1993 100: need to obtain radio code

[Taka Mizutani]

Actually, this is not true, Kneale. There is a way too look up a radio
code that is not associated with a particular VIN.

I went through this process recently when I sold my OEM radio from the
200 to another lister- I did not have the car with me, just the radio,
and no VIN. He had his car. We went to the service counter, explained
that the code was needed, they went in the back, came back a little
while later with the code. He had called in advance to ask about this
before coming, though.

Obviously, given the right motivation, there is no need for a dealer
to have to hook your car up to a computer to generate the radio code
(which is what a couple other dealers told me), nor do they need your
VIN- all they need is the radio.

I suspect that this is a ploy in order to keep illegitimate
individuals from obtaining the code for stolen radios when in fact it
is no more difficult to get the code now as it was a few years ago. Or
maybe simply a ploy to extract more money from each customer.

This is one annoyance that I'm truly glad to be rid of.

Taka


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 18:55:51 -0500, Kneale Brownson
<knotnook at traverse.com> wrote:
> The dealer can only access a code for a radio that's associated with the
> VIN for a specific car.   It has become a rather involved process where
> some designated individual has to call Audi's tech center and request the
> information.   There is a Bose repair center that might be able to give you
> access to the radio.  There shouldn't be any security issues with a radio
> that old, I'd think.