To summarize, after getting the reset code from honda, I got an error at first because the car was on and running, BUT it needs to be in accessory position and then it will accept the code. Thanks for this video! Helped a lot!
Thank u soooo much for sharing this video.. I was able to get the S/N called a number the dealership gave me n they asked me for my info my Vin number and mileage n then gave me my code n BAM i got my radio back yey!!!! So thank u for this
Thanks a bunch!!! Your awesome!! I got the Serial Number so easy then I went to the Radio navigate Honda, put my S/N in along with VIN and instant success. Awesome!!! Just put code in radio and music again
Thanks for the video. Really helpful. I had the same problem as you, but once I disconnected and reconnected the battery, it worked right away as soon as I put in the code.
Thanks for your help.i just did a reset radio code on my 2004 Honda Civic Si Hatchback.Radio Code Numbers were upper2100 lower 1809 Magic number is 26343 got me in . Best of luck Art
🙏thank you for this. Seriously great job. Straight to the point and 100% helpful. My local dealership got me my code in about 30 seconds. Just call the service department and they pull it up on their computer after you give em the 8 digit serial.
No clue where my manual is rn but I know I have it but thanks for saving me the trouble of finding it. Just checked the glove box and saw the sticker on the side and figured that was what you were talking about and sure enough my radio is back in action
Why don't you deal with reality the way it presents itself to you? It is a fact that people steal all sorts of shit, no matter what. In the mid 90s, I had my ca 10 year old Golf broken into and they ripped a cheap after-market radio/tape unit out... it happens. Thieves are not some sort of connoisseurs with refined taste, you know.
Wow... you must have a lot of internal dialogue going on in your head :) I can tell that because you call me a Honda apologist, that is very funny :) I have never said anything pro Honda in my long life (no hate, just solid disinterest), and I would never buy one... it is very unlikely that I will buy any Japanese car at all, because it so happens that we have a strong car industry here ourselves, and so it is easy for me to be 'patriotic' when it comes to buying cars... not sure what car Honda could offer me, because ideally, my next one will be an S500, pre-owned, but better than any Honda new or old can ever be as far as I'm concerned. Honda apologist :) Nice one, my dude.
I was able to locate the radio code in the “service history” users manual! I received the error message when I entered the code, but I took the key out and put it in again and it worked the second time! Thank you for your help
Thanks for the tips! BTW, the reason the code entry didn't work the first few times is that the beep sound happens at the end of entering 5 digits. It means right after the beep sound you have to start entering the code from the first digit otherwise it would be out of sync.
Thank you !!!! I started to enter the code and as soon as the beep started, I started to enter the code again and it worked !!!!! Thank you so much for this information
Hey thanks for this vid. I'm going to go try this now. I have a 2005 I got brand new. Old but great car civics are. I had the c number written down from yrs of having to do this procedure. I lost the paper, and forgot what to do. Thx again. Such a pain driving around (for 6 months) without a radio.
Check your glove box for a sticker with the code. My 2009 CRV has one on the side of the box and my 2015 Civic has the code on the back of the glove box. You may have to squeeze the sides of the glove box to drop it down to find the sticker.
This may be the reason why your code didnt work initially: If you watch the video, you'll initially see a small "1" next to the word "COdE" and that number changes each time you press a digit. So there was already a digit (or several) entered, and I think the radio stores them even with the key off. If you would have simply started the correct code over after it had beeped at you, I think it would have worked correctly without having to reset by disconnecting the battery again.
If you open your glove box and check the side of it when open, it may have your radio code printed on a strip that's "taped" onto the side of the glove box. enter those numbers and save the hassle of figuring out your serial number and contacting the dealership. I have a 2003 Honda Accord Ex and it saved me some time after swapping out my battery.
Thank you so much for showing me how to reset the radio, I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!! I followed your detailed info to set the code, and combined with the comment from FreonTheFrozen (below) made it all possible, thank you both! All I would add is that I found my 5 digit radio code on a small white tag located on my driver's door pillar post, so I didn't have to retrieve the radio serial # or call the dealer like you did. This other guys video showed me what the tag looks like and where to find it on a Honda Civic, but in my case, I own an '05 Honda Accord EX so it was in a different location, but it still worked for me. I hope this bit of extra info can help someone else too and here's the link to the other guy's video, I hope you don't mind my posting it, because we're all here to help each other... th-cam.com/video/ecH90HkGKbc/w-d-xo.html Thanks again!
