What Does the LOCKED 13 Error Mean?
When your radio asks for a password, trying to find it by trial and error often ends in great frustration. Especially in Ford brand vehicles (6000 CD, Sony, etc. radios), when you enter the code incorrectly 10 times in a row, the LOCKED 10 error appears on the screen first. Even if you gain 3 more tries with extra key combinations, when you enter them incorrectly, the LOCKED 13 warning remains fixed on the screen.
LOCKED 13 is a security state indicating that the radio is permanently locked and will no longer even allow you to enter a password.
How to Solve the LOCKED 13 Error?
Once you fall into this error, you cannot enter codes obtained from radio code generating programs or websites. The steps that can be applied for the solution are as follows:
- Resetting the Radio (Eprom Software): The most definitive solution is to go to an auto radio repairman and rewrite the software into the EPROM chip inside the device. This process returns the radio to its original factory state.
- Disconnecting the Battery Terminals (Myth or Reality?): Although some users claim that the radio resets when they disconnect the battery terminals and wait for 24 hours, this process does not reset the memory in modern radios. A small memory battery inside the device continues to provide this security.
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