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Location: The Empire
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Can you reprogram an old key from another car?
Hello,
I have an old key from an old Range Rover that got crushed same year as my disco 3, can I get this key reprogrammed to mine as one locksmith (the only one i've contacted) says this isn't possible.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Sol
4th Apr 2022 12:08 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14136
Hi
As far as I’m aware u can’t reprogram a second hand key that’s been used on another vehicle
Few companies on ebay that sell new keys, just need to get the blank cut and reprogrammed , needs to also be a 433Mhz frequency
Hope that helps
4th Apr 2022 12:21 am
sol_stevo
Member Since: 17 Jul 2021
Location: The Empire
Posts: 174
Do you know if I can have a disco 4 key programmed to a disci 3 with the features working?
4th Apr 2022 1:34 am
garrycol
Member Since: 06 Dec 2010
Location: Canberra
Posts: 1130
You domt actually reprogramme the key - you actually program the relevant ECU to accept the new key but I assume there are lock outs to stop a key from another Vin being used.
4th Apr 2022 3:29 am
Roverlike
Member Since: 27 Feb 2018
Location: Split
Posts: 72
sol_stevo wrote:
Do you know if I can have a disco 4 key programmed to a disci 3 with the features working?
Features on the Disco 4 key depend on features of the Disco 4. So you cannot get features from Disco 4 key if your car does not have these features.
Secondly, Disco 4 keys are not the same as Disco 3 keys, so I would assume you cannot program disco 4 key to disco 3.
4th Apr 2022 5:07 am
ronald.soak
Member Since: 29 Apr 2008
Location: London
Posts: 533
garrycol wrote:
You don't actually reprogramme the key - you actually program the relevant ECU to accept the new key but I assume there are lock outs to stop a key from another Vin being used.
Whilst it's true that the car is programmed to accept keys, as new keys, which have no VIN information on them, can be bought online and successfully used, there seems no reason why an old key could not be used.
D3 keys should be fine, (subject to them being for the same territory and therefore of the same frequency), but I think that it could be optimistic to hope that keys for other models could be reused.
I might be wrong in some cases.
4th Apr 2022 11:48 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8228
Disco 3 keys cannot be re-programmed, D4’s can, cheapest way is to by a new Chinese copy and program it, they can be purchased for around £25 from Eblag, use the search facility on the top of the site title page It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
5th Apr 2022 2:19 am
Naki Blake
Member Since: 31 Dec 2021
Location: Taranaki
Posts: 312
With a D3, is there a maximum number of keys you can have programmed to the car?
I have 2 keys, can I have a third?
5th Apr 2022 2:23 am
Roverlike
Member Since: 27 Feb 2018
Location: Split
Posts: 72
I think that number of slots for keys is 10. If that is true, you can heave up to 10 keys at one time.
5th Apr 2022 4:24 am
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14136
M3DPO wrote:
Disco 3 keys cannot be re-programmed, D4’s can, cheapest way is to by a new Chinese copy and program it, they can be purchased for around £25 from Eblag, use the search facility on the top of the site title page
Hiya
Many thks for confirming that as wasn’t 100% sure , may i ask plse is it the newer D4 ie, 2016 , that also needs a complete module to be replaced to prevent theft via cloning plse
Thks again
5th Apr 2022 1:54 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
Posts: 10683
I believe that was their fix to theft problems.
5th Apr 2022 4:49 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
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As always very grateful @pete , do u know if it’s possible to fit on any MY D4 or just a certain period please , many thks
5th Apr 2022 8:25 pm
Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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I don’t know sorry. You would think all
6th Apr 2022 4:22 am
gstuart
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