From the workshop
Real cases, new decoders and discoveries from our daily radio-code work.
Every serial number has a story.
Dacia or Renault radio shows CODE? Recover the radio code using a precode
Does your Dacia or Renault radio display CODE after a battery change? Learn how to find SECURITY/PRECODE on the label, identify the correct four characters and check an existing online decoding service.
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Ford V: how a visit from Germany became a paid radio-code order
On 31 October 2026, a visitor in Germany reached the Ford V radio-code service through ChatGPT. This is the story of a real purchase, not a simulated checkout.
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A Ford from Brazil, a visitor from Argentina and a serial we didn't know
It started with one unsuccessful attempt to recover a radio code. Actually, there were three.
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Opel CD300 / CD400 / NAVI650 / NAVI950 VIN change — our first customer case
Not every radio problem is solved by a four-digit code. Some units retain vehicle-identifying data in memory. Our first paid VIN rewrite for an Opel Panasonic radio was just such a case.
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