Good info I have a 04 element But who would steal a stock radio ?? when there are so many superior aftermarket ones that a thief would take first if they were casing cars in a lot ??
I have a Acura TSX 06 w/ navigation and don’t have the radio code. I got the code from finding the serial number on the cd changer in the trunk. I put that serial number in the Acura website and got 2 rolls of numbers and assume one was for the navigation and the other for the radio. I also manage to call a dealership that checked over the phone and have me the same codes, but later learned the codes I got was only for the navigation. So, I had to wait 2 months until I could save money to fix my alternator, so I waited until last week to try those codes. The navigation started when I put the first 5 numbers. Then I tried with the radio and I couldn’t figure out how to put the b letter that was in the place of the last number (5th.). I tried about 3-4 times and it didn’t work and I put 1-6 in place of the letter b and now locked out. I can’t even do the press button 1 and 6 and the power button and locked out from putting in the code. I called the Acura support number and got a person and they told me that I still needed the radio code and different from the navigation code. I wasn’t in the car and tried the press 1 and 6 and radio power button to get the serial number and get the code. Well, since it didn’t work, I’m gonna call them back and get them to walk me through it. I also think I might need to disconnect the battery and reconnect to see if it’ll let me get the code and let me put in the code. The Acura support did mention that if I was locked out from putting the code, i need to wait something like an hour or 24 hours, but that didn’t work the next day. This is a pain in the butt and all this to get a radio code? And these pro Acura Honda folks are no real help. They should get more training and narrow down the possibilities. Meaning the first dealership person should of told me that you only have the navigation code and still need the radio code. Bc she didn’t, it cost me a lot of frustration and waste of time.
works like a charm on my Honda civic SI 2005. However the 1st 10 times it beeps and gives me error messages Had to wait for 1hr to reset it and punched in the code that I got from the dealer.BAM I got it from the 1st try.Again thank you very much.
There's also much simpler way to do it. It works for most Honda radios. 1. Turn on your car. 2. Press and hold the "Tune select" button for at least 5 seconds. That's it, no need to enter the code. Radio would be back to normal. I did it on my 2014 Honda Pilot and it works fine. Background info: When the "Tune select" button was pressed and hold for about 5 seconds or longer, the radio sent a token/signal (we called it a handshake in techie world) to a receiving chip that checks if the radio was in the same vehicle or not. If the radio was in the same vehicle (not stolen and not installed in a different vehicle), the chip allowed the radio to function normally. The token was pre-programmed at the factory to the receiving chip with the code generated by the radio. Of course, if the radio was on a different vechicle it wouldn't work because the chip on the other vehcile had a different token programmed to the chip. It would get a mismatch, therefore it wouldn't allow the radio to continue operate normally.
I own two Hondas. There is an easier way. My 2009 CRV has the radio code on a sticker on the side of the glove box. My 2015 Civic has the radio code on a sticker on the back of the glove box. If you dont see the sticker, squeeze the sides of the glove box and drop it down and check the back side of the glove box.
The reason why you couldn't get it, was because you had entered a digit and it was expecting the rest of them. Unfortunately there's no reset button so you have to enter digits until it says "Error" then that's when you're able to start inputting the correct digits from the start. Thus activating your radio again. I literally just did it myself.
FreonTheFrozen Thank You so much for that extra bit of info. After I found my code I had the same problem entering it as he did, and your info made all the difference for me. I really appreciate it!
The problem you had with entering the code is that when you hold the 1 and the 6 down it enters 1 as if you're punching the number one in, so you need to enter a bunch of other numbers until it give you an error and resets so you can enter the number in again fresh
Wow this was from 2 yrs ago, so glad I didn’t have to call my son again. Big thanks from this 73 yr old great grandmother.
To summarize, after getting the reset code from honda, I got an error at first because the car was on and running, BUT it needs to be in accessory position and then it will accept the code. Thanks for this video! Helped a lot!
Great point btw ! Thx !!! 👍
Disconnected the battery, then connected it. Put the code in and worked perfectly. Thanks. Great video.
This feature saved a total of 3 car stereos from being stolen. Totally worth it
Thank u soooo much for sharing this video.. I was able to get the S/N called a number the dealership gave me n they asked me for my info my Vin number and mileage n then gave me my code n BAM i got my radio back yey!!!! So thank u for this
did exactly as you suggested and got my radio running again..thank you!
