Help anyone. My wife as lost one of the docking keys and the other as got terrible battery life!

Being from Yorkshire i'm tight so i found a new never programed fob and uncut key. My question is has anyone used the dealer or specialist to program a key fob.

I rang a specialist localy and they said they had never done one they just order them from the dealer chasis spacific.

Thanks in advance, please someone give me good news

A) some key cutting specialists should be able to "laser cut" blank key. Vauxhall use this type.

B) Very important for insurance purposes, you will need fob and car reprogrammed. Adding a new fob is NOT an option, vehicle ECU fob memory is cleared and original fob reprogrammed then new key added.

Lost fob will no longer start or open car. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

Sounds expensive - I need to do this too as I only have one fob from the previous owner and I need a spare .... just in case Cheers,
Raz
FL1 TD4 GS Auto 2001 Silver
FL2 TD4 Auto 2007 Black
FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2012 Fuji White

I too only had 1 fob when I bought the car, dealer paid for a replacement which was ordered from Landrover and the blade came ready cut to the vin number.
new key and the 1 I had were re programmed by my local dealer for £52.80. Gone, 2007 TD4 SE Auto Baltic blue, clear side repeaters, full sized alloy spare.

English by birth..... Yorkshire by the grace of God.

Thanks for the replies guys, i thought i read that they couldn't be re programed.

I can live with £58 ill give my dealer a ring.

When I bought first (ex demo) Fl2 in 2008 dealer could not find 2nd fob. A few days later took car to have new one programmed.
Waited over an hour and eventually went into workshop, technician???? informed me new fob working OK but the one I had been using had now developed a fault!!!!!!
He hadn't a clue how to programme the fobs/system. A simple "YES NO" promt on screen was wrongly answered.
When asked "are both keys present" answer NO you then enter programme to erase existing fob memory from ECU and then clean/reprogramme existing key and programme new key. Answer YES is to add an extra key and will only work if you have both originals to prove secutity.

I had (prior to retirement) grown up with and attended all courses on Ford WDS (worldwide diagnostic system), as FL2 was desingned and built under Ford banner the system is basically the same with software to suit LR. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

bunch of muppets. Gone, 2007 TD4 SE Auto Baltic blue, clear side repeaters, full sized alloy spare.

English by birth..... Yorkshire by the grace of God.

druand wrote:

A) some key cutting specialists should be able to "laser cut" blank key. Vauxhall use this type.

B) Very important for insurance purposes, you will need fob and car reprogrammed. Adding a new fob is NOT an option, vehicle ECU fob memory is cleared and original fob reprogrammed then new key added.

Lost fob will no longer start or open car.

i know it's all a pain in the
But it's all to do with making your car difficult to steal.
What would you rather have? Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

My car came with only one key, the second having been lost by previous owner. I bought a remote from LR Wakefield (£105) (ebay); a key blank (£8 ish) through ebay; key was cut by a local "lazer cut" specialist for £10. Stratstone Nottingham programmed both original and new fobs for £50. Job done! 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

You can reprogramme existing key and programme new key but only in conjunction with car reprogramming. Lost key will then NOT work
You can NOT add another key unless both keys (2) are present.
So 1 key lost,
Delete fob memory from car and existing key, reprogramme car and the 2 keys (1 original and 1 new).

This can be done and is written into software for a lost key scenario. Why 2 main dealers say different is beyond me. Do NOT let them con you into buying 2 keys. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

Junior I think you have been given the wrong information , as far as I am aware if you wish to add a new fob the code in the car is erased and a new code downloaded then the new fob and the original one you have are then coded to the new code in the car's ECU thus only needing to buy 1 new fob, if I'm wrong no doubt someone will come along and put the record straight. Gone, 2007 TD4 SE Auto Baltic blue, clear side repeaters, full sized alloy spare.

English by birth..... Yorkshire by the grace of God.

Speedway wrote:

Junior I think you have been given the wrong information , as far as I am aware if you wish to add a new fob the code in the car is erased and a new code downloaded then the new fob and the original one you have are then coded to the new code in the car's ECU thus only needing to buy 1 new fob, if I'm wrong no doubt someone will come along and put the record straight.

I'm hoping this is correct but there seems to be conflicting arguments flying around.

As I said in my first post when I bought the car there was only 1 fob present, a new one was supplied by my local LR
Dealer who then reprogrammed the car then programmed the original and new fob to the new code thus rendering the missing fob useless as it would neither open nor start the car after reprogramming the car. Gone, 2007 TD4 SE Auto Baltic blue, clear side repeaters, full sized alloy spare.

English by birth..... Yorkshire by the grace of God.

I have just been quoted by my local LR dealership as follows:
New Fob - £108.88
New Blade - £31.92
Programming - £30.00

PLUS VAT as well!  Cheers,
Raz
FL1 TD4 GS Auto 2001 Silver
FL2 TD4 Auto 2007 Black
FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2012 Fuji White