Problems with key - Massive bill

[Beechy]

Hi
I have a W reg Range Rover and recently i came home and the indicator lights were all permanently on, I locked and unlocked the car and it was all back to normal. Next I tried to drive it a couple days latter and it wouldnt start so I charged the Bat and tried again, at this point the car wouldnt open through the remote and when I tried to start it it said that the key wasnt coded or something like that. I was advised to do the syquence of opens and closed with the key in the drivers door but that didnt fix it. The car is now with a Land rover garage and they first replaced the door latch for £150 but that didnt fix it and have just told me they are going to install a new veichle controll unit (I think thats what it's called) at a cost of £767. Does this sound like a fair price and does it sound like it will fix my issue.

Thanks

[BLUETHUNDER]

Beechy said:

Hi
I have a W reg Range Rover and recently i came home and the indicator lights were all permanently on, I locked and unlocked the car and it was all back to normal. Next I tried to drive it a couple days latter and it wouldnt start so I charged the Bat and tried again, at this point the car wouldnt open through the remote and when I tried to start it it said that the key wasnt coded or something like that. I was advised to do the syquence of opens and closed with the key in the drivers door but that didnt fix it. The car is now with a Land rover garage and they first replaced the door latch for £150 but that didnt fix it and have just told me they are going to install a new veichle controll unit (I think thats what it's called) at a cost of £767. Does this sound like a fair price and does it sound like it will fix my issue.

Thanks

If they knew there stuff,then they would have been able to tell if it was a door ltch straight away.Not have a (guess)Then find out its not that and still charge you for it.I take it that by control unit,you mean BECM?.About £550-£600 is the going rate new from LR.There seams to be a lot of guess work going on here,and your paying the price for it.I would take it some where else and have it investigated thoroughly before you start parting with pound notes.

[Beechy]

I must admit I'm not filled with confidence. The door latch was apparently hiding the real issue. The garage i usualy use is about 20 miles away, do you think it's worth getting it recovered to a different garage?

[Triple7]

That's the trouble with main dealers today. They empoly 'technicians' as opposed to 'mechanics'. These days all they seem to be able to do is replace parts to see if it fixes it. I would take it somewhere else or get in writing that unless it resolves the problem, you will not pay for the part. That should make 'em concentrate a bit harder.

G

[David Beer]

My weather station would "wake up the BECM" result indicators on. Would also drain the battery, dealer could fix it ££££ !!! Simply remove the aerial from the alarm reciever, ok reduced range but never happened again. Of course yours may not be this problem, but it is very common !

Edited by David Beer on Wednesday 31st October 21:33

[Steve_D]

David Beer said:

My weather station would "wake up the BECM" result indicators on. Would also drain the battery, dealer could fix it ££££ !!! Simply remove the aerial from the alarm reciever, ok reduced range but never happened again. Of course yours may not be this problem, but it is very common !

Edited by David Beer on Wednesday 31st October 21:33

AA man told me a common problem can be RR broken down in petrol stations. Fix is to tow it off the forecourt and away from the transmitter which is connecting the till to a central company computer.

Steve

[pontypool]

Mine wouldn't start outside a hospital in Oxford(after I'd had an operation!), at a petrol forecourt and occasionally in Sainsbury's car park at Wandsworth Bridge. There is nothing wrong at all apart from these bloomin transmitter problems.

[David Beer]

So beechy, any info interesting?

[Noogly]

Any news yet then?

P38s do some "well weird" things when they get flat or low batteries. And they do that regularly! Last time I left mine for more than a week it had a "Gearbox Fault". Charged the battery and it went away. Miracle.

I think there was a fix for the RF interference issue from LR but just after the P38 had finished. I believe there's a better receiver unit you can get for the car that is not so prone to interference.

[BLUETHUNDER]

Noogly said:

Any news yet then?

P38s do some "well weird" things when they get flat or low batteries. And they do that regularly! Last time I left mine for more than a week it had a "Gearbox Fault". Charged the battery and it went away. Miracle.

I think there was a fix for the RF interference issue from LR but just after the P38 had finished. I believe there's a better receiver unit you can get for the car that is not so prone to interference.

When you have a low or flat battery.The first thing that it will throw up are gearbox fault and and T.C. failure.They are the first sensors that pick up very low voltage.

[Noogly]

BLUETHUNDER said:

Noogly said:

Any news yet then?

P38s do some "well weird" things when they get flat or low batteries. And they do that regularly! Last time I left mine for more than a week it had a "Gearbox Fault". Charged the battery and it went away. Miracle.

I think there was a fix for the RF interference issue from LR but just after the P38 had finished. I believe there's a better receiver unit you can get for the car that is not so prone to interference.

When you have a low or flat battery.The first thing that it will throw up are gearbox fault and and T.C. failure.They are the first sensors that pick up very low voltage.

Yeah, just about everyone seems to know what that error means by now, I often wonder why they never bothered with a "Low Battery" warning error light to come on first!
Maybe just a disclaimer about electrical gremlins in the front of the handbook would do the trick. Maybe the Land Rover logo gives that away?

Andy
(currently driving my 4th RR and still love 'em!)

Edited by Noogly on Sunday 4th November 23:22