Thread: If you ever need to replace your driver's door latch .....

Think I've got a simular problem. Key 1 remotely locks/unlocks all doors. While Key 2 will not remotely lock/unlock car. Red light flashes on key fob but nothing happens, doesn't talk to car. Changed batteries and key pad but still the same.

Have seen an add on ebay for key repair service in England. Approx $83 plus $10 postage from http://www.automobilelocksmith.co.uk Has anybody used them any reports etc.

Direct link may not work. Goto ebay, type in "range rover key fob" look for the one that starts " Repair" & open

Originally Posted by 33chinacars

Key 2 will not remotely lock/unlock car. Red light flashes on key fob but nothing happens, doesn't talk to car. Changed batteries and key pad but still the same.

Have you synchronised the remote to the car?
Lock the door using the key & hold it in the locked position. Then press the lock button on the remote.

Thanks Scott

Your method worked. Fantastic. Had tried it the way the manual said BUT nothing. Least its working now. Again THANKS

All the best Gary

Well done Gary, that's one job ticked off your list .

Yep. now to rebuild air block & fix water in foot well leak. Then ******** & ????? Followed by #####

Originally Posted by 33chinacars

Then ******** & ????? Followed by #####

Hey, that's my list - get your own .

Originally Posted by Scouse

Have you synchronised the remote to the car?
Lock the door using the key & hold it in the locked position. Then press the lock button on the remote.

This looked so promising!!! But I dont think there is any procedure that can resync the fob when the immobiliser is armed/activated. My problem is that I cant sync my fob, and I cant start my engine.

I had a very strange experience with my locks/ key fob this weekend, while parked near the top of a sloping sand dune in Lancelin.

I had just closed all the windows and sun roof, with the exception of 1 rear window left open about 60mm. The key was in the ignition.

I can't remember the exact sequence, but I think I had just closed the driver door, and 10 seconds later my friend tried to open the passenger, when all of a sudden there was the familiar beep and locking of doors - WITH THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION!!!!!

Fortunately my friend had a curtain rod (?) in his disco, which we manage to poke through the window gap to try and unlock the doors, but due to the small gap, could not get enough leverage to flip up a lock. The solution was poking the remote, still safely stuck in the ignition, to unlock the doors. I was lucky to have the steering wheel at just the right angle to have a clear line of the key.

My remote has been sensitive, opening & closing the doors, if I was near the car with my keys in my pocket, but this was a first. It also has the intermittent problem of not locking the car at first attempt, but only if I first press unlock, then lock.

My spare key, which has been safely stored at home for the last 2 years, after one flash of the LED, has not worked since. I've replaced batteries and had it checked by a LR service centre, but the advise was to get an order in for a replacement key.

Besides this little bit of stress, my standard P38 had no problems running up & down the dunes, for a great day of 4x4ing.