unlock the radio

[Brett Dikeman]

At 3:40 PM -0800 2/14/01, Tessie McMillan wrote:
>Don't bother calling the dealer -- I've BTDT (more than once) -- I have a
>tendency to make a mistake, and then the next time I make the same
>mistake and I end up thinking... oops, seems I figured this out last
>time, now why didn't I write that down?
>
>Get out the Bentley, or when I get home I can get out my Bentley for you,
>and look up the general code to unlock the radio. It's something stupid
>like 0100, but you have to press a certain combination of buttons on the
>radio and hold them down, or wait half an hour or something like that.


You have to press a certain combo to start entering the code, and if 
you miss, you get three tries.  After that, you have to wait over an 
hour to get to try again.

The codes are not universal(such a thing would defeat the purpose of 
a radio code) and you MUST go to the dealer.  They will certainly 
expect proof of ownership and many refuse to simply take a written 
down number, instead verifying the VIN number of the car and the 
radio's sticker.

The whole process should take under 30 minutes and they may be able 
to do it while you wait.  I've never heard of anyone having trouble 
doing this.


Brett
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