extension fell off and hit the positive and a spark flew and everything works and runs fine except my radio says "code" and that's it. how do i fix that? thanks, andy

 

did you disconnect your battery? if you did, you have to re enter your code for the radio.

 

Haha, my buddy did that when we were working on his car. Scared the begeezus outta him and left a nice scar on my socket . Other than that things are fine....he just has this funny twitch now.

You'll need your radio code to reset it.

-Hockey

 

You shorted the battery to ground and that must have casued a temporary loss of power to the radio. As FISH22 stated you will need to enter the anti-theft code for your radio in order to make it work again. This code should be given to new owners and is located on a small plastic card. I wrote mine down in the owners manual on the page that describes how to enter the code. If you do not have the code you will need to convince a local dealer that you are the legal owner of the car and they can get it for you. Some dealers charge a fee for this service, and you may need the serial number of the head unit.

 

yeah damn i dont know if i have a card or not. i'll go out there and look once it cools down a bit it's so damn hot outside! but yeah if i don't find a card with the code on it do i just show up at a honda dealership and tell them what happened? lol

 

yeah i don't have a card and i called my local dealership and the guy can't take my vin number bc i didnt buy the car from them and he wanted 95 dollars to pull my radio out and get the serial number off the back. #### that there has to be a way i can get it without doing that.

 

Search for "radio code" here, as there are several older threads with detailed info. But in brief, first look inside the center compartment for a sticker (black #'s on white sticker)--that is the radio code. If it's not there, pulling the radio to find the s/n is a 15 minute job needing only a screwdriver. DIY and save $95.

 

i looked inside and found the sticker but it says this "99A13547" there is no 9's or 7's so what gives? lol

 

On that same sticker, is there another row of 5 digits above it, all in the 1-6 range? On mine, the radio code is the first line, 5 digits, then a second line (smaller font) has a number that looks like what you posted...might be the s/n or some subset of it. For what it's worth, my sticker is on the passenger side of that center compartment about halfway up from bottom to top.