Car radio questions

[scottyk]

Im not 100% sure on subaru, but I remember back to when I was a car mechanic and some of the foreign car companies would have the radio code in the owners manual on the front or back cover. Also I believe you can get the code from the dealer if you have the VIN and a radio serial and part No., but you might want to pretend you are calling from a shop, "say Mike from so and so automotive and I just need to get a radio code for VIN # whatever" call and talk to parts Dept. Otherwise they will want you to bring in the car, pay the money, talk to service advisors, etc...

The cars I've had to do this with, when you first turn on the car after a radio replacement it would prompt you for the radio code on the radio screen itself.

Google would be your friend, but this is what my memory can recall. Also if it has GPS on the radio this sometimes requires its own code separate from the radio.