What code will unlock a car radio in a 1996 Hyundai Excel?

Answer 1

The code is based on the car's serial number, not the model- each code is different. However, you can get radio code calculators online (you should buy them from the reputible sources online, not download the identical software for free from torrent sites or p2p networking clients... ahem)

In order to get the serial number you need for the calculator to work, you'll have to remove the radio.

Most car radios (at least from that era) are held in place by two or four locks that you can see as 4 holes in each corner of the front panel of the radio. Many car acessory stores will carry the tol to unlock this, but you can make your own with any strip of metal that fits into those holes (I used an old TV Ariel and cut two lenths of metal off of it).

Then, put the metal into all 4 of the holes at once and push them away from the radio (i.e. push the apart) and pull. Your radio should be romoved and the seriel will be printed on the top or the back somewhere. After that, you have everything you need to unlock the radio.