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    Default weird radio code problem....

    so this morning was the first cold one, around 12 last night and
    20 today...

    start up the car, a little rough idle, seat is ice, the usual =]
    but when i turn the radio on it asks for code...

    how weird is that?

    anyone can back me up on this? i thought u had to disconnect the battery to throw a radio code...?

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    maybe the voltage on your battery dropped below some level over night?
    perhaps while cranking the engine for the first time this morning?

    I dunno... talkin out of my ass here kinda, but check your battery voltage(s).
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    definetly a low battery situation, have that thing checked before you get stranded somewhere!
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    it thought that it was a low battery, but then
    it cranked right up....almost instant turnover...
    strange right? so then last night i used the obc
    hack to monitor my voltage and it was always
    above 13....so that's a healthy alternator....and
    the battery is only a few years old...

    today i entered the code, tuned into my fav
    xmas station, and hit a bump, and it started
    asking for a code again...now i'm thinking
    faulty connection to the radio.... thanks
    everyone for ideas

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