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Honda Jazz Forums => Honda Jazz Mk2 2008-2015 => Topic started by: riffler on April 16, 2017, 10:46:14 AM
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Have had a new battery fitted last week.
I have the cars 5fig code number to restart the radio but, no matter how I input them, I can't get the car to accept the code.
I am following the handbook steps.
I have waited for reset after 10 attempts.
No joy.
Any suggestions?
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I have an HRV which asks for a code but it is not needed. You have to press and hold the radio power button for 2 seconds with engine running. It's possible that this may work for the Jazz also. Worth a try.
The instructions I was given didn't say to have the engine running but it only worked for me with it running.
Hope this works for you.
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If you PM me your radio serial number I can send you the unlock code the radio requires. They are generated by algorithm so I might send two codes, but it will be one of them. The serial number needed to generate the unlock code is 8 digits, either one long line or as U+4digits & L+4digits. It can be shown on the display by holding down both preset 1 & 6 then turning the radio power on. If the code I generate is the same as the one you have been trying then maybe the code entry method needs checking.
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TG
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I've checked in my vehicle wallet and the card with the code on suggests you might need to enter it twice.
I've attached a photo. My Jazz is a 2010 model.
Good luck, hope you get something sorted.
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Why are the radios even coded? It's not like they can be stolen. It sound ore like a way of extracting money off customers.
I had a heated debated with someone from Honda on this subject and didn't receive at satisfactory answer.
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OK, I have tried the "hold the power button for 2 secs engine running" ploy and no joy.
I have tried entering the code no. twice immediately and this is a no go, too. As soon as I enter the 5fig code my handbook holds i get "code error 1", or 3, 3 etc. I cannot input more than 5 figures at a time, as soon as I get to 5 figs entered I get the code error message.
TG, you have PM.
Interestingly, the radio serial no. generated by the method you give bears no relation to the one i think it is in my handbook (an 8 fig no preceded by BKT)
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Perhaps the radio was replaced at some time!
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Maybe, don't think so though.
6k on the clock when I bought it from Honda dealer.
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I've PM'd the two codes generated from serial#; one is a 5 digit, but one has come back as 4 digits - never seen that before. Thought it might have a leading zero not displayed on my screen, but how would someone enter a zero?
If the car was originally sold on day 1 of a registration plate period then maybe the handbooks and codes got jumbled up with another vehicle on someone's desk.
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TG
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Many thanks TG, one of your suggested nos. has worked. ;D
(I'd have struggled to find a zero character for the 4 fig no. though)
The dealer replaced 3 gearbox bearings for me last year and the battery would have been removed for this, maybe the dealer has altered the original code?
Thanks all for your replies
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Whilst I still have a soft spot for the Jazz, even the battery replacement wasn't straight forward.
I decided to get a Halfords Autocentre to fit it for me.
They tried 2 different models, neither of which would fit as both had a small lip/flange at the base and would not fit into the battery boot.
In the end they cut the flange off to make it fit.
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What model and year is the car?
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Whilst I still have a soft spot for the Jazz, even the battery replacement wasn't straight forward.
I decided to get a Halfords Autocentre to fit it for me.
They tried 2 different models, neither of which would fit as both had a small lip/flange at the base and would not fit into the battery boot.
In the end they cut the flange off to make it fit.
Halfords have sold you the wrong battery - it should be a type 054. It sounds like they have fitted a type 054H which is the same battery but with hold-down lugs. I would make sure that they didn't crack the casing when they cut off the lugs, as leaking battery acid can cause a lot of damage besides being a safety risk.
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Whilst I still have a soft spot for the Jazz, even the battery replacement wasn't straight forward.
I decided to get a Halfords Autocentre to fit it for me.
They tried 2 different models, neither of which would fit as both had a small lip/flange at the base and would not fit into the battery boot.
In the end they cut the flange off to make it fit.
Halfords have sold you the wrong battery - it should be a type 054. It sounds like they have fitted a type 054H which is the same battery but with hold-down lugs. I would make sure that they didn't crack the casing when they cut off the lugs, as leaking battery acid can cause a lot of damage besides being a safety risk.
Agree, sounds like wrong battery - they may have 'dumped' an 054H on you as they may have had one they wanted to get rid of LOL - I have changed a few Jazz batterys and never had to modify them at all.
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Its a 1.4 vtec ex 2012.
Halfords called Europarts twice with my car details.
A lion battery first, then an Exide.
Both had the lugs on.
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Its a 1.4 vtec ex 2012.
Halfords called Europarts twice with my car details.
A lion battery first, then an Exide.
Both had the lugs on.
I have just looked at the Eurocarparts website and put in my Reg number, and it lists an 054 but the picture is of an 054H with the lugs. The one I fitted to my vehicle is a Varta A14 which has NO lugs. If I were you, I would go back and insist that they supply the correct part, preferably from a proper Motor Factor who knows what they are doing. The 054H with lugs was usually fitted to the Suzuki Swift, if I remember correctly from my many years in the motor spares business.
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Halfords website shows for your car:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/VehicleProductGuidedSalesCmd?action=getProducts&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&categoryId=165762&langId=-1&findPartsMMYS=Find&engineInd=&makeName=24&modelName=24001&dvlaYear=64&subsetEngine=24001160&subsetBodyShape=24001030 (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/VehicleProductGuidedSalesCmd?action=getProducts&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&categoryId=165762&langId=-1&findPartsMMYS=Find&engineInd=&makeName=24&modelName=24001&dvlaYear=64&subsetEngine=24001160&subsetBodyShape=24001030)
I had the Halfords retail shop install one of these perfectly. No lugs.
Halfords Autocentre have supplied the wrong battery.
Insist on the right one.
Tell them to go to their own website and put the registration number in and they will have the right answer!
Eurocarparts list these for your car with no lugs:
Lion Battery (054 Car Battery)
Exide Battery (Excell Battery 156)
Halfords retail shop seem to be much cheaper for a better battery.
(Car battery numbers are at best confusing. They seem to vary by manufacturer.)
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I would just go to Honda direct, you will be surprised they are not that expensive for battery replacement. also try cox motor spares http://www.coxmotorparts.co.uk/genuine-honda-jazz-battery20092015-p-1125.html (http://www.coxmotorparts.co.uk/genuine-honda-jazz-battery20092015-p-1125.html)
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Why are the radios even coded? It's not like they can be stolen.
This. I was surprised to learn the Mk2/GE's had coded radios, the Mk1/GD's don't.