Smart key problems

Farmgirl57 · Dec 30, 2019

Hi. Im temporarily in the UK from my home in France. Discovery 4 2010
Dropped my only key fob in a puddle.
Tried to dry it out on radiator so i could drive back to where I was staying. It worked after a few tries.
Removed battery to dry it and placed whole thing in rice overnight.
Key not working as in it opens door but not recognised even when put under steering column.
We have a key specialist in the village who tested it on his software and said it was working ok but its still not recognised by the car.
He has ordered two new LR fobs for me but if the problem is now the car what can I do. Im desperate to get home to France.
Are there any fixes i can try before spending a fortune at the dealer, a new key was quoted at nigh on £700 so god knows how much a fix is.
Any advice welcome. Thank you

dieseldog69 · Dec 30, 2019

Farmgirl57 said:
Hi. Im temporarily in the UK from my home in France. Discovery 4 2010
Dropped my only key fob in a puddle.
Tried to dry it out on radiator so i could drive back to where I was staying. It worked after a few tries.
Removed battery to dry it and placed whole thing in rice overnight.
Key not working as in it opens door but not recognised even when put under steering column.
We have a key specialist in the village who tested it on his software and said it was working ok but its still not recognised by the car.
He has ordered two new LR fobs for me but if the problem is now the car what can I do. Im desperate to get home to France.
Are there any fixes i can try before spending a fortune at the dealer, a new key was quoted at nigh on £700 so god knows how much a fix is.
Any advice welcome. Thank you

Key needs to be resync'd to the car.

LR main stealer should be able help.

neilly · Dec 30, 2019

Hi @Farmgirl57 ,

Not sure on the key, but I would suggest removing your postcode from your details .

Good luck.

Cheers

Disco1BFG · Dec 30, 2019

I'm guessing it has lost sync too ... owners manual should tell you how to resync it - my remote went through the washing machine about a month ago - amazingly survived - but it certainly lost sync

I mean.... how rude - a bit of water and the fob stops working - think I should be having words with LR

Lets tag an expert - see what he says - @gstuart - this sounds broked to me.... wot u fink ??

gstuart · Dec 31, 2019

Hiya

needs to be put into diagnostic to ensure indeed it’s synching correctly , however if u have any other keys at home that will be disabled

best to find a dealer as they also have access to any relevant software update

plus D4 keys can be reprogrammed

gstuart · Dec 31, 2019

Disco1BFG said:
I'm guessing it has lost sync too ... owners manual should tell you how to resync it - my remote went through the washing machine about a month ago - amazingly survived - but it certainly lost sync I mean.... how rude - a bit of water and the fob stops working - think I should be having words with LR

Lets tag an expert - see what he says - @gstuart - this sounds broked to me.... wot u fink ??

Hi mate

Shucks , ur make me blush, lol Indeed , sounds like it’s lost it’s sync

gstuart · Dec 31, 2019

@Farmgirl57

post over here as someone may be near u, also need to make sure what MHZ ur D4 is running on

https://www.disco3.co.uk/forum/index.php

gstuart · Dec 31, 2019

Done some further digging

cheaper than £700 , if everything else is ok and it’s just the key at fault , these will just need programming via diagnostics ,

checked and europe is 434mhz

£120 for 2 x keys

call/ contact them first to ensure the correct year is selected

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GENUINE-LAND-ROVER-5-BUTTON-SMART-KEY-REMOTE-DISCOVERY-4-FREELANDER-2-434-MHZ-/273047312152?hash=item3f92e35718&ul_ref=https%3A%2F%2Frover.ebay.com%2Frover%2F1%2F710-53481-19255-0%2F1%3Ftype%3D4%26campid%3D5338064174%26toolid%3D10001%26afsrc%3D1%26customid%3D106254X1563334Xbc71ba38e1b63f5423c653537cfacc92%26mpre%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.ebay.co.uk%252Fitm%252FGENUINE-LAND-ROVER-5-BUTTON-SMART-KEY-REMOTE-DISCOVERY-4-FREELANDER-2-434-MHZ-%252F273047312152%253Fhash%253Ditem3f92e35718%26srcrot%3D710-53481-19255-0%26rvr_id%3D2240768604514%26rvr_ts%3D59881d6a16f0ad4b4894798afffffce9&ul_noapp=true

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