the assembly that runs against a gear

I also think it has to do with power delivery because half of the circuit is operational
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: Gary3072 on January 25, 2014, 12:37:25 AM
No I don't hear anything....only when it goes "up". I think the switch may be bad because if it was the antenna, would it even go up or move at all ?
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: jcassity on January 25, 2014, 08:51:25 AM
siri sucks,, and i corrected my above spelling.

if you dont hear anything when selecting down then the fault is power delivery.  ,,, not to say its "certainly" the switch because the wiring / connections are in play also.

bad part is to get to it the fender well plastic skirt needs to come off which isnt all that fun.
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: White85GS on January 25, 2014, 01:49:24 PM
Not that I'm a fan of power antennas, I can't stand them, but I like when they are at the rear of the car, so much easier to get at the parts inside the trunk.
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: softtouch on January 25, 2014, 04:39:46 PM
If you are sure the motor is not running, It has to be the switch.
Going up uses all the same wiring and connectors as going down.
Title: Power antenna switch wont lower antenna...
Post by: jcassity on January 25, 2014, 06:28:32 PM
Yeah but the windshield is bigger and so is the hood and it helps collect a lot of frequencies that would bounce