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Truffler
 


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United Kingdom 2005 Discovery 3 TDV6 HSE Auto Indus SilverDiscovery 3
Main dealer encounter

Can anyone shed any light on key programming at main dealers, was i feed a load of bull:censored: t today I had to get my new keys coded in this morning at a main dealer, they had supplied the keys as I had lost my only one and had said they would code in free of charge because they had lost my phone number and kept me waiting for over 10 days. Was basically kept waiting for 2hrs first hr vehicle didn't move from car park then when I pushed for answers was told it's taking time as they are having to download something and that the internet was slow... the second excuse was they couldn't close the bonnet I told them bring the car round and a big screw driver and I would close the bonnet.. I'm an ex Peugeot master tec so I've heard the lies and know the general key programming procedures.
So is a download required to code keys?
Where is the diagnostic plug on 54 plate disco?
Why would they have bothered under the bonnet?
The dealer in question stratstone Swansea.
  
Post #192716117th Mar 2018 2:51 pm
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Pete K
 


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diag plug is by the pedals


where they checking to see if it was stolen?
  
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Truffler
 


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Wouldn't put it past them but had to produce my log book and order keys in person... At the start
  
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Would have probably needed to get to battery to connect power supply whilst diagnostics connected?
  
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Had D4 done and yes they have to down load the information

You got off light, friend had his 04 plate D3 done but they could not get the information they needed, apparently LR did not keep the records of the first D3's and as such had to have the key control system replaced along with the keys, took a couple of days to sort, get the parts and programme.
Luckily LR picked up the tab as they had not kept the original security info.
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I’ve read somewhere that if you have no key at all then the dealer has to order a vin coded key from LR.

If you have one key then they can code the other keys using the diag kit.

The dealer stuff is all web based, so it has to be internet connected iirc, and that means what3ver modules they need to code the other keys will need to be downloaded I guess.

Certainly with the IID Tool, advise is to have the car plugged into a battery maintainer if doing anything with ECUs so you don’t drop voltage mid-flash and brick something, thus the bonnet open.

And, as said, the OBD2 socket is by the accelerator pedal, on the lower surface of the dashboard trim . It’s open and not covered by anything.

Advantage of an IID tool is once you have a working key, buy an eBay blank for about £20, get key cut at a local Timpsons (cost me £5) then you can pair it using the IID tool; backup key for £25!
  
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Truffler
 


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Thanks for the advice folks, think it was a combination of them not really giving a to Censored. I had lost my only key hence ordering from land-rover, a few days after someone handed my key in so least I could move the vehicle and get it coded.
  
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