Thread: Unlocking alarm sequence

Ok, so when you press the unlock button, do the buttons pop up?

Has the "deterioration" got to the stage that there is a hole? Gunk gets into the buttons.

How do you disable the alarm? By the unlock button?

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And, yeah,mine does it, but usually only after standing overnight.

Hey guys, thanks for the replies. Ok so one issue is that the button has deteriorated to where the button has fallen out and now the internals are exposed. The lock button works but the unlock doesn't. I have ordered a new kit from eBay UK and should be here soon. That should take care of that issue.

Currently if I lock the car I can via the remote but when I put the key in front door I set off the alarm by the time the key reaches the barrel to turn it and disarm it. I can't get there quick enough.

The one time I could press the button the locks all came up. And when I turn the key in the front door I can lock and unlock and all locks in the doors respond correctly.

Is there a way I can use the button without the rubber cover on the key? When this occurred on my old Holden I had the raw button under the rubber I could still use to unlock the car but the disco seems to have only 2 contact points like completing an electrical circuit and the rubber button causes the connection. Does that make sense?

Thanks again for the help

No, the Disco remote has 2 micro type switches beneath the rubber buttons. If there are no switches it is more than likely they have broken off the circuit board. They can do that. There are kits on Evil-bay that contain 2 replacement switches. You just need a steady hand and a small soldering iron.
Cheers Scott

It only works if the red led lights up.
You sound like you have a missing micro switch.

Regards Philip A

Thanks for the replies guys, at the moment I am locking it and just quickly getting in to turn the alarm off. Bit of a pain but I've got a new housing from eBay on its way. Heaps of YouTube has showed me I can just swap out the key and the internals over with the new button installed. From what I could see no soldering required.

Heaps of YouTube has showed me I can just swap out the key and the internals over with the new button installed. From what I could see no soldering required.

Er not if you don't have a microswitch there. you will have to solder in a new one or even if it is there, the solder may be cracked.

A Housing is just that. The buttons have no electronic function . They just cover the microswitches. That is unless you have bought a complete key as advertised on Ebay for $60 or so. In that case you will have to have a Nanocom to code the key to the ECU and BCU.
Regards Philip A

Oh, I didn't notice that, my apologies.

So even if I purchase the replacement key for $60 I need to encode it to my car, is there anyone local that's not Land Rover that can do that? Do people do this them selves or usually get pay someone else to do it for them?

Great, the case I just bought is useless. I will take another look on the underside of the deteriorated button and see what I can find. See if it's reparable.

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If it's not reparable and has completely been broken, I don't see why I cant get the new casing take off the key and open the case and put my existing PCB board (internal part of the key) and pop off my key and assemble it into the new case. The actual button is just a soldered connection point to the PCB board right? The button doesn't do anything special other than make the circuit on the pcb board complete and make it flash red to indicate you unlocking or locking the car? Why do I have to get it re-encoded if I'm using the same pcb board and key just in a new housing?