How to enter a VW Premium radio code
The Premium and Monsoon radios in the Jetta, Golf, Rabbit and Passat sold in the United States and Canada.Drawn from VW's radio booklet.
Type it and every step uses your own digits. It stays on this page.
Turn the radio on. SAFE shows, then 1000 after a few seconds.
Every step
Checked against the radio booklets in VW's US owner's manuals for the Jetta and Golf.
If it locks
You get two tries. After a wrong code SAFE shows again, then 1000, and you can enter the code once more. After the second wrong code the radio locks for about an hour. Leave the ignition and the radio switched on, then you get two more. What each lockout screen means
No OK on the display?
On the older Premium and Monsoon radios, hold the right side of the SEEK button for more than two seconds, until you hear a signal. On the tall double height radio it is the upper side of SEEK, or the SCAN button. On these older radios a wrong code makes SAFE flash and then stay on, with one try left.
How do the digits count?
Each tap of a preset adds one to its digit. After 9 it goes back to 0.
A Premium 8?
It shows an entry screen with a keypad. VW keypad steps
