Thread: Battery positive lead fell off now car is immobilised

This kind'a thing happens.

1./ get rid of the stupid pos battery terminal at your earliest convenience, and replace with any clamp type end that will certainly do a better job that the original type.

2/. you need the EKA code for your vehicle. a sequence of numbers that relate to the turning of the key in the drivers door lock. 4 numbers, and each number represents the number of turns that are required for the key to turn.
Hopefully if you have the owners manual and or service book, the EKA code may be in the folder that they come in .. or in the glovebox or somewhere ...

eg. say your EKA code is 2 2 2 2, then you turn the key in the drivers door lock 2 time to the right(clockwise) and 2 times to the left(anti) and 2 CW and 2 ACW again .. this will un-immoblise the security unit and you're good to go again.

Thanks for your help Arthur.

1./ get rid of the stupid pos battery terminal at your earliest convenience, and replace with any clamp type end that will certainly do a better job that the original type.

Yep, on the list.

2/. you need the EKA code for your vehicle. a sequence of numbers that relate to the turning of the key in the drivers door lock.

I suspected that, but the majority of "solutions" google found for me was about trying to get the door open. I don't have the codes and it was too late when we got home tonight to ring the dealership which I'll be doing 1st thing tomorrow.

Cheers

Hi. As long as the fob does nothing you are stuck immobilised unless you remobilise it with EKA code or restore the fob's function, if the battery clamp failed with engine running the electronics of the vehicle could have got a high voltage spike from the unloaded alternator then everything is possible. You should get the EKA code FOC from a LR main dealer or pay to get it online from one of the providers and pray that the BCU is still the original on the vehicle and it wasnt ruined otherwise you'll have to replace it with an unlocked one which involves complex programming with nanocom or similar. Good luck

Originally Posted by James NZ

Thanks for your help Arthur.

1./ get rid of the stupid pos battery terminal at your earliest convenience, and replace with any clamp type end that will certainly do a better job that the original type.

Yep, on the list.

Just do it right now, coz you're focused too much on getting the car started instead of fixing an issue that may be the cause of it and can stuff you up all over again 5 seconds after you spent time and money to get it going coz it was still 'on the list'.