Honda Car Forum

My wife and I purchased the above in early December. Very happy with
it but long story short we had to take out the battery. Radio needs a
code number to be reactivated. Although we have a great set of docs
from the previous owner we do not have the card with the serial/code
number. I called my dealer and they want $98 to pull the radio and get
the number off it. I called Honda on their toll free line and a very
nice lady said look in the glove compartment and there should be a
sticker with the number on it. Sure enough there is a sticker with this
on it:
33223
16164612

I input 33223 into the radio and nothing. I called Honda back and got
another equally nice lady. When I explained my plight she said to hold
down the 1 and 6 keys, turn off the radio and then turn it on. I still
see Code ErrE on the display. This was, apparently, not wanted she
wanted to hear. She asked if I had any other dealers around. I live in
suburban Chicago so dealers are plentiful. She suggested calling other
dealers for their rates as it might be cheaper than $98.

I really don't want to spend a C note to get my radio working again.
Does anyone know of anything I could do with what I have to get things
going again? Thanks in advance for any and all help. Steve Ignots

Try pulling the radio fuse 11 in passenger fuse panel for a couple minutes
and then try entering the code. Do a search on the forum at www.odyclub.com
as entering the code has been discussed many times. Also you could pull the
radio yourself and get the serial number. Take it to a dealer and they can
look up the code.They will probably require proof of ownership or at least
they should. Also if you register your vin on www.ahmownerlink.com it may
be there.


<signots@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1136997813.830037.99300@o13g2000cwo.googlegro ups.com...
> My wife and I purchased the above in early December. Very happy with
> it but long story short we had to take out the battery. Radio needs a
> code number to be reactivated. Although we have a great set of docs
> from the previous owner we do not have the card with the serial/code
> number. I called my dealer and they want $98 to pull the radio and get
> the number off it. I called Honda on their toll free line and a very
> nice lady said look in the glove compartment and there should be a
> sticker with the number on it. Sure enough there is a sticker with this
> on it:
> 33223
> 16164612
>
> I input 33223 into the radio and nothing. I called Honda back and got
> another equally nice lady. When I explained my plight she said to hold
> down the 1 and 6 keys, turn off the radio and then turn it on. I still
> see Code ErrE on the display. This was, apparently, not wanted she
> wanted to hear. She asked if I had any other dealers around. I live in
> suburban Chicago so dealers are plentiful. She suggested calling other
> dealers for their rates as it might be cheaper than $98.
>
> I really don't want to spend a C note to get my radio working again.
> Does anyone know of anything I could do with what I have to get things
> going again? Thanks in advance for any and all help. Steve Ignots
>

Make that www.ahm-ownerlink.com


"Woody" <TheDuck@pond.net> wrote in message
news:q0cxf.170$dW3.136@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com. ..
> Try pulling the radio fuse 11 in passenger fuse panel for a couple minutes
> and then try entering the code. Do a search on the forum at
> www.odyclub.com as entering the code has been discussed many times. Also
> you could pull the radio yourself and get the serial number. Take it to a
> dealer and they can look up the code.They will probably require proof of
> ownership or at least they should. Also if you register your vin on
> www.ahmownerlink.com it may be there.
>
>
> <signots@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1136997813.830037.99300@o13g2000cwo.googlegro ups.com...
>> My wife and I purchased the above in early December. Very happy with
>> it but long story short we had to take out the battery. Radio needs a
>> code number to be reactivated. Although we have a great set of docs
>> from the previous owner we do not have the card with the serial/code
>> number. I called my dealer and they want $98 to pull the radio and get
>> the number off it. I called Honda on their toll free line and a very
>> nice lady said look in the glove compartment and there should be a
>> sticker with the number on it. Sure enough there is a sticker with this
>> on it:
>> 33223
>> 16164612
>>
>> I input 33223 into the radio and nothing. I called Honda back and got
>> another equally nice lady. When I explained my plight she said to hold
>> down the 1 and 6 keys, turn off the radio and then turn it on. I still
>> see Code ErrE on the display. This was, apparently, not wanted she
>> wanted to hear. She asked if I had any other dealers around. I live in
>> suburban Chicago so dealers are plentiful. She suggested calling other
>> dealers for their rates as it might be cheaper than $98.
>>
>> I really don't want to spend a C note to get my radio working again.
>> Does anyone know of anything I could do with what I have to get things
>> going again? Thanks in advance for any and all help. Steve Ignots
>>
>
>

Woody, thanks for the tip on the fuse and www.odyclub.com. I don't feel
competent enought to pull the radio and eveything is on owner's link
EXCEPT the radio code. I will try the fuse trick as soon as my other
half gets home. Steve

Woody, you're the man! The pulling the fuse trick did work. As soon as
I put it back in and turned on the radio the message changed from Code
ErrE to Code, I put in the number and music started right up. Thanks
again. Steve