Finding Your Ford Radio Serial

Ford 6000CD (2008 > 2012)

You can easily get the radio serial of your newer 6000CD radio, simply hold down 1 & 6 together until the cycle process starts.

Your serial code will appear at some point in the cycle process but may show a prefix before it, for example, if your serial showed: FDMCD0V027722, you would ignore the prefix entering: V027722 on the homepage.

Ford 4500 RDS E-O-N

Getting the serial from a 4500 RDS unit is simple, just hold down 2 & 6 together until the screen cycle process starts.

The serial code will appear in the cycle process, serial codes for this model start with M followed by 6 numbers, for example: M880020.

Ford Sony MP3

Getting your Ford Sony MP3 serial is easy, just switch on your radio and hold down 1 and 6 together until the screen starts the cycle process.

Your radio display will show the serial with a prefix before it, for example SOCD6X8V774074, you should ignore anything before V when entering your serial, so for SOCD6X8V774074 you would enter V774074.

Ford 6000CD RDS E-O-N

With this unit we need the serial from the radio label, it should start M followed by 6 digits, e.g. M123456 – please see instructions:

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Ford Travelpilot EX, NX & FX

We offer unlocks for all Travelpilot radio units, however you will need to partly remove the unit from the dashboard to get the serial code that is located on the radio label.

To do this, you will need radio release keys that can be bought for less than £10 from websites such as eBay or Amazon.

It’s worth noting Travelpilot serial codes start with BP or C7.

All Ford Radio Units

You can find the serial of any Ford radio on the printed label, you may need to partly remove the radio from the dashboard to locate the label, you can do this using radio release keys.

Shown below are some examples of Ford radio labels and where the serial codes are located on the labels.