Thread: Remote & Key Replacement

95 Disco....I assume you have an ES model as these were the only ones to have a factory remote.

I think you'll have to get a genuine remote as they're a rolling code type but the key doesn't have a chip in it so a non-genuine will be OK.

The good news is that a working 2nd hand remote can be easily coded to your car. It has to be the single button type though, not the 96MY double button type.

RATS..... .....

It's the double button type - I can get them on eBay for US$20.

Wonder how much the dealer will sting me for programming.

Does anyone know hoe the programming is done. Does it need a factory "tool" to access the ECU or is it just a sequence of events.

Cheers,

Robbie

The double button type first appeared on the 96MY Disco (TA). They're still in use now on the current Freelander.

Just make sure the eBay ones are the right frequency for your car. I'm sure most were 315MHz but some later ones might be 433MHz.

I'm not too sure what's involved in programming the double button type, but if the guys here can do it, it can't be that hard :wink: .

when we took the battery out of our remote to change it you have to re sinc the remote with the car

it was realy easy it tels you how to do it in your handbook
i'm assming its exactly the same if you buy a remote to programe it as thats what we intend to do so we have a spare.......

we also got a car key cut cost $6..........just a plain olod metal car ey but if you want a key like the orginal there is a guy selling the landrover key uncut on ebay but he is in the states

dullbird

If it is the same 2 key remote as used on the Freelanders they are about $190 at the stealer - second hand from TR spares $45. Don't buy on ebay UK as they will all be the wrong frequency. A genuine key will be required - there is not a chip as such but there is something in them that demobilses the car in some certain circumstances when it is near the receiver.

If you get another 2 key remote you will need to take it, your car and your genuine key to a landrover dealer to be put on the diagnostic machine for the whole lot to be recoded - 30mins and $60 and you are on your way. I have not found anyone but a dealer who has the equipment to do this. Please tell me I am wrong so I can get it done cheaper as I refuse to pay the stealer $120 an hour to do this.

If you don't have the 2 button remote as fitted to the freelander and later models Disco 1s - then ignore all the above.

Cheers

Garry

Hi guys
my dad is going thru the same thing with his '97 disco
new remote buttons are about $180 8O
it's cheaper to put a non genuine remote door locking system with an alarm for about $200 - $300 fitted :wink:

<span style="color:blue">you dont need to go the stealer as far as i know.....

it is just a sequence of events.....
and with lurch......he wont start if the remote is not near the ignition switch.....
not the key itself.......
the keys just cost a heap because people pay that much...they are worth
only a few dollars like any other key......

look on the discoweb site i think you will find the procedure......
it is available on one of the other land rover sites....but i cant remember.....</span>

On my 98 Disco Tdi, I have a 2 button remote. The key is totally independent and I got spares cut from any locksmith. If you use the remote to lock the car, it is an engine imobiliser and also it activates the motions sensors inside the car (above the passenger B pillar from memory). All of this gets 'unlocked' if you use the remote, but if you want to only use the key, you must unlock the car from the drivers door to disarm it all.

When only using the key to lock and unlock the car (from drivers door), it immobilises the engine, but it does not activate the internal motion sensors. (So you can leave windows open, for example).

But I can't answer your question about genuine/non genuine key fobs. I'd love to know, because mine is now intermitently not working. I hope it's the key fob and not inside the cars 'receiver'.

Peter