Turn on the radio, get out of the car, & spray the mast with liberal amounts of WD-40, wipe it off, & spray it again. Turn the radio off, & it should go all the way down. This worked for me & I haven't had any problems since. John Yeoman --- In dmcnews@xxxx, RJRavalli@xxxx wrote: > I know old automatic car antennas have a tendency to not go > up and down properly all the time, but what is the usual problem > causing this? I've only had mine working one day for the first > time since I've owned the car (just got the radio replaced yesterday) > and I'm already having problems with it not "descending" all the > way down. A couple of the sections seem to not want to collapse > and go down. So what is probably my problem? > > As always, thank you in advance for the helpful replies, > > Richard