Free Ford Radio Code

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Only needed for an old C… or L… serial: the same number builds a three-digit code on some units and a four-digit code on others, and only the radio itself knows which. Count the boxes it shows. If you typed an M…, V… or FO… serial, ignore this.
Please enter a serial like M###### or V######, an older C###### or L######, a full FO… label serial — or, on a Sony unit, the whole S0CD… line from the label. See the guide below for where to find it.
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A longer label serial beginning FO works too — send it whole and nothing else is needed.
A serial starting C7 or BP belongs to a TravelPilot unit — that format we cannot answer yet, and we will say so rather than guess.

How to Find your Ford Radio Code

Many Ford units can show their own serial, so try the buttons before taking anything apart. Switch the radio on first.

Press 1 and 6 at the same time and keep holding.

When the letter V and six digits come up, that is your serial. Write it down exactly as shown.

Nothing after a few seconds? Let go and hold 2 and 6 instead.

That pair brings up the older serial: the letter M and six digits.

If neither pair works, the number is on a sticker on the radio's casing, and the unit has to come out of the dashboard to read it.

Ford radios sit on spring clips. Two pairs of release keys, pushed into the slots on the front, let you slide the unit out.

6000 RDS: the M serial 2 + 6

On this older set the pair is 2 and 6: hold both, and M plus six digits comes up.

Display stays blank? Then the sticker at the back is your source — release keys free the radio from the dash so you can read it.

Format: M + 6 digits

4500 RDS: the M serial 2 + 6

Same pair as the 6000 RDS. Keep 2 and 6 held until M and six digits show.

Format: M + 6 digits

How to Enter your Ford Radio Code

  1. Turn the radio on — it asks for the code.
  2. First-generation 6000 CD, Sony CD of 2005–2006, 4500, 5000 and 4000 RDS (round presets 1–6, no 7–9 keys): press button 1 until the first digit is right, then 2, 3 and 4. Past 9 it rolls back to 0. Then press and hold button 5 to confirm.
  3. 1500 RDS: set the digits the same way, then confirm with AM/FM instead of 5.
  4. Keypad units (Sony from 2007, and the 2008+ red-display 6000 CD with a 0–9 block): just type the code — the cursor moves on by itself. Confirm with the * key or the centre button between the arrow keys.
  5. If button 5 changes a digit instead of confirming, your radio is the keypad kind: confirm with * or the centre button, held for about two seconds.
  6. TravelPilot DX/EX: turn the ENTER knob to each digit and press it; after the fourth, select the return-arrow symbol and press ENTER.
  7. After a wrong code the radio shows WAIT: leave the radio and ignition on until CODE returns — switching off restarts the wait. LOCKED means no tries are left.
Ford 6000 CD (Visteon, before 2008; same method on 6006 CDC, 5000 C, 4000/4500/5000 RDS): presets 1 to 4 step each digit, preset 5 confirms; on V-serial units holding 1 and 6 can show the serial
Ford 6000 CD (Visteon, before 2008; same method on 6006 CDC, 5000 C, 4000/4500/5000 RDS): presets 1 to 4 step each digit, preset 5 confirms; on V-serial units holding 1 and 6 can show the serial
Ford Sony CD / Sony 6CD, first version (2005 to 2007, round presets 1-6, no 7-9 keys): presets 1 to 4 step each digit, preset 5 confirms
Ford Sony CD / Sony 6CD, first version (2005 to 2007, round presets 1-6, no 7-9 keys): presets 1 to 4 step each digit, preset 5 confirms
Ford 1500 RDS: presets 1 to 4 step each digit, then AM/FM (not preset 5) confirms the code
Ford 1500 RDS: presets 1 to 4 step each digit, then AM/FM (not preset 5) confirms the code
Ford 6000 CD with a 0-9 keypad and red display (2007/2008 on): type the four digits on the keypad, then press the star key to confirm
Ford 6000 CD with a 0-9 keypad and red display (2007/2008 on): type the four digits on the keypad, then press the star key to confirm
Ford Sony CD / Sony DAB (keypad version, 2007 on): type the four digits on the 0-9 keys, then confirm with the star key or the centre button of the arrow pad
Ford Sony CD / Sony DAB (keypad version, 2007 on): type the four digits on the 0-9 keys, then confirm with the star key or the centre button of the arrow pad
Ford Blaupunkt TravelPilot DX / EX: turn the right-hand ENTER knob to each digit and press it, then select the return-arrow symbol and press ENTER to confirm
Ford Blaupunkt TravelPilot DX / EX: turn the right-hand ENTER knob to each digit and press it, then select the return-arrow symbol and press ENTER to confirm

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