I have a 96 honda accord. My battery died and the code needs to be reentered to get the radio to work. I had it at the honda dealship and the maint guys can't get it to take. Has anyone had this problem. Help!!

JIM

 

well then take it to a different dealer...they can look up your code on the computer.

 

Your Honda dealership would not have that infomation. You would need to remove the radio and get the serial number. If you don't know how to remove the radio your local Honda dealership will charge you to remove it for you. If you have the serial number your local Honda would not charge you to get the anti theft code.

 

look for a sticker inside the glove box, or in the service manual. I've also seen them stuck to the spare tire or in the spare tire area.

If all that fails, you'll have to call the dealer back or go to another one. The codes are built off of the serial number of the radio and not the car. Some dealerships will keep this info and some don't.

the best idea would be to remove the radio yourself and then call the dealer ship.

 

Well, if you go to the same dealer for service, they may keep the code in their notes about your car, sometimes using the VIN# to look up the car. But thats if they've worked on the car, and have needed to look up the code.

 

the number is wrong or u doing it wrong and last if nothing work just take the useless chip inside the radio and it will never ask for a code again, this is what u do with a stolen stock radio.

 

h: Good to know

 

When this happened to my 98 Accord i just took it to my local Honda Dealership and they somehow figured it out. I didn't ask how, but when i picked it up and hour later, the bill said Retrieved Radio Code, and it cost 16 dollars.

 

VERY interesting, tell me more about this chip, where is it located?

 

i just saw the guy at the shop where i take my car do it to a friend accord radio, he install my alarm also. i dont think is good idea to tell anyone online where is located unless u really lost ur code and the dealer dont want to get it for free for you. if u really need it as is for something good i can find out for u.