Thanks a bunch!!! Your awesome!! I got the Serial Number so easy then I went to the Radio navigate Honda, put my S/N in along with VIN and instant success. Awesome!!! Just put code in radio and music again
What is vin?
Think and grow up vehicle identification number
Thanks for the video. Really helpful. I had the same problem as you, but once I disconnected and reconnected the battery, it worked right away as soon as I put in the code.
Thanks for your help.i just did a reset radio code on my 2004 Honda Civic Si Hatchback.Radio Code Numbers were
upper2100 lower 1809
Magic number is
26343 got me in .
Best of luck Art
🙏thank you for this. Seriously great job. Straight to the point and 100% helpful. My local dealership got me my code in about 30 seconds. Just call the service department and they pull it up on their computer after you give em the 8 digit serial.
Thanks for the video, got the radio working. The code was located in my glove box, no need to call the dealer.
MrStickers208 Sweet, thanks for you comment. Cheers
No clue where my manual is rn but I know I have it but thanks for saving me the trouble of finding it. Just checked the glove box and saw the sticker on the side and figured that was what you were talking about and sure enough my radio is back in action
Dude...you are the fkn MAN! I was about to take apart the center console. Thank you!
honestly we just had to go through this... why would it be such a big deal lol why would anyone want to steal a factory radio
Thomas Helton bb
My thoughts exactly...and from a fourteen-year-old vehicle, no less! This whole issue was designed to line the pockets of Honda and their dealers.
14 years ago it was new.... damn, you people :)
Why don't you deal with reality the way it presents itself to you? It is a fact that people steal all sorts of shit, no matter what. In the mid 90s, I had my ca 10 year old Golf broken into and they ripped a cheap after-market radio/tape unit out... it happens. Thieves are not some sort of connoisseurs with refined taste, you know.
Wow... you must have a lot of internal dialogue going on in your head :) I can tell that because you call me a Honda apologist, that is very funny :) I have never said anything pro Honda in my long life (no hate, just solid disinterest), and I would never buy one... it is very unlikely that I will buy any Japanese car at all, because it so happens that we have a strong car industry here ourselves, and so it is easy for me to be 'patriotic' when it comes to buying cars... not sure what car Honda could offer me, because ideally, my next one will be an S500, pre-owned, but better than any Honda new or old can ever be as far as I'm concerned. Honda apologist :) Nice one, my dude.
Thanks fam you just got my radio working again
Thank you, what a headache trying to figure this out you solved my problem!
I was able to locate the radio code in the “service history” users manual! I received the error message when I entered the code, but I took the key out and put it in again and it worked the second time! Thank you for your help
Love it! Thanks for teaching us! ☺️
Thank you! That worked. Great detail.
great this really helped as i had tried holding down the numbers but not pushing the power button on and off
It did not work at first but I disconnected the battery like u had to and then it worked first try thanks man!
Thank you !! It fixed mine right away !
Awesome worked perfectly! Thanks a ton
Thanks! your video was a big help!
Thank you. You saved my time
You method worked for my 2006 hybrid -- Called the dealer - they gave me the code - Thank you!
James Lynch Glad to hear, thanks for watching.
Am new here and I don't know how to unlock my car tape@@myRatchets
Thank you. Really helpful. I called a Honda dealership and they gave me the 6-digit code right away when I gave them the 8-digit serial number.
Pls how do I get the Honda dealership number,am facing the problem with my car now
Thank you so much. My radio was out for months. And I got it with one try. Thank you!!!
you guys are lifesavers!! lmao took me 5 minutes thank you
GREAT THANKS BRO. GOT MY CODE. SO HAPPY. MY STEREO HAS BEEN LOCKED FOR MORE THAN A YEAR
Oluwatobi Giwa Dam thats too long, glad you got it working though. Thanks for commenting.
thanks!!!! saved me sooo much time!
Great info, tks! I'd like to ask, how exactly did you "reset" the battery after getting the error msg?
thank you so much you're awesome!!
Thanks you very much for the video just helped me out a ton!
Thanks for the tips!
BTW, the reason the code entry didn't work the first few times is that the beep sound happens at the end of entering 5 digits. It means right after the beep sound you have to start entering the code from the first digit otherwise it would be out of sync.
