Q: My 1997 Mercury Sable battery cable was disconnected for a while, and then reconnected. Now the radio won't work and only "CALL" is displayed on the radio. I push other buttons but nothing helps or does anything. I assume its locked somehow. I pulled the radio out and found the following numbers on it if that helps DLCJ400350 9633 F6DF-18C858-AJ MADE IN MEXICO and on back engraved is F6DF-18K817-EB I called about half a dozen Ford car sales/repair places and none of them had a clue. I told them them the car once had a car phone installed but they didn't think that meant anything related to the display on the radio. One suggested I pull the battery terminal connection off for an hour, so I did but that didn't clear the code. Any help or ideas? The radio worked fine until I temporarily disconnected the battery.... Matt I bought the car used a while ago, and it has no manual. I've spent an hour on google trying to solve this and pushed a lot of buttons on the radio hoping something would help. The phone was removed from the car before I got it. Any help is appreciated. I know ebay sells replacement radios, but I think any radio I put will display that "CALL" code...I don't think there is a problem with my radio aside from its locked. It worked fine before disconnecting the car battery temporarily. I think its some sort of anti-theft deal and maybe I need a code or something to unlock it??? Thankys, just fixed it. I appreciate everyones help
A: Merc's got codes, Taurus' didn't. You could: 1) call the prior owner for the code 2) replace the radio with one from a Taurus 3) Put in an aftermarked radio 4) google, there is a forum that give codes but I got a trojan horse when I accessed it. There may be more.