[s-cars] radio code

Wed Mar 30 08:48:47 EST 2005

Yep, good ol' Moron..ermm..Morong? What was the other dealer you
called? I tried to have mine done at Clair VW and they were really
cool about it. The guys there actually saw the my 92 S4 and were like
'cool, thats a rare beast' and treated with some respect.  :)

Unfortunatly they couldnt get the radio code even though they pulled
it out and tried which took like 10mins or so. Gave me a free wash
too.

Morong though, not only took like an hour to get me the code (not
kidding) but charged me around $60 or so for it, and the guy (was more
like a 18 year old kid) had to be reminded by the dude at the desk to
wash it up. Nice of them, but still, they weren't very profesional
about it.

Oh well, I have my radio working, and the code available for future
use. So all is good. And for me Morong is on my way home from work,
and Clair is like 5 mins from work, so travel wasn't an issue.

-Nick

On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:08:21 -0500, Jack Gagnon <bullitt at gwi.net> wrote:
> Same thing here in Maine.
> 
> I wanted to resurrect the discarded radio that came with my wife's 92 S4 in
> an attempt to try it in my 92 S4 to verify the third cd-player I have bought
> from e-bay was bad.  The previous owner did not give us the radio security
> code.  I called the dealer to get the code and the dealer insisted that
> bring my wife's car into the service department (45 min each way) and pay
> them $55.   I checked two dealers (both 45 minutes away) and they both gave
> me the same story.  I could not justify wasting 2 hours of my time, 4
> gallons of gas and $55 on a hunch that the cd-player interface was messed up
> in my bose head unit.  For crying out loud, I can probably buy a unit from a
> salvage yard and have it delivered to my house for less than that!
> 
> I decided to get an Ipod instead.
> 
> AOA sucks.
> 
> Jack
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Douglas Gray
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:27 PM
> To: chris chambers; Chris Reed; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: RE: [s-cars] radio code
> 
> Chris,
> 
> Just had the same thing happen.  Replace battery and no radio code.  Pass &
> Weisz (stealer) charged me $47 to take radio out, go online with VIN and
> Serial # to Audi and get new code.  The only consolation is that they now
> have my code in their records should this happen again.
> 
> Crying in the same beer,
> 
> Doug
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of chris chambers
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:16 PM
> To: Chris Reed; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] radio code
> 
> Chris,
> 
> This is frigging ridiculious.
> There is no magic list of codes we can giv eyou.
> 
> I didn't have my code and needed it after replacing the battery.
> Went down to our local dealer, known for overpricing their parts &
> service. The tech popped the radio out of the dash, to get the serial
> number. With the serial number and Vin in hand and went to a computer
> with this information, and provided my radio code with no charge.
> 
> If your local dealer seems to find maybe 5 minutes of work worth $115
> I'd like to find out thair labor rate!
> 
> Ask them if you bring in your car with the radio already out of the
> dash if they will still charge you for looking up the code? If so go
> looking for another dealer.
> 
> HTH
> Chris
> 
> --- Chris Reed <kostritzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyone have access to the radio codes for our cars(93 s4 w/bose)?
> > Dealer wants me to bring it in and charge me 115 bucks to take it out
> > of safe mode.  Anyone else think that's friggin' ridiculous?
> >
> > Apparently this is only for audi's, if you have a vw they will just
> > give you the code.  Seems like audi doesn't want me to ever buy a new
> > car from them in the future!
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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