[onewheat]

Honda needs to make sure the radio isn't stolen. If it was as easy as calling them with the info on the sticker, what would be the point of having an anti-theft radio code? Also, you state, "I refuse to pay more money for something I just paid for in the first place." Well, that may be true, but you didn't pay the dealer for the radio, and you expect them to do something for you for free? How much did they want to look up your code? It shouldn't be much. We usually charge 0.5 hr labor to pull a radio and look up a code, depending on the complexity of pulling it out of the dash. Customer history does also come into play. I'm more likely to do a favor for someone who comes in for services than someone who only shows up for warranty work or looking for freebies. A dealer may be charging $79 an hour for labor, but that sure isn't what they are paying the techs. And don't forget, technicians aren't paid by the hour, they are paid by the job, so a freebie for you comes out of the pocket of the technician doing you the favor. A discreet $5 or $10 to a technician, with the sticker information and an explanation of you not wanting to pay some inordinate amount to merely look up a code.

All of this being said, I could look up a code if you get me the VIN # of the car it came from.