Honda Car Forum

My dad recently bought an '04 Accord DX, and just realized last week
that he'd not received a radio code in any of the usual places when he
took delivery. He stopped by the dealer, and they said they'd look it
up, but after a while came back and said that the DX models didn't have
a radio code as that feature wasn't offered on them.

Is this true, or is the dealer mistaken (deliberately so or otherwise)?
I thought the radio code/anti-theft measures were radio-specific, not
model-specific.

Dave

I find it hard to believe that an Accord does not have a code entry
procedure with the CD/Radio on a 2004 model.I have a 2003 (bought new
last December) Honda Civic EX and it has one.And the Civic is considered
a lower level car BELOW the Accord line.So,the Accord should have one
just because it is a higher priced model vehicle.I am no expert on
Accords,but this sounds logical to me.

The 2004 LX radio doesn't. I installed the add-on tape deck and called the
dealer to get my codes. They told me it didn't use one. After
disconnecting power and reconnecting it, the radio still worked (stations
did need to be reset.)

"Dave Garrett" <dave@compassnet.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1b1b1c7c847d662e989e7b@207.14.113.17...
> My dad recently bought an '04 Accord DX, and just realized last week
> that he'd not received a radio code in any of the usual places when he
> took delivery. He stopped by the dealer, and they said they'd look it
> up, but after a while came back and said that the DX models didn't have
> a radio code as that feature wasn't offered on them.
>
> Is this true, or is the dealer mistaken (deliberately so or otherwise)?
> I thought the radio code/anti-theft measures were radio-specific, not
> model-specific.
>
> Dave
>

In article <MPG.1b1b1c7c847d662e989e7b@207.14.113.17>,
dave@compassnet.com says...
> My dad recently bought an '04 Accord DX, and just realized last week
> that he'd not received a radio code in any of the usual places when he
> took delivery. He stopped by the dealer, and they said they'd look it
> up, but after a while came back and said that the DX models didn't have
> a radio code as that feature wasn't offered on them.
>
> Is this true, or is the dealer mistaken (deliberately so or otherwise)?
> I thought the radio code/anti-theft measures were radio-specific, not
> model-specific.
>
> Dave

My '03 Accord DX has no radio code. The radio simply isn't worth
stealing (AM/FM/CD, with provision for a CD changer). The higher
trim lines have different radios.

--Gene

This is only the EX trim models. There should be a little red led
light that flashes when the car is turned off.

Hope this helps,
Nick




On Sun, 23 May 2004 21:40:13 -0500, Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com>
wrote:

>My dad recently bought an '04 Accord DX, and just realized last week
>that he'd not received a radio code in any of the usual places when he
>took delivery. He stopped by the dealer, and they said they'd look it
>up, but after a while came back and said that the DX models didn't have
>a radio code as that feature wasn't offered on them.
>
>Is this true, or is the dealer mistaken (deliberately so or otherwise)?
>I thought the radio code/anti-theft measures were radio-specific, not
>model-specific.
>
>Dave

In article <MPG.1b1b1c7c847d662e989e7b@207.14.113.17>,
Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com> wrote:

> My dad recently bought an '04 Accord DX, and just realized last week
> that he'd not received a radio code in any of the usual places when he
> took delivery. He stopped by the dealer, and they said they'd look it
> up, but after a while came back and said that the DX models didn't have
> a radio code as that feature wasn't offered on them.
>
> Is this true, or is the dealer mistaken (deliberately so or otherwise)?
> I thought the radio code/anti-theft measures were radio-specific, not
> model-specific.
>
> Dave

You know, your father just bought a $20,000 car.

Don't you think that ONE of you would have bothered to look this up in
the owner's manual?

Or did you just throw that away, because after all you know how to drive
a car.

$20,000 is apparently nothing to you, like spending $3 on a watch. Who
needs an owner's manual?

a DX model sells for about $15k plus options

>
>You know, your father just bought a $20,000 car.
>

Elmo,

Chill dude! I seriously doubt that the owners' manual even mentions radio
codes since the radio doesn't require it (I'm out of town right now or I'd
double check my manual.) Why do you have to be a jerk, the man was asking a
very reasonable question.


"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in message
news:elmop-0DAEC0.12581024052004@text.usenetserver.com...
> In article <MPG.1b1b1c7c847d662e989e7b@207.14.113.17>,
> Dave Garrett <dave@compassnet.com> wrote:
>
> > My dad recently bought an '04 Accord DX, and just realized last week
> > that he'd not received a radio code in any of the usual places when he
> > took delivery. He stopped by the dealer, and they said they'd look it
> > up, but after a while came back and said that the DX models didn't have
> > a radio code as that feature wasn't offered on them.
> >
> > Is this true, or is the dealer mistaken (deliberately so or otherwise)?
> > I thought the radio code/anti-theft measures were radio-specific, not
> > model-specific.
> >
> > Dave
>
> You know, your father just bought a $20,000 car.
>
> Don't you think that ONE of you would have bothered to look this up in
> the owner's manual?
>
> Or did you just throw that away, because after all you know how to drive
> a car.
>
> $20,000 is apparently nothing to you, like spending $3 on a watch. Who
> needs an owner's manual?
>

In article <c8uape$r8v$1@home.itg.ti.com>,
"Pete Golding" <p-golding2@ti.com> wrote:

> Elmo,
>
> Chill dude! I seriously doubt that the owners' manual even mentions radio
> codes since the radio doesn't require it (I'm out of town right now or I'd
> double check my manual.)

Yes, it does. The manual references ALL radio models, because there's
only one single manual for all trim levels.

Which you'd know if you'd bothered to read the bloody thing.


> Why do you have to be a jerk, the man was asking a
> very reasonable question.

Bullshit. Read the owner's manual first, BEFORE asking to be spoon-fed
information that's clearly documented.

This world is full of people who expect to be spoon-fed at every turn.

In article <elmop-800DB8.23362324052004@text.usenetserver.com>,
elmop@nastydesigns.com says...

> > Why do you have to be a jerk, the man was asking a
> > very reasonable question.
>
> Bullshit. Read the owner's manual first, BEFORE asking to be spoon-fed
> information that's clearly documented.
>
> This world is full of people who expect to be spoon-fed at every turn.

It certainly is. Unfortunately for you, I'm not one of them.

I didn't have ready access to either my dad's car or its owner's manual
at the time, so I posted the question here instead. Since the dealer he
purchased the car from was the same one who told him to bring the car in
so they could look up the radio code, maybe you ought to be telling them
to RTFM instead of me.

I suggest you save your vitriol for such boils on the backside of Usenet
as spammers, trolls, and top-posters, instead of embarking upon
misguided crusades against people with legitimate questions. In the
meantime, I cordially invite you to kneel and nurse.

Dave