things that trigger the immobiliser

[PhilipA]

I found another thing this morning that caused the car not to start.

Lightning!

Went to start this morning in the garage and chug nothing, lock unlock and all OK.

There was a storm last night , but not a particularly severe one.

So this is in addition to the well known Chemist auto door effect, the RF interference effect ( not my car but another D2 waiting for the Kangaroo Island Ferry with me which would not start until arriving at Kangaroo Island even when we pushed it to the other end of the car park)

Sensitive little devils aren't they.

As long as you know the Land Rover reboot you are OK.

Regards Philip A

[Eevo]

whats the land rover reboot?

[thai_tiger]

Having a simular problem for the past few days cant operate remote very random and have to be very close to the vehicle, also have same problem with remote gate and house alarm remotes. how do you start to find the cause.

when Disco away from home it works fine

any help from the gurus would be appreciated
thx

[Eevo]

Having a simular problem for the past few days cant operate remote very random and have to be very close to the vehicle, also have same problem with remote gate and house alarm remotes. how do you start to find the cause.

when Disco away from home it works fine

any help from the gurus would be appreciated
thx

changed the remote battery?

[Roverlord off road spares]

Find it hard to believe that lightning triggers off this, Myth busters will have to do an episode on this theory sure some one wasn't driving near by with a flux capacitor and hyclone [bigrolf]

[Eevo]

Find it hard to believe that lightning triggers off this,
lightning produces many frequencies.

[Roverlord off road spares]

lightning produces many frequencies.
Yep, I usually get 91.50 FM[wink11]

[PhilipA]

Well I am assuming its lightning as it has not failed to start for about 3 years , when near a chemist shop, and there was a lot of lightning last night. There was no other unusual event that I can think of to cause it. Also my set top box had a bit of a conniption this morning as well.

I usually have a couple of battery chargers operating in the garage, one for the car and one for SWMBO golf buggy and they don't seem to affect it.
I just remembered that I had another charger on for my new 5AH Ryobi battery yesterday but it has been on lots of times.

The Land Rover Reboot is to take the key from the ignition and lock and unlock via the remote. You do not have to get out of the car in my experience.
Regards Philip A

[thai_tiger]

for me it happened once before when a truckie was parked out front all day while did some bobcat work, couldn't set house alarm or open gate or the disco, soon as he was gone all good. I think it is some sort of radio interference but how to correct it I just don't know. might be the same for you.

thx

p.s ill change th batteries to make sure but one of the remotes is fairly new

[discorevy]

whats the land rover reboot?


when it didn't fix the problem after the first kick[bawl]

[Roverlord off road spares]

lightning produces many frequencies.


Lightning Strikes create powerful radio waves in the frequency range of 3 KHz (audio, VLF) through 10 MHz (shortwave radio). The VLF (3000 Hz to 30000 Hz) "lightning signatures" can travel around the world, allowing monitoring of world-wide lightning. The shortwave "lightning signatures can travel half-way around the Earth (the night-time side of the Earth). The best region to listen for distant shortwave lightning signatures is from 2 MHz through 7 MHz. After 3 AM local time you can listen to 3 MHz and hear the beautiful dispersion-ringing of the static as it bounces back-and-forth between the earth and ionosphere. It can at times sound like hundreds of tiny bells ringing at once!
D2 frequency is Up to the end of 1999 - 315MHZ and From 2000 onwards - 433MHZ

[thai_tiger]

from this morning all has come good house car and gate, could have been a ham radio operator or lightning half way around the world but now I can leave home thru the gate in my disco. goes to show how reliant we are on all that is electronic.


[bigsmile1]

[Roverlord off road spares]

Not a disco but here is footage that proves that lightening immobilises vehicles, or this dude was bad and the wrath of God hit him.


https://www.facebook.com/OfficialMonstah/videos/1018158708318123/