Greetings All,

I have an issue with my antenna -- obviously in my 1995 Camry. This is a new issue and did not initially happen, but I can't think of what would have caused it to happen (no direct impact with the antenna or anything) at least that I can think of. The only possibility is that I dumped it somehow from inside the trunk while moving things in my trunk...that, or something weather-related. Also, this issue does not ALWAYS happen, but often does. Essentially here is the issue:

1) I turn on the stereo. If this is on the 'tape' source (for a tape adapter to iPod for example) -- no issue. I don't have a CD player.
2) If it is on AM/FM or I switch it to this source, the antenna will go up as usual -- nothing new here
3) Once the antenna is fully extended, there will be a rather loud mechanical 'buzzing' sort of noise, coming from the rear of the car/in the trunk region, near the antenna.

This noise will continue (seemingly indefinitely) although I have always switched the source to tape (or turned the stereo off) so as to not cause serious long-term damage. It sounds almost like the antenna motor is getting a signal to keep extending the antenna, even though it is already fully extended. Any thoughts or ideas on what might cause this? Or more importantly, how I might go about fixing it / investigating further?

I looked for other posts on this topic, but haven't found anything clear. If someone else knows of a fix, please link me up!

I have a 1996 Camry (currently trying to figure out a PO773 issue..see my post..) and also hear that same noise as you describe. It sounds to me also as if the ant. motor isn't connecting to something. I've not yet looked into this problem yet (I don't even know if the tape player works, haven't tried it as we bought the car 2 months ago), the radio sounds great tho. I also hear that noise when i turn off the radio for a minute, then it goes off.........a friend did tell me he'd heard if the car battery has ever been disconnected, a code (from the dealership) would be needed to reset the ant. motor...the code is punched into the actual am/fm settings. I was thinking about calling a car stereo place as they must have those codes ........after I get the solenoid problem sorted out......