P38A Serious damage

My ill fated attempt at fixing my remote fob earlier.
Has resulted in the a chip becoming detached from the PCB in my remote. I soldered it back in place. It no longer works.
Does anyone have any advice?

Bite the bullet and buy a new remote?

Thought that

Great minds ....

@MrSporty I believe refurbs P38 key fobs....

Thank you.
Found a mob in London too. That does it.
Thought it was a trip to LR, for a mega bill.
I just have to send the bits. They'll repair and return. Hopefully. Fingers crossed.

+1 MrSporty if all goes wrong.

S546XOE said:

My ill fated attempt at fixing my remote fob earlier.
Has resulted in the a chip becoming detached from the PCB in my remote. I soldered it back in place. It no longer works.
Does anyone have any advice?

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I'm sorry to say that unless you used the correct type of soldering iron, there is a good chance you have destroyed the chip.

Datatek said:

I'm sorry to say that unless you used the correct type of soldering iron, there is a good chance you have destroyed the chip.

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Thanks.
That is my worst fear.
You are most likely correct. I am not the most dextrous person on this earth.

So I visited JLR dealer today.
£285+ vat for a new key.
I also have to get Rangey, recovered there as it is no longer a runner.
I also emailed, fob repair company. To see if they can help.
Or does anyone have any other fixes that may help me?
Thanks.

S546XOE said:

So I visited JLR dealer today.
£285+ vat for a new key.
I also have to get Rangey, recovered there as it is no longer a runner.
I also emailed, fob repair company. To see if they can help.
Or does anyone have any other fixes that may help me?
Thanks.

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Ouch , that’s around £340 inc the vat

For my D3 I bought a brand new key off eBay , got the key cut and then programmed it myself with a diagnostic reader

All for £50

Hope u don’t mind me saying but getting ur own reader will pay for itself very quickly , guys here will be able to advise u what one to get

Hope u get it sorted out

New keys for a p38 are only available from Huff in Germany through JLR and come ready programed to your car and will just need resyncing so you should not have to get the car to them.

brianp38dse said:

New keys for a p38 are only available from Huff in Germany through JLR and come ready programed to your car and will just need resyncing so you should not have to get the car to them.

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Hi mate

Thks for the info and was taken back of why they were so expensive

Daft question if i may , what makes then so special that there only available from them plse, is because second keys can’t be resynched to another p38

Or the only ones hat will work are u programmed clean keys pls

Just intrigued

Thks again

gstuart said:

Ouch , that’s around £340 inc the vat

I bought a brand new key off eBay , got the key cut and then programmed it myself with a diagnostic reader

All for £50

Hope u don’t mind me saying but getting ur own reader will pay for itself very quickly , guys here will be able to advise u what one to get

Hope u get it sorted out

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You re-programmed a P38 FOB? As far as I was aware, the chip in the FOB cannot easily be re-programmed and certainly not with a diagnostic reader.

S546XOE said:

So I visited JLR dealer today.
£285+ vat for a new key.
I also have to get Rangey, recovered there as it is no longer a runner.
I also emailed, fob repair company. To see if they can help.
Or does anyone have any other fixes that may help me?
Thanks.

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That's taking the ****. Should be about £165 including the VAT, unless inflation has rocketed in the past 2 years. try a different dealer.

Has @MrSporty had a look at your old key? He might be able to retrieve the key details and reprogram one off the Bay but if can then he's one of the few.

Grrrrrr said:

That's taking the ****. Should be about £165 including the VAT, unless inflation has rocketed in the past 2 years. try a different dealer.

Has @MrSporty had a look at your old key? He might be able to retrieve the key details and reprogram one off the Bay but if can then he's one of the few.

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Not seen them at less £265 + VAT.

Datatek said:

Not seen them at less £265 + VAT.

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£167.48 + vat at Rimmer bros that is £200.98. Part number ASR1940.

Datatek said:

You re-programmed a P38 FOB? As far as I was aware, the chip in the FOB cannot easily be re-programmed and certainly not with a diagnostic reader.

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Should have written it in there , was for my D3

gstuart said:

Should have written it in there , was for my D3

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D3 can be programmed by diag P38 can't.

Datatek said:

Not seen them at less £265 + VAT.

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Stratstone Aylesbury was £165 all in about 2 years ago. Mind you, the pound plummeted since then.