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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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I'm going to change the battery tomorrow. The radio has Theft Loc, is the radio going to lock up when I disconect the battery? How about all the other memory items.. Was thinking to plug my jumper box into the lighter so the car won't lose power. I have a connector with a lighter plug on both ends. The car is a 2002.
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Old Aug 8, 2010 | 07:10 PM
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If you setup the theft lok, it will lock when you pull the power. See your owners manual for the explaination of how it works.
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Just bought the car Monday I don't know if the theft loc is set up.. Looked in the owners manual to see if the last owner wrote down the code, but no luck..
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If it locks up, dealer will usually unlock for free.
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Originally Posted by GEMcLean
If it locks up, dealer will usually unlock for free.
I didn't know that a dealer did anything for free!
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If it locks up, dealer will usually unlock for free.
I didn't know that a dealer did anything for free!


I don't think Ive ever seen the words dealer and free in the same sentence before.
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I doubt you will have any problems. I have disconnected my battery numerous times on numerous cars (sometimes for days) without any issue. There is a procedure to unlock it if you don't have the code (google it) - rendering it largely useless. So even if by chance it does lock, you can unlock it in 5 minutes. Easy.

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