1993 Oldsmobile Achieva Owner's Manual - Page 133

Rear Window Defogger Antenna (OPTION) Power Antenna Mast Care The optional power antenna will look its best and work well if it's cleaned from time to time. Before entering an automatic To Clean the Antenna Mast: vehicle wash, turn off your radio to make the power antenna go down. 1. Turn on the ignition and radio to This will prevent the mast from raise the antenna to full mast possibly getting damaged.If the extension. antenna does notgo down when 2. Dampen a clean cloth with mineral you turn the radio off, it may be spirits or equivalent solvent. damaged or need to be cleaned. In 3. Wipe the cloth over the mast sections, either case, lower the antenna by removing any dirt. hand by carefully pressing the 4. Wipe dry with a clean cloth before antenna down. retracting. 5. Make the antenna go up and down If the mast portionof your antenna is by turning the radio or ignition on and damaged, you can easily replace it. See Off. your dealer fora replacement kit and follow the instructions in the kit. 6. Then repeat if necessary. This particular rear window defogger also serves as a radio antenna. If you have this option, do not apply aftermarket glass tinting. The metallic fdm in some tinting materials will interfere withor distort the incoming radio reception.