Disapponited in AUDI
02-05-2004, 09:03 AM
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Disapponited in AUDI
Battery went dead, radio will not play because I need to put in a code. AudiUSA advocate tells me to call original dealer for the code. Dealer tells me I have to bring the car in so they can get the code from the rear of the radio. The radio has to be removed with a special tool which will take 1/2 hour. I will have to take half a day to drive there and back and any other Audi dealer is 1 1/2 hours away.
NO MORE AUDI'S FOR ME! !
NO MORE AUDI'S FOR ME! !
02-05-2004, 09:10 AM
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Quit whining.....
Has your car ever been to the dealer?? Check the top of your dealer recpeits, lots of dealers put the code on their recpeits.
As Ming said, check your owners manual.
Newer cars have been reported to have the code listed on the option sticker in the trunk.
As Ming said, check your owners manual.
Newer cars have been reported to have the code listed on the option sticker in the trunk.
02-05-2004, 09:10 AM
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If that is all you have to complain about.................... ;-)
The code should be in the radio section of your owners manual. If not there, try looking for a sticker in the spare tire well. If you call the dealer who sold the car when new, they may have it on file via the vin#.
If none of those things work, you'll need to see a dealer. They need to get the serial number off the radio body and get back to headquarters to obtain the code. It's a security device to prevent a thief from being able to use your radio if they steal it.
Virtually all cars in the last 10 years use some kind of anti-theft code. Get used to it if you need to swap out the battery in any other car. Plan ahead by pro-actively hunting down the code prior to replacement. This could just easily have been a BMW or Mercedes problem as well. Even my '87 Alfa has a radio code!
If none of those things work, you'll need to see a dealer. They need to get the serial number off the radio body and get back to headquarters to obtain the code. It's a security device to prevent a thief from being able to use your radio if they steal it.
Virtually all cars in the last 10 years use some kind of anti-theft code. Get used to it if you need to swap out the battery in any other car. Plan ahead by pro-actively hunting down the code prior to replacement. This could just easily have been a BMW or Mercedes problem as well. Even my '87 Alfa has a radio code!
02-05-2004, 09:17 AM
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The dog ate my homework
Since the early 90's,virtually all mid to upscale cars have required the radio to be recoded if the battery goes dead, and they plainly warn owners of it in the manual with a big "KEEP THIS CODE IN A SAFE PLACE". You'd get a similar response from any mfr or dealer.
