07 Defender security code

[RMB3218]

Hi all,

In the manual for the new defender it talks about a security code to start the car if you loose, or the battery goes flat, the remote control. I asked MLR about it and they said it was not used. I have noticed a thread on another forum saying it is. Has anyone asked their dealer about it

Defender2 - View topic - Novice seeks advice (http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic310.html)


"The only issue which has arisen concerns the security codes for the radio and the ignition (for starting when you remote control blipper thingy has gone wrong). These were missing from the documentation pack and my sales exec has just retrieved this information. Ask your sales exec, a couple of weeks before delivery, to check they are present and correct in the documentation pack. I wonder how many other new owners don't even know they are lacking this info? I suspect this is not a one-off exception. "

[solmanic]

As far as I am aware the vehicle security code is still used, as well as the Land Rover branded stereo security code. The keyless entry system is unchanged from the previous model. I am sure I checked this when I got mine as it is somethig I had to use a couple of times with my previous Defender.

Now if I had mine back from the dealer where it is getting warranty work done I would be able to confirm whether or not I do actually have my codes, but alas.....:rolleyes:

[one_iota]

Now if I had mine back from the dealer where it is getting warranty work done I would be able to confirm whether or not I do actually have my codes, but alas.....:rolleyes:

Now what particular warranty work would that be?

[Scallops]

Hi all,

In the manual for the new defender it talks about a security code to start the car if you loose, or the battery goes flat, the remote control. I asked MLR about it and they said it was not used. I have noticed a thread on another forum saying it is. Has anyone asked their dealer about it

Defender2 - View topic - Novice seeks advice (http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic310.html)


"The only issue which has arisen concerns the security codes for the radio and the ignition (for starting when you remote control blipper thingy has gone wrong). These were missing from the documentation pack and my sales exec has just retrieved this information. Ask your sales exec, a couple of weeks before delivery, to check they are present and correct in the documentation pack. I wonder how many other new owners don't even know they are lacking this info? I suspect this is not a one-off exception. "

There most definitely is a code for the new Defender - I just rang Austral and got mine! :D Your dealer is wrong - ring them again and insist they find the code and give it to you. ;)

PS - Thanks for the tip. :)

[Scouse]

Now what particular warranty work would that be?Shhh, new cars don't need warranty work done.......especially white Defenders ;).

BTW Mahn, a white 110 arrived here yesterday - is it yours by chance ?
(Our system won't give me the new owner's name yet)

RMB, PM sent.

[one_iota]

BTW Mahn, a white 110 arrived here yesterday - is it yours by chance ?
(Our system won't give me the new owner's name yet)



Morning Scott,

Mine is not due till mid July, but I'll take that one if no one claims it :p;) :D

[TimNZ]

BTW Mahn, a white 110 arrived here yesterday - is it yours by chance ?
(Our system won't give me the new owner's name yet)

Better not be mine! My defer was supposed to land in Fremantle yesterday!

Tim

[solmanic]

Now what particular warranty work would that be?

The Air Conditioner...... AGAIN. Same problem as before - core icing up. It seemed to work for a couple of months after they fixed it then started doing it again.

Apparently mine is not the only one as the dealers have another with the same recurring problem which they are not going to even start fixing until they know why. The issue has been escalated to Land Rover UK for a fix.

I can feel a recall coming on...

[Scallops]

The Air Conditioner...... AGAIN.

I can feel a recall coming on...

I know we've discussed this together before - but my AC worked all day each day through a very hot summer driving home from Victoria at Christmas - and I have never experienced this problem since, either. So I'm not sure it will be a recall issue. :)

[Boots]

Back on to the security codes: I raised the non-issue of the Security Card with my sales rep and he looked up my 07 Defender in the LR system and found no codes listed for the radio or the engine; he opined that they were not used due to ADR. I have asked him to check this so I am very interested in other peoples experience on this issue. It seems quite fundamental to me that it should be fitted with this type of anti-theft technology.

Cheers

Boots

[RMB3218]

Back on to the security codes: I raised the non-issue of the Security Card with my sales rep and he looked up my 07 Defender in the LR system and found no codes listed for the radio or the engine; he opined that they were not used due to ADR. I have asked him to check this so I am very interested in other peoples experience on this issue. It seems quite fundamental to me that it should be fitted with this type of anti-theft technology.

Cheers

Boots

I was given the code for the radio, which I have used and it works, but not for the engine. I will be picking my car up from MLR tomorrow after more warranty work and will folllow it up again

[one_iota]

I had a look at the manual online and it is quite clear...a security code is required if the remote fails by turning the key in a combination lock fashion to crack the security system.

A work colleague with a D2 had this happen yesterday and a call to the original dealer by the Land Rover savvy auto electrician divulged the code. Car started.

What it has to do with ADR's...well that's another acronym dangerous in the wrong hands...what do some of these sales rep retail clowns do apart from robbing us of oxygen?

BTW thanks for the heads-up

[Scallops]

I'll say it again :D - I rang my dealer 3 days ago and got the security code for when the fob is lost - that would suggest they do exist :bangin:, as does the stereo code (which I did get at the time of sale).

[Boots]

Just to close this out - I finally got the codes from the LR service manager. The sales people apparently don't have access on their computer screen to the access codes but the service folk do!

Cheers

Boots