Free radio security codes

nice one YR, thanks for info

My car battery is wedged so far in under the bulkhead, I think when the time to change comes I'll let the garage sort it out. Once upon a time stuff under the bonnet used to be accessible.

My car battery is wedged so far in under the bulkhead, I think when the time to change comes I'll let the garage sort it out. Once upon a time stuff under the bonnet used to be accessible.

You're lucky, mine's under the driver's seat & requires a week off work to change it (and there are two of them )

On my BMW the battery is large and awkward to get at in the boot so when it needed changing I got Halfords to do it. When the guy came out to the car I insisted that he connected a spare battery across the auxiliary terminals under the bonnet so that the radio wasn't disconnected. I explained to him that the car was 13 years old and, yes, I probably had the codes but I wasn't going to risk it. He was happy to oblige.

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Interesting item

http://www.aa1car.com/library/battery_disconnect_problems.htm

Yes disconnection does reset certain things, and varies from car to car. With my car the radio is not affected but the windows travel is, they have to be calibrated for length of travel again (an easy job). Also the auto gearbox learns from your driving habits and this is lost so a re-learn takes a few days, although it is always adapting.

Funny enough on a jag you dont get a radio as such, its all part of the touch screen computer system and you get a plastic card that sits in its slot in the service manual with the code..