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Yeah, dealerships suck. You're out $75 but you now have a clear understanding of the problem. Is the ECU for the radio internal to the radio? I have an unused Shaker 500 I bought (from a forum member in '09 or '10) out of an '08 which I had intended on putting into my wife's '06. It sits in a box in my workshop and if she doesn't want it installed, I'll sell it.
To my knowledge which is not as much on the s197 as a new edge they are internal. From what I've read you will have to have a dealer program the radio. Might get by without it though.
Yes it will, Infact there is an OBD code for it P0605 or P0650 one of those states "An attempt has been made to recalibrate this ECM" and then has a few PPT's to try and fix the concern.