Ford Fiesta

[fin17]

I changed the battery in my Fiesta Ghia V Reg and now I dont have any radio because I dont have the code. What to do? Most gratefu for any help

[VHG]

Do you have the parperwork that came with car?

Often the radio code is inclucded with that, perhaps inside the "how to use your radio" booklet for example.

[Buenchico]

As VHG suggests, the first thing to do is to thoroughly check any documentation which came with the car. (The radio code is often written inside the cover, or on the back of, the handbook for the car or for the audio system).

If you really can't find the code you have a choice of two way of obtaining it. Firstly, you can go to any Ford main dealership (taking your proof of ownership of the vehicle with you). As long as it's still the original radio in the car, the dealer can obtain the code directly from Ford, simply from the registration number (or VIN) of the vehicle. The usual charge for the service is £15.

Alternatively you can use on online service such as this one:
http://www.radio-code.co.uk/
Such services are usually cheaper but they have the disadvantage that they can't provide the code directly from the registration number. You have to provide the serial number of the radio, which means taking it out of the dashboard. (That's frequently a very fiddly task, which either requires special tools or a great deal of patience and luck!).

Chris

[jockeydan]

well as the others said, finding the code should be easy enough
but with radio/cd players so cheap in places like argos and halfords what about purshing in a new one, slips right in and its good to go , better quality of sound as well

[fin17]

Many thanks everybody for your help. Cannot locate the code in the documentation I think there was a card buit must have got mislaid. Next step the Ford dealer.

[AlBags]

Have you the serial no from back of radio? Because that is needed.