I drive a VW Passatt, owned from new (1999) with original equipment. The
car has not been used for the last month as we have another car and I have
been convalescing . Today, I resume motoring and find that the car radio no
longer picks up AM broadcasts and those for FM are weak and intermittent.

The cassette player works fine - just the tuner not picking up signal. Do
aerials go wrong? Or is there something else I should check before nipping
into my local Halfords and buying a replacement radio?

Thanks in advance.

Angus