1990 Mercedes 300sel radio problems

Mar 23, 2008 2 Replies

hello everyone...i have a 1990 300sel with 130k on it...the radio recently has been acting quirky...everytime the radio is off; the CODE reading comes up...i have to punch that in to get the radio to work...anyone here know why it is doing that? Also, the radio antenna suddenly stopped working. It was working great up until now. I even lubricated the mast a little bit to prevent friction.



Thank you very much... Charlie, NJ



02 E 320
90 300SEL


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As a test, I suggest you raise the antenna to listening height and then unplug its motor unit. Then drive the car normally. This will check if the problem originates from the antenna, or not.

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