Poor Radio Reception in '05 Camry - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

coops0812 · 01-05-2011, 02:09 PM

I have an '05 Camry XLE with the in-dash touch-screen AM/FM CD Nav system. On random cold days I seem to lose my radio reception. When I turn on the radio I receive a lot of static with break-through talking or music. I've tried to change stations using the touch panel, the steering control as well as the manual tuning dial and I still got static.

I've driven to work ~40 minutes and most of them were filled with static and some break-through talking (not of the station I was tuned into though). The last couple of minutes of my drive I did get a station that said it was 98.3 but I was tuned into 95.5. No matter which station I dialed in I still received the 98.3 station.

It seems like the antenna or something in the radio was stuck or frozen. I drove the entire time with the heat blaring on feet/defrost and rear defroster on thinking it might warm something up but that didn't work.

Anyone else have this problem or know what I might do to fix it? I can't make my commute to and from work every day with no radio...I'll go nuts...especially with the traffic I sit in.

***Tom in Tacoma*** · 01-05-2011, 02:50 PM

Check the antenna connect going in to the back of the head unit.

Kycamrymaker · 01-05-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom in Tacoma

Check the antenna connect going in to the back of the head unit.

You can do that or you could have the antenna connection on your rear glass broken/loose. To check that it will require you to pull the C-pillar garnish on the passenger side of the car and take a look and make sure that you have 3/4 connections on the glass and not just one hanging loose. If all is good there you will need to look at the other side. Some Camrys had 4 on the right side and one on the left, the other have 3 and then 2. So if you have 4 no need to check the other side your fine. The '02 Camrys had 3 different glass options on the rear and those connections were notorious for falling right off. If all your connections are good there then it has to do with the radio or as the previous post stated.