Thank you !!!! I started to enter the code and as soon as the beep started, I started to enter the code again and it worked !!!!! Thank you so much for this information
How do you get it to start beeping so you can enter the code? Mine is not beeping
Hey thanks for this vid. I'm going to go try this now. I have a 2005 I got brand new. Old but great car civics are. I had the c number written down from yrs of having to do this procedure. I lost the paper, and forgot what to do. Thx again. Such a pain driving around (for 6 months) without a radio.
Check your glove box for a sticker with the code. My 2009 CRV has one on the side of the box and my 2015 Civic has the code on the back of the glove box. You may have to squeeze the sides of the glove box to drop it down to find the sticker.
This may be the reason why your code didnt work initially: If you watch the video, you'll initially see a small "1" next to the word "COdE" and that number changes each time you press a digit. So there was already a digit (or several) entered, and I think the radio stores them even with the key off. If you would have simply started the correct code over after it had beeped at you, I think it would have worked correctly without having to reset by disconnecting the battery again.
Worked perfectly...thank you!
Thanks for the video help me out a lot
Thanks...worked perfect.
Thank you for this helpful information!
Many thanks for the post. I found radio SN using combination shown. Later i found a code on sticker on side of glove compartment
thank you it was helpful tums up !
Thanks! I have an ‘07 CRV so it’s a bit different but at least I now have the code!
Helped, thank you.
Thanks so much I found my code in my owners manual!!
Thanks, sir! That fixed mine immediately!
Thank you for showing me where to find the s/n. It worked! Used Brian Bowman's link to find the code.
how did you enter the code? it keeps telling me that there is no code for my vin :(
Thank you sooooo much!!! :-)
you are the best bro
Thanks. It save me removing the radio to get the serial number.
You’re a legend thank you for the video it works
Yes!! I just did it ✨✨💜 blessings
Thanks so much for this !!
Thanks!! On behalf of my mother who was driving me crazy since I changed the battery in her car!!
Who did you unplug the battery? Pretty please help! I just a need to reset my radio so I can try again
THANK YOU, i've been looking to get this since my car did not come with the radio code or the sticker for the radio serial number
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Thanks for the video man helped me big time!
Your a star !!!!! thanks so much for that tip. I thought that was the end to my radio.
Thank you man been trying to find a solution since I changed my battery , thank you , I worked
Thank you! Very helpful!
Cory Z np, thanks for commenting. cheers
This works man! Thanks
Your hair sure looks pretty in this video. :)
If you open your glove box and check the side of it when open, it may have your radio code printed on a strip that's "taped" onto the side of the glove box. enter those numbers and save the hassle of figuring out your serial number and contacting the dealership. I have a 2003 Honda Accord Ex and it saved me some time after swapping out my battery.
Thank you so much for showing me how to reset the radio, I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!! I followed your detailed info to set the code, and combined with the comment from FreonTheFrozen (below) made it all possible, thank you both! All I would add is that I found my 5 digit radio code on a small white tag located on my driver's door pillar post, so I didn't have to retrieve the radio serial # or call the dealer like you did. This other guys video showed me what the tag looks like and where to find it on a Honda Civic, but in my case, I own an '05 Honda Accord EX so it was in a different location, but it still worked for me. I hope this bit of extra info can help someone else too and here's the link to the other guy's video, I hope you don't mind my posting it, because we're all here to help each other... th-cam.com/video/ecH90HkGKbc/w-d-xo.html Thanks again!
Thank you
Good info I have a 04 element But who would steal a stock radio ?? when there are so many superior aftermarket ones that a thief would take first if they were casing cars in a lot ??
You're doing the Lord's work
This video has probably helped millions of people lol
Problema resuelto, gracias.
Thanks man got me out of a jam
I have a Acura TSX 06 w/ navigation and don’t have the radio code. I got the code from finding the serial number on the cd changer in the trunk. I put that serial number in the Acura website and got 2 rolls of numbers and assume one was for the navigation and the other for the radio. I also manage to call a dealership that checked over the phone and have me the same codes, but later learned the codes I got was only for the navigation. So, I had to wait 2 months until I could save money to fix my alternator, so I waited until last week to try those codes.
The navigation started when I put the first 5 numbers. Then I tried with the radio and I couldn’t figure out how to put the b letter that was in the place of the last number (5th.). I tried about 3-4 times and it didn’t work and I put 1-6 in place of the letter b and now locked out. I can’t even do the press button 1 and 6 and the power button and locked out from putting in the code.
