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Hello Guys! My sister bought a 2004 Vibe three days after I showed her mine 2003 LOL. I noticed that her OEM radio says Anti-Theft under the red blinking light on the radio. My 2003 Vibe has everything that my sister's has except that mine does not say anything about security codes. My radio light still blinks when the Vibe is turned off. It is just that it does not have the Anti-Theft letterings on it. My question is, would my OEM radio need a security/anti-theft code if I ever unplugged the positive battery terminal?? Thanks!


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From what I have read here that red blinking light is just a red blinking light. Just like sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

No issues when we had the battery changed in my son's 06. Just kind of like the alarm signs people have outside their house. Maybe you have one, maybe not.

jake75 wrote:From what I have read here that red blinking light is just a red blinking light. Just like sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I was trying to find the code in the owner manual and nothing.

trb wrote:No issues when we had the battery changed in my son's 06. Just kind of like the alarm signs people have outside their house. Maybe you have one, maybe not.

Okay, so when you disconnected your battery, did not the radio lock up and asked you for a security code? I just wanted to find out the easy way instead of the hard one.

Neither your Vibe nor your sister's Vibe have an actual theftlock radio.

Theftlock radios used by GM require a data bus in the car, where the radio is connected to the car's computer and other things. SInce the Vibe is mostly Toyota, there is no GM data bus in the car. GM uses the same basic radio in other cars, enabling the theftlock by changing the radio's programming, but they used a different program for the ones that go in Vibes, one that does not require the data bus.

So, we get a radio that has a red LED that blinks when the car is off. Looks like a theftlock radio, but really no secret that it is just a pretend security device

If you were to buy another OEM radio for your Vibe, be sure it came out of a Vibe or Matrix, because there are GM radios out there that look the same but will not work in a VIbe.

If you were to remove the radio, or disconnect the battery for a year, the only effect on the radio when you hook it back up is that you'll need to set the clock.

joatmon wrote:Neither your Vibe nor your sister's Vibe have an actual theftlock radio.

Theftlock radios used by GM require a data bus in the car, where the radio is connected to the car's computer and other things. SInce the Vibe is mostly Toyota, there is no GM data bus in the car. GM uses the same basic radio in other cars, enabling the theftlock by changing the radio's programming, but they used a different program for the ones that go in Vibes, one that does not require the data bus.

So, we get a radio that has a red LED that blinks when the car is off. Looks like a theftlock radio, but really no secret that it is just a pretend security device

If you were to buy another OEM radio for your Vibe, be sure it came out of a Vibe or Matrix, because there are GM radios out there that look the same but will not work in a VIbe.

If you were to remove the radio, or disconnect the battery for a year, the only effect on the radio when you hook it back up is that you'll need to set the clock.

Wow Joatmon! Thank you very much for such of explicit information. I really appreciate it. I was really afraid to disconnect the battery on my Vibe. Thanks!!