97 Disco Won't Start

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Hello everyone, nice site you have here I only wish i were visiting on better terms.

Here is the deal, Bought the wife a 1997 Discovery last night, Bought it cheap as I caught it as a Trade In ( $2,000 ), really good condition, she likes it so all is good right? Nope this morning after taking our son to school and then going to leave again the thing will not start!!!!!

She had apparently tripped the alarm as it did go off until she hit the button to deactivate it but no start, the Fob will unlock and lock it, everything can be turned on but the Motor, I have read all over the net today and even called a few dealers with no luck as of yet. Tried the 4 digit code on the Drivers door ( 1515 ) and I do not even think it recognized that at all, I have unhooked the battery for up to an hour and still no luck.

The light on the Radio blinks showing to be Armed I'm guessing but the one on the Instrument Cluster never lights up like the Owners Manual says it should, Another thing I notice is that when I hit the "Arm" button on the Fob the doors lock and unlock a few times on their own before staying Locked.

When I turn the key to the "Start" position I hear a "Click" on the Passenger side of the car under the dash area.

We have a 5 year old that was recently diagnosed with Diabetes and we are in a tough part of it right now with trying to keep it regulated and a "Low" could come at any time so we NEED a dependable vehicle to be able to get to where he is or to get him to the Hospital and can not be dealing with a stubborn car So if anyone has any idea on how to fix this thing or to just remove the Alarm for good Please Please help me out.

I also talked with the previous owner and she had never had any problem of this type the entire time she owned it.


Thanks, Corey
 
Then maybe do a search or open a thread in the "Disco. - Tech. Discussions" here: DiscoWeb Message Boards - that's the NA Land Rover forum.
It could be a spider/alarm problem or something else. The issue is that the NAS (NA Spec) Discovery's are a bit different than EU models. For example 96 models had a spider but i think 97 models didn't.

P.S. There are a couple of threads there were people complained bout the same thing: alarm went off and they couldn't start the car no more.
One other thing is that the users on the Dweb forum are aprox. within the same time zone with you so things should flow a little faster and smoother.
 
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