Radio Code

[Guest martinkerr]

my battery went flat once i recharged it the radio asked for the code but i dont know it

 

is there anybody who can tell me how to fix it without having to pay ford?

 

thanks

Martin

[Guest SA Intruder]

You bought a car without a manual? The code is in the manual.

 

Ford dealers sometimes look up your code FOC if you prove you own the car. It sometimes helps if you buy some spares from them at the same time. (Goodwill).

 

Assuming the radio is original.

 

If you don't want to go this route, remove radio and get an ICE supplier to do a recode (

[7up]

[Guest SA Intruder]

Who does?

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Do you know who the original supplying dealer is? Could be worth phoning them to see if they can help, but really any Ford dealer should supply you with the code. My parents bought a used Volvo a few years back and the dealer they bought from supplied them with the radio code. This turned out to be incorrect, only discovered with a flat battery, but their nearest dealer, who they did not buy from, looked up and gave them the correct code for free.

I believe that it's called customer service - something that Ford dealers don't really seem to know much about, unfortunately.

[Guest V6Nik]

When I got my Gal, the Ford stereo was asking for a code, nothing I had worked so I went to the main dealer, supplied them all the details and they gave me the code for

[Guest SA Intruder]

Dump the Ford dealer.

[Guest yurir]

Hi SA_Intruder & 7up,

 

If it's so easy to get an ICE supplier to recode the radio, it does beg the question of how worthwhile this code protection is ?

 

Do the ones which have a piece of the front panel come off, so you can take it away, off better protection in that it isn't possible to obtain a replacement front panel ?

 

Yuri.

[Guest Daveb]

I had the same problem once the battery went flat and when recharged no radio. and the display asking ford a code number I got out the handbooks looked at the audio section, guess what no radio code details had NOT been filled in by the dealer, But one simple phone call to the dealer and checking their computer which must be online to Ford UK :blink: they gave me the number which took just 2 minutes to insert and it works

 

 

Good old Fords they can get somethings right