dedewhale

My Garage door ripped off the shark fin looking antenna (maybe sirius radio antenna) on the top of my GLK350. It only broke the plastic shell. I called MB and they have to replace the whole antenna and the part is $450 bucks (not including service). Anyone know if they only sell the shell somewhere? Can I get the part much cheaper?

Tate

I hate to say but you might have to dish out the money to fix it. Nowadays the shark fin antenna contains many functions (sirius, radio, GPS, etc) so if it is broken something else inside might be broken too and might affect functions that depend on radio signal

mr.mbenz

dedewhale, sorry for the mishap...

if you are able to take a pix of your antenna, I will pass to an MB dealer for assistance. Where are you located?

dedewhale

I am in NJ. I will see if I can take a pic. But I already super glued the old broken piece back on. It does not look good but it is on there.

MBRedux

This is your best answer if you're handy.... and it's a genuine OEM part for Audi... it will fit.



http://oemplus.com/index.php?main_pa...rk+fin+antenna

mr.mbenz

looks like the headliner needs to come off, and it must be screwed down from inside to hold the antenna in place. This may take some great skill and time to do.

Baby G

Sorry to hear about the mishap, let us know which direction you took. Try a different dealer, since dealer pricing varies.

dedewhale

here is the broken black casing I superglued back on. Looks like crap!

mr benz- I am located in central jersey shore (aka NJ)

mr.mbenz

thanks for the pix.
I will contact my source and get back to you soon.
Ouch...that was hit pretty bad.

mr.mbenz

dedewhale,

okay...dealer got back to me and stated that the black housing is available for 60 buxs. Shipping extra.

That's not bad for a small mis-hap. At least you can skip a few lattes for 2 weeks?

Your thoughts?

dedewhale

that would be awesome where can I buy that? That is a lot better then the $450 I was told by my dealer..

mr.mbenz

contact me via P.M. and will provide the details.

dedewhale

done

NLA2012

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fabbrisd1

Not good following this old thread.... "covers" and "replacement for the shark are like $10...

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...cover&_sacat=0

tdol87

January 2023 - I have the same broken fin antenna on a 2013 GLK 350 - I dont need to or want to buy the whole $470 replacement part - the radio, satellite and gps all still work just need the plastic - any chance your contact can still ge the part?

John CC

Mr. Benz hasn't logged in in almost 3 years.

GLKattitude

Ya'll think he's "Mr. Audi" or "Mr. BMW" at this point? lol