Can anyone pull a radio code from VIN?

94 E320
WDBEA32E7RC089315

Wouldn't be much of a security system if anyone could

Try the dealer. Some give it for free, others charge $10-15.

Sixto

i can give you the code if you can give me a serial number

you probably already did...did you look at the radio code card?

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1994|040|W124.036|E500
http://www.mbworld.org/forums/image....ine=1216527951

sometimes i wonder if we're helpful to a fault here. though I'm sure that the
majority of code requests are valid (wanting to believe the best in people)
it doesnt take a surgeon to realize that all one has to do to gain the VIN is
to look through the windshield and copy it down.

so by freely giving the radio code on the various MB boards, might we not
also be making it easy for folks to reactivate stolen head units?

then again, there cant be too big a market for stolen MB head units - they're
not that good and compare woefully to aftermarket units.

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My MBZ book with all records was stolen, they must have thought it was a daytimer, and the radio code was in it.

I guess I either need to pull the radio or go to the dealer. I'm hesistant to pull the radio because I don't want to break a trim piece.

As posted above, why would anyone want a 12 year old MBZ radio?

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click the link above to buy the tools to remove it with out damage

Pulling radio is probably best to do to confirm code. After disconnecting the battery my radio would not play( 95 SL500) Did not have the code so went to the dealer and they looked it up for me. Radio still would not play. Turns ouat my radio must have been replaced and when dealer pulled it out athere was the correct code written on top of radio case. Took about 30 seconds to pull radio with the radio tools.

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95 E420 ( 76K) SOLD
85 380SE(125k)
95 SL500(72k)

I have the radio card, but the car must have a replacement unit in it with a different code.
The dealer says he wants to keep the car for an hour, which I'm sure means he'll want to charge accordingly.
So if I pull the unit, how do I get the code if it isn't written on the case?

The MB dealer and some of the techs in the forum can request Becker to provide the code for unit's serial number which is more accurate than going by the VIN. If MB wants your car for an hour, they're probably going to pull the unit to get the serial number.

Sixto

Boy I can't believe they would charge you. I went to my nearest MB dealer and he pulled the radio ( 15 seconds at the most) and luckily the code was written on the case. If it was not on the case he would have checked the serial number and looked that up. I guess they did this as goodwill since the car is a 95 and they did not know me from Adam.

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95 E420 ( 76K) SOLD
85 380SE(125k)
95 SL500(72k)

I pulled the radio out and you guessed it: Becker replacement radio.

The serial number is (deleted)

Thanks to all who helped.
Tom

try 41423

help please. i need a code for my radio, but the number im reading is not a long number like the long one posted above.

mine is 6717586, becker 754.

thank you.

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bmw 2002.
long live the legend

745s don't have codes.

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