I called the Acura support number and got a person and they told me that I still needed the radio code and different from the navigation code. I wasn’t in the car and tried the press 1 and 6 and radio power button to get the serial number and get the code. Well, since it didn’t work, I’m gonna call them back and get them to walk me through it. I also think I might need to disconnect the battery and reconnect to see if it’ll let me get the code and let me put in the code. The Acura support did mention that if I was locked out from putting the code, i need to wait something like an hour or 24 hours, but that didn’t work the next day.
This is a pain in the butt and all this to get a radio code? And these pro Acura Honda folks are no real help. They should get more training and narrow down the possibilities. Meaning the first dealership person should of told me that you only have the navigation code and still need the radio code. Bc she didn’t, it cost me a lot of frustration and waste of time.
I tried this method for my 2005 Pilot. It did not work. However, I found the radio code in the glove box and it worked.
Thank you I did it problem fix
Thanks dude!
👍 thanks for the information 🎉
you're life saver. thank you very much
+Tran Thu np, glad you liked it. cheers
yes now boss can STFP
Thanks good friendly info.
Carlo Lambo anytime, tx for watching.
My radio code has a 9 in it. How do I do that when the buttons only go to 6?
I have a 03 civic that I just bought do i need to go to dealer ship or is there a other way to get the code
works like a charm on my Honda civic SI 2005. However the 1st 10 times it beeps and gives me error messages Had to wait for 1hr to reset it and punched in the code that I got from the dealer.BAM I got it from the 1st try.Again thank you very much.
danny ng Glad to hear, thanks for your comment!
There's also much simpler way to do it. It works for most Honda radios.
1. Turn on your car.
2. Press and hold the "Tune select" button for at least 5 seconds.
That's it, no need to enter the code. Radio would be back to normal.
I did it on my 2014 Honda Pilot and it works fine.
Background info:
When the "Tune select" button was pressed and hold for about 5 seconds or longer, the radio sent a token/signal (we called it a handshake in techie world) to a receiving chip that checks if the radio was in the same vehicle or not. If the radio was in the same vehicle (not stolen and not installed in a different vehicle), the chip allowed the radio to function normally. The token was pre-programmed at the factory to the receiving chip with the code generated by the radio. Of course, if the radio was on a different vechicle it wouldn't work because the chip on the other vehcile had a different token programmed to the chip. It would get a mismatch, therefore it wouldn't allow the radio to continue operate normally.
only works 2013 and beyond
Thank you so much ❣️
Hey I have my radio code and it alway work when my radio get error , but this time it won't . Am try to many time do you why ?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Thank so much bro
I own two Hondas. There is an easier way. My 2009 CRV has the radio code on a sticker on the side of the glove box. My 2015 Civic has the radio code on a sticker on the back of the glove box. If you dont see the sticker, squeeze the sides of the glove box and drop it down and check the back side of the glove box.
Thx bro u just saved me! Im back on!!!!
Thanks, that was way faster
Life saver, thank you!💙
Thanks mate
TenZin Jangchup Yoo thanks for the link!
Yes it did work thanks so much
np, glad you found the video useful. cheers
So its a 6 digit code? My car came with this little card that had the code. I need to give it a try. Thanks!
The reason why you couldn't get it, was because you had entered a digit and it was expecting the rest of them. Unfortunately there's no reset button so you have to enter digits until it says "Error" then that's when you're able to start inputting the correct digits from the start. Thus activating your radio again. I literally just did it myself.
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+Juan Ortiz Idk why. ask Honda that question.
FreonTheFrozen thank you Mann!!!!!!! Appreciate you 👍👍👍
It worked!!!!!!!!
FreonTheFrozen Thank You so much for that extra bit of info. After I found my code I had the same problem entering it as he did, and your info made all the difference for me. I really appreciate it!
thank you~
Worked great!!!!
Thanks , got it
Dude, you rock!! I swear I could kiss you lol... Thank you Thank you Thank you! You helped me get my car stereo going again.
Thank you!
The problem you had with entering the code is that when you hold the 1 and the 6 down it enters 1 as if you're punching the number one in, so you need to enter a bunch of other numbers until it give you an error and resets so you can enter the number in again fresh
Thanks itto
You disconnect the battery to reset it then enter your code. You only push the 2 buttons to be able to see the code
you are the best
😭😭 Thank you very muchh
I have all the right reference numbers for the honda sight, but I do not have a zip code, coming from England... any ideas of how to find code
key in ignition and turn it to what position ? exisister position ?
Thank you!!!!!!!