Lost your Renault radio code? We'll find it for you.
Your Renault radio has been asking for a code ever since the battery came off. Read out your pre-code — one letter and three digits — and we'll send back the original code for your radio. Renault and Dacia only: it's all we do, which is why we do it well.
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Almost every original Renault radio (Tuner List, Update List, Philips, Continental) shows its own pre-code. So there's nothing to take apart: one letter followed by three digits, for example V873 or F356. That pre-code is all we need.
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No technical knowledge required. The entire process takes just a few minutes.
How to find your Renault pre-code
Press and hold buttons 1 and 6 together for a few seconds.
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How to enter the code in your radio
Then press and hold button 6 until the radio unlocks itself (about two seconds).
The Renault radio code, start to finish
How to find your Renault pre-code
Almost every original Renault radio (Tuner List, Update List, Philips, Continental) shows its own pre-code. So there's nothing to take apart: one letter followed by three digits, for example V873 or F356. That pre-code is all we need.
- Switch on the ignition. The radio shows "CODE" or "0000".
- Press and hold buttons 1 and 6 together for a few seconds.
- The pre-code appears on the display: a letter + three digits (e.g. V873).
- Write it down and enter it with your order — that's the only thing we need.
On some models buttons 1 and 5 do the job instead of 1 and 6. If you see a longer or all-numeric sequence, that is not a pre-code: use the chassis-number route instead.
Where is the label with the pre-code?
If the display stays blank — because the radio is fully locked, for instance — the code is also on a sticker on the radio housing. You'll need to pull the unit out of the dashboard with two removal keys (a couple of euros at any car parts shop).
The label sits on the top or the side of the housing. Take a sharp photo of it: our system reads the pre-code straight off the picture. Also check the service-book wallet — Renault often supplied the car with a card showing the radio code.
How to enter the code in your radio
- Switch on the ignition and wait until the display shows "CODE".
- Press button 1 until the first digit is right, button 2 for the second, button 3 for the third and button 4 for the fourth.
- Then press and hold button 6 until the radio unlocks itself (about two seconds).
- The radio plays again. The code stays valid: keep it for the next battery change.
Only enter the code once you're sure it's right. After a few wrong attempts the radio locks temporarily and the waiting time doubles with every further attempt. If that happens, leave the ignition on and wait — the unit frees itself.
No pre-code? Then we use the chassis number
Newer touchscreen radios, and units that refuse to show anything at all, have no pre-code. For original radios from roughly 2010 onwards we can retrieve the code through your VIN (chassis number): Renault links that number to the factory-fitted radio. It takes us more work and therefore costs double, but it works where the pre-code gets you nowhere.
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Renault radio code by model
Every model has its own radios, generations and pitfalls. Pick your model: you'll find the exact method, which buttons you need and the exceptions we know about.
Renault
- Renault ClioRead the guide →
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- Renault KangooRead the guide →
- Renault CapturRead the guide →
- Renault LagunaRead the guide →
- Renault ModusRead the guide →
- Renault TraficRead the guide →
- Renault MasterRead the guide →
- Renault EspaceRead the guide →
- Renault KoleosRead the guide →
- Renault FluenceRead the guide →
- Renault KadjarRead the guide →
Dacia
Dacias use the same radios as Renault, with the same pre-code. Sandero, Logan, Duster, Lodgy: same method, same price.
- Dacia LoganRead the guide →
- Dacia SanderoRead the guide →
- Dacia DusterRead the guide →
- Dacia DokkerRead the guide →
- Dacia LodgyRead the guide →
What customers say about us
Had the battery replaced at the garage and the radio stopped working. Had no idea that could happen. Ordered the code, 30 seconds later everything was fine again. Should have done it sooner instead of spending an hour on YouTube.
Was a bit hesitant at first about whether this was trustworthy, but for that price you take the risk. Turned out to be no risk at all: code worked straight away. The dealer would have charged me £85.
Had to look up where the serial number was (press buttons 1 and 6 simultaneously). But otherwise straightforward. Code was correct, radio is working again.
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