My damn car's stereo is locked because of battery...

[Spooner]

I recently had to replace the battery on the ol' 1995 Pontiac Bonneville that my dad gave me a while back (i'm still trying to sell it since my new car purchase)

Anyway.. the damn thing's locked the radio now, and neither I nor my father remember what the code is to unlock it.

Is there an override somewhere? Is there someone I can call to fix it where they wouldn't think I stole the stupid thing?

 

[BillGates]

Is it an Eclipse deck?

 

[dman]

Is it a factory radio? Go to the dealership and they'll probably be able to hook you up.

If it's aftermarket, go to an authorized installer. You might have to pay someone though, if they have to get the serial #, etc.

 

[Pepsi90919]

you're lucky other bonneville drivers read these forums

from the bonnevilleintensity yahoo group:

> STEP 1: press and hold the 2 and 4 buttons together.
> press MIN write down that 2 0r 3 digit code this is the last digits
> press HR write down that 2 or 3 digit code this is the first digits
> in example: if I pushed the MIN button and the digits where 123 then
> pushed the HR button and the digits where 456 I would write as
> followed 456123
>
> STEP 2: CALL THIS NUMBER: 800-537-5140
> the instructions are to enter your code for Chevrolet,Pontiac,GMC,
> Oldsmobile,Cadillac, and Saturn I only have the dealer code for
> Pontiac ( sorry everyone else ) enter this code "219055" followed by
> the asterix symbol on your phone:
>
> STEP 3: enter your code that you retreived from your radio followed by
> an asterix
>
> Listen for your secret code..thats it!

 

[Spooner]

Nice Dude!

Gotta go see if this works!

THANKS!

 

[Digobick]

Yeah, stealing car stereos is a b!tch if you don't get the code first.

 

[Spooner]

Ugh!

Doesn't work

when i hold down the 2 and 4 and press MIN, nothing happens. If I press "MIN" when the "LOC" is showing on my screen (without holding down the 2 and 4), it looks like it says "INOP"

Is there something else i need to do?

 

[Spooner]

heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp

 

[Spooner]

?

 

[BigPotato]

i cna't help u, but i feel bad for u

maybe this is God's way to tell u to get a NEW stereo!

 

[dman]

No idea but:

Maybe the power of the stereo has to be off before you press and hold the buttons while turning it on?

Or maybe it just has to be off OR on and then you do those steps.

Or maybe you can go register for the yahoo group that was posted and ask there.

 

[Harvey]

I hope Pepsi90919's instructions work for you.

It could be worse. They could run the anti-theft system on Win XP. Then, you'd have to re-initialize your radio every time you changed the oil and buy an upgrade if you bought new tires.