Free DS Automobiles DS5 Radio Code

Every DS Automobiles DS5 from 2011 to 2018: which radio was fitted, where its serial number hides, and what we can do with it.

These screens carry no serial of their own: the code comes from the 17-character VIN of the car, plus which screen is fitted. The table below is your DS5: the units fitted, and where the serial hides on each.

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Which screen is fitted to the car?

Only needed if you are entering a VIN: the generation cannot be read from it, and each one builds a different code. If you typed a serial off the unit, ignore this. Not sure which screen? Pick the closest by year — nothing is charged either way.

That does not look like a DS Automobiles serial — check the table below for where to find it.

We never ask for the code you are missing — only the serial.

Which radio is in your DS5?

Generation	Radios fitted	Serial	Where to read it	What we do
K 2011–2018	SMEG, SMEG+ iV2	VIN (17 characters)	the screen carries no serial of its own: the code follows from the car VIN, and we ask which screen is fitted	Free — a share unlocks it

Radio names are what is written on the fascia, not the name of the company that built the unit — a “6000 CD” or an “RCD 300” is what you see in the car. Unit fitment varies by market and trim, so treat the list as the usual case and let the serial decide: it is the serial that determines the code, not the model.

DS Automobiles DS5 radio code by year

From 2011 to 2018 the DS5 came with the radios below; the serial on the unit is what decides the code.

DS Automobiles DS5 radio code (2011–2018)

On DS5 cars from 2011–2018 the radio fitted was usually one of: SMEG, SMEG+ iV2. The serial reads VIN (17 characters); the screen carries no serial of its own: the code follows from the car VIN, and we ask which screen is fitted. We can work it out, and while the rule behind it is still being confirmed the code is free — all we ask is that you tell us whether it fitted.

How to enter the code in your DS5

Type the sixteen-character code on the touchscreen and confirm.
Enter it once; if it is rejected, stop and email us before trying again.

Careful: most units lock for good after about ten wrong attempts. If a code does not take, stop and email us before trying again.

DS Automobiles DS5 radio code: questions

Where is the serial number on a DS Automobiles DS5 radio?

K (2011–2018): VIN (17 characters), the screen carries no serial of its own: the code follows from the car VIN, and we ask which screen is fitted.

Is the DS Automobiles DS5 radio code free?

Yes — while the rule behind it is still being confirmed the code is free, and we ask you to tell us whether it fitted.

How do I enter the radio code in a DS Automobiles DS5?

Type the sixteen-character code on the touchscreen and confirm. Enter it once; if it is rejected, stop and email us before trying again.