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General => The garage => Topic started by: Mrwebster on 24 February 2013, 18:17
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bought a golf with no radio in it
bought a standard radio off ebay
wrong one (was beta) need gamma
bought another one (gamma) no code
went to get code as told it was free
£30 from vw
after vw tried charging me although it states its free
i looked online paid £9 for a code got told it cant be unlocked?
its a vw blaupunkt gamma serial number vwz1z3w1196152
anyone who can get me a code asap will get £5 to there paypal
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Where does it say it's free?! I am not aware of any such official VW statement.
Try a different VW dealer, it is up to them what they charge for this service... :rolleyes:
Phoned a *Ford* dealer once for a code for the crappy casette (!) unit in my girlfriend's KA.... One wanted £20 (large main dealer chain), went to a small local Ford garage.... £5 into their coffee jar...
Code is stored at VAG in Wolfsburg... VW dealer (like Ford) needs to request the code online, generally most will only do this for money if you show them some stuff (proof of purchase, VIN or even papers of donor car)....
Send it back to the idiot who sold it without the code if you don't like paying for it (you get the code when you buy the car so the monger lost it)! The code request will contain which dealer and which user has requested the code - would you give a code to someone on the internet? ;)