Maj. Dundee

Yes it is the issue here. People who steal radios and need the radio code so it can work in their vehicle, post confusing and conflicting information as you did.

I have no idea what the dealer in Nigeria wants to charge for supplying you with the radio code, but that is the price you will have to pay for your father losing it.

Babafemi

What if I upload pictures of the documents of the vehicle?

Babafemi

Or better still, you give me an email address to send it to?

Babafemi

Maj. Dundee, can you please help me in getting the code. I would have gone to the Nigerian dealer guy but honestly I can't afford the price he's asking, I'm only a university student. I'm sorry abt the mix up in the year of manufacture of the vehicle but I'm willing to go any lengths you ask to prove to you that the car is legitimately mine. I just uploaded some pictures that can prove this to flickr...my user name is bfemi@rocketmail.com. Thanks much.

Maj. Dundee

Try this number and make a donation. 1-800-535-2122

Babafemi

Thanks...so much appreciated even though I can't make international calls with my phone. If there's anyone else around here who can help I will really appreciate it. I guess I'll have to stay without the code for longer.

DrX

I can help you with this radio code, Femi. All you need to provide is one more document - your birth certificate, to prove that you are Tunde Busari's son.

Babafemi

Thank you DrX, I just uploaded a picture of my birth cirtificate to the flickr account. That's my name in full Busari Babafemi Basit and my father's too Busari Babatunde. Your help is so much appreciated.

DrX

Thank you for verifying your identity. You wouldn't want some thief to enjoy your ML and its radio if they found the ownership papers in the glovebox, right?

You'll just have to wait a few hours until I finish work and can look up the code for you. Unless the Major beats me to it.

Babafemi

Thanks sooooooooOooooo much. You just can not imagine how happy I am about this. You just made my day and I can't thank you enough for it.

Maj. Dundee

Doubtful Dr. X. It's hard to believe that this member, one way or the other, cannot make a telephone call with today's technology. If one wants to go the extra step, they will find a way to do it.

Babafemi

Maj. Dundee thanks for your help too...you were really helpful. And why do you think I would baulk if I could have made that call.

DrX

While the poster's compatriots have cast suspicion on all communications from Nigeria, in this case he has provided suitable and prompt evidence that his father is the legitimate owner of the vehicle in question. As a 19 y.o. student in a 3rd world country he would prefer not to pay for an international phone call so I'm prepared to cut him some slack. (I was once a poor uni student.)

Femi, how much is the dealer selling the code for?

Babafemi

He asked for 20,000 in Nigerian money equivalent to about 135 American dollars

DrX

Let me know if this works: 11215

Babafemi

Yes it did. Thanks a lot DrX, I really appreciate ur help. I'll be forever grateful.

DrX

You're welcome. Enjoy your ML, and drive safely.

Maj. Dundee

It is extremely hard to believe that you could not find a way to make one telephone call from Nigeria to solve your problem. Has Nigeria been cut off from the rest of the world?

Although I agree with the dealer's price being exorbitant, finding a way to make an overseas call would have been minuscule in comparison. But you chose to continually cry the blues until you got your way, free of charge and free from effort. Effort being the key word.

LauraAdams

Can anyone tell me what my radio security code is? I bought a new battery for my 2004 ML500 and now its asking for a security code. VIN # 4JGAB75E54A467681

Thank you

Maj. Dundee

Call any M/B dealer and they will give you the code.

rolex16233

Dear All,

we got an 2nd hand parallel import of USA ML320 into Taiwan. but the security card & books didn't come with it. can you kindly advise me with the solutions towards to it? the local dealers charges a huge bill for a code bcoz its a gray imports.

the
S/NO of radio: AL 4210 1 07 04910
our vin: 4JGAB54E52A293923

Many thanx for anyone helps to a solution.

STEVE

robert.ebers

Create an account with MB Owners Online.

Once your registration has been completed you can obtain your radio code under 'My MB > My Vehicles'.

jasonwhudson

hey folks! i'm new on here and needing help. i tried the code that was on the card attached to the VIN (4JGAB54E12A293367) 31143 but that's not it. so i pulled the radio and tried a code that was written on a label and that wasn't it. the serial number is A 163 820 15 86... i'm been without a radio since i purchased the vehicle (about two weeks) and i'm tired of having to hum to myself while i'm driving. any help would be appreciated! thanks.

dhmojo

I tried that, but got he following:
The VIN entered does not match the information listed in our database. Please re-enter the VIN and make sure it is the same
VIN that is on the vehicle. If the problem persists please contact our customer Assistance Center via E-mail through our
Customer Help Site or call us at 800-367-6372.

I am assuming because it is a 1999 year model car. My closest MB dealer told me I had to make an appointment to make an appointment and they can not help me for 2 weeks.

DrX

It's nothing to do with having a 1999 model. MB keep a database of owners, so if you've never had service at an MB dealer, they don't know you're the current owner. The last registered owner who informed MB is in the database.

Otherwise someone could steal your radio, read the VIN off your windscreen, and set up an Owners Online account to get the code and make the radio work.