stemirra

my 01 ls430 has a 2" apx. black flexible antenna. I unscrew it when going to the car wash because the owners manual said to do so.

What is it to? Radio, nav or the on-star like analog communicator that was removed by the Lexus dealer under a no charge service campaign.

Do you remove yours when going to the car wash (is it worth the hassle to remove it or is it durable enough to survive)?

Please advise.
Stephen

Lynzoid

It's for cellular.

Do, i do not. But i don't use automatic car washes - it ruins the car.

Kira X

iTrader: (24)

I usually wash my cars by hand, but you should always unscrew the antennas before going through a car wash. I've see so many older Lexus' with broken antennas from car washes.

jayclapp

I absolutely would not put my car thru a car wash that would damage my car in any way!

AlexusAnja

That was antenna for the LexusLink which most cars did not have buy I think lexus figured it was easier to just have across the board than install when needed. Its not satellite or cellular.

Kansas

Through the 2003 model year, the roof antenna was used for the dealer installed phone system (<2003 = Sprint; 2003 = Cingular/AT&T) unless the car had factory installed LexusLink.which used it in which case the dealer phone system installer would afix an imprinted phone antenna to inside of the rear window a la the 1995-2000 LS400 factory installed imprinted phone antenna.