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Anonymous Posted on Oct 11, 2011

My security light is on and my radio gets locked sometimes while I'm driving. Does anyone one know why this happens?

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Yes, the anti theft system runs thru the radio. Either the radio is going bad and causing the antitheft to kick in, or the antitheft is bad and faulting the radio. I just went thru this in my girlfriends 01. Ended up installing after market radio and bypassing the security system. I bypassed thee antitheft security first, and the car worked just fine, but I didn't get any radio till I installed a new radio. Here Is a link to help with the antitheft http://vatspasslockpasskeysecurityhelp.yolasite.com/

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