Range rover p38 diesel 1998 key fob not locking or unlocking car.spoke to dealer thinks its remote ,but remote light comes on when pressed.dealer says try new remote £120 and £45 to programe it .any help/advice what to do or where to go with it ?

Try locking it with the fob, then unlock it with fob. If the antitheft is engaged, the light will stay on or flash.

when you lock it up does the alarm activate you say this problem only started after changing battery sounds like its the mobiliser lock and open car from inside with key in ignition hope this helps

Procedure for 2002 Land Rover models:
1. With the doors shut and from inside the vehicle.
2. Turn ignition to position 1 and back to off within 5 seconds
3. Remove key from ignition and press and hold the unlock button (has
an arrow on it) for 15 seconds during this time press the key lock button
(has Land Rover logo)3 times within 5 seconds
4. Release both buttons
5. Doors will lock and unlock to show correct programming has occurred hope this helps

I have the same problem sometimes
1 Check the condition of your battery, if old, it will not give full power required to communicate with the security system.
2 If you don't have the EKA of your RR, try this next time you get caught, put key in the drivers door look, press unlock button on key fob and at the same time turn to unlock, if all locks unlock then the engine should not be immobilized - Good luck

do you have any other key fobs? and keys?

What model rover ?? these cars have a pecular trait and that is if the key is left in with ignition on for more than 30 secs then immobilisor comes on and can only be released with the fob by locking and unlocking the car with the fob ,If no parts available then in a box somewhere i have all the computer /transponder ,key ,fob and the key code number as well for a 99 rover 400 which i can post to you .Although in the past i have by-passed the immobilisor by bridging a big transistor collector and emmiter connections same as i have done with a escort and a focus as well ,the dammed renaults you get it started then cut the third wire on the transponder while its running .But this isnt helping you ,use the FOB and make sure the key has a chip in it and it hasnt lost the chip

Check the batery in your remote

The BECM will retain the EKA code, so , charge or replace the battery. Close all doors, windows bonnet etc, then try the EKA code. You must know, that if you enter the incorrect code or do not enter the code correctly by returning the key to the centre position after each turn of the key , more than 3 times, then the system will lock out and you will have to wait 30 minutes to retry. It should start , but it would be good to get another remote handset, Hope that helps

sounds like keyfob has lost its sync with the car, look online lots of places tell you how to re-ai.lgn them

Please dont worry yourself so much the security locks needs to be reprogrammed to enable it work effectively. Same happens to other vehicles as well.

Consult Hyundai garage close to you or if you have it in your manual.

Good luck.

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