Security code for 100 series radio

It should all be in the manual in the glove box under "trobleshooting" in the back. We had the same with ours and thats where we found it.
Karen

I believe you can get it from Toyota. Unknowingly I disconnected the radio in our car and needed the code to get the radio going again after the battery change. Next time I will let the NRMAto do it.

Well I rang Nissan they had it.

Alfclp
If you brought the car new you should have a radio pin No with original paper work, it is usually a 4 diget No to punch in. If not you will have to ring Toyota and quote the cars VIN No and they will give it to you. It might cost you $20 dollars or so as some dealers charge for this service.
Murray

Hi. With my Prado, I needed two things: (1) the procedure, as per the owner's book, and (2) the PIN, which was supplied to me on a little card when I bought the vehicle (new). Just knowing the sequence as per the book won't help, unless you have the PIN as well.

Try the last 3 numbers of your Vin No.

Hi Alfclp
Depending if the original dealer has changed the code, if not it is the last 4 digits of you VIN number. Just follow the instructions in your owners manual. It is a real pain, as every time the battery is disconnected, you have to reset the Radio PIN, well at least you have to with my Prado.

I hope this help you out.

Cheers

Stephen

Hi!
I must say a big THANK YOU to all contributors to this thread. I started this afternoon in a state of relative calm. I have now spent two hours trying to find the silly little card with my PIN number on it. And, no, it is not as simple as the last four digits of the VIN (at least I don't think so), but at my age and extent of mental decay, anything is possible.
Indeed, ignorance is bliss.
Oh well, it is perhaps better i find out now, than when I have an electrical faoult on the road and cannot re-activate my radio.

They can also be changed to no code which means no problem with no power.
And who would want to steal a radio these days. All cars have one.

Alan

My spare set of keys have a small metal tag on the ring with the code on it.



Otherwise your nearest Toyota dealer can tell you.

alfclp
you only have 10 goes at putting in the
PIN & then it will say 'locked' or words to that effect then radio has to be removed & Toyota plug machine into rear of radio and unlock it.

The PIN can be the last 4 digits of VIN or any 4 digit # that previous owner put in it.The PIN is not on any cards that came with car.

As you see vehicle & radio have to go to Toyota,but Toyota can only unlock radio once it is' locked' so keep trying different combination.

Once you have it unlocked as some one else said program it so does not need PIN

Looking at my Radio book and it says its a 3 digit code.

Unfortunately you need the code even to cancel it.

Toyota's (apart from lexcens) are delivered to the dealers without the security system activated & it is up to the dealer if they want to input a 3 digit number to activate it or leave it not activated when the car is sold & than the owner can put there own number in & activate it if they want to

Toyota dealers & Toyota Australia have no way of knowing what code was entered into the unit unless they sold the vehicle themelves & made a note of it

If the battery is disconnected the unit will display SEC on the screen when the power is reconnected & it gives you around 9 tries to input the correct number before it will lock up & display HELP

HELP has to be displayed in order for a dealer to decode it so if you keep trying different combinations of 3 numbers you might fluke it

When HELP is displayed the dealer can decode it using 2 different methods depending on the production date of the vehicle (after 2000 most units have to be removed from the vehicle & connected to a decode box the dealership will have to allow the unit to operate again

When the unit is working again it will not have any code entered & can be left this way if the customer wants to so the power can be disconnected without affecting the unit

As far as what 3 digit code may have been entered originally some dealers use the same code for all the vehicles they sell,some enter a code that refers to the specific vehicle & some just leave them with out any code at all

Any unit can be decoded by any dealer & most will charge to do this expecially on late model vehicles where you have to remove the unit to do it

All the posts above on this subject that said different to what i have written are incorrect

Regards Don

If no one has ever entered a security code in the radio the security system will not be operating

Regards Don

Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions on fixing the radio problem.

Ended up taking the vehicle to a local Toyota agent who after trying several numbers picked on the last 3 numbers of the VIN.

Following the suggestion of one contributor the radio was left with no code so it should not be a problem in the future.