Radio Codes from Serial Number

We are able provide you with the original manufacturers security code required to activate your car radio after power loss.
Its fast and easy to obtain the radio code for your stereo, simply follow the 3 simple steps on the right.

Radio Code Search

Enter your serial number:

Location of Serial No. on Stereos

Never take the serial number from any printed paperwork or user guides, since this may not match the actual radio fitted to the car.  Instead, take the serial number from either a label or an engraving on the top or side of your stereo, to ensure the supplied radio code is accurate.

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How to Decode your Car Radio

 

1. First remove the radio from the car. Our removal guides should help with this.
   
   
2. Locate the serial number, using the illustration(s) as a guide
   
   
3. Enter the serial number into the radio code search
   
   

Once you receive the code, you can use our Free Radio Code Entry Help section to assist you with entering the code.

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Serial Number's

car radios will normally contain a 14 digit serial number which can be found either printed on a label or engraved on the side of the unit.

These serials are only visible once the radio has been removed from the vehicle.

Examples of serials include:

• BP0296Y9054556
• GM0300Y9056652
• CL0401Y5546652
• M556884
• GR0971X5541565

Just some of our Google Reviews & Ratings

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Paid a fiver. Got my code. Worked immediately. Great, thanks

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Worked great! Much cheaper than dealing with the dealership!

Keith Shell

Found you online after ford were going to charge about £20 for this the code u gave me was correct and my car radio worked straight away very happy customer and would recommend to anyone

More info about retrieving your lost code.

By using our online radio decoding service, you not only save yourself money, but also time and the additional hassle involved. Most vehicle main dealers will require you to book an appointment and take the car and paperwork (v5 logbook) into them before they apply for your radio code.   Once they do apply for the code, 9/10 times it will be based on the vehicle registration or VIN number of the car itself, which is fine if you have owned your car from new. However, receiving the radio code days later only to find that it did not work is yet another inconvenience.

There are a number of reasons why a stereo code based on your vehicle registration or vin number may not work, including:

• The unit was changed under manufacturer warranty.
• The car stereo was changed for an improved model, i.e. tape to CD player.
• A used car dealer changed the radio or cd player at time of sale on request.

At Radio-Code, we don't provide radio codes based on the car, instead we provide the code based on the individual and unique serial number of your car radio, regardless of what it was fitted to originally.  Our radio codes have proven to be more accurate than main dealer's because of this.

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