Member Since: 09 Mar 2014
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 4
MY2012 D4 "pebble" key.
So, some months ago my good lady wife mislaid one of our D4 keys. It's an HSE model so the key has a memory function for seats mirrors and the whole keyless entry malarkey. The car is in for servicing so I asked for a quote for a new key.
Apparently, at some secret point in the 2012 model year, Landrover changed the protocols so that you couldn't just programme a new key, but had to replace the receiving box (with a special name that I can't remember). If it's just the key and programming I need it's an eye watering £269. If it's the key and the receiving box with the special name, it's an excruciating £689!
Does anyone have any light to shed on this or am I stuffed?
6th Mar 2017 4:18 pm
DrRobH
Member Since: 10 Oct 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 924
You in the AA? Some policies have lost key cover Visitor from fullfatrr.com
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I've not got fancy seat memory thing on mine, but I have programmed a replacement key for my 2013 D4 with the IID pro Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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6th Mar 2017 7:55 pm
discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1477
I think that one of the things LR did was to make the keyless module (KVM) read only at some point so that keys couldn't be added without replacing it. I do know that I was able to add a key to my 2010 and I can't to my 2016 using my IID tool. I thought that it was much later when the KVM was made read only - more like 2014. I'm sure someone will know better when the KVM was changed to read only.
Get a secondhand key (I might have one for sale ) and a forum sponsor with an IID pro to try it for you - probably the only way you are going to know if you need to replace the KVM is to get a key and try it.
Secondhand keys go for £20 - £50 and I'm sure a visiting sponsor with the IID tool wouldn't charge much more to attempt to pair it to the car for you.
7th Mar 2017 9:36 am
wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14368
keys have nothing to do with the seat memory anymore ..that was on the D3 ..not the D4
should not be a problem to pair a new key with IIDG4 Gone ...but not forgotten
7th Mar 2017 10:07 am
discoteca
Member Since: 08 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
Posts: 1477
Well you certainly can't do it on a 2016 using the IID.
7th Mar 2017 10:10 am
2ndyouth
Member Since: 09 Mar 2014
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 4
That's it, a "KVM" box. According to my dealer, at some time in the 2012 model year Landrover decided to make it impossible to pair a new key to the KVM for security reasons. The exact point or VIN from which this happened is a Landrover secret - presumably so that the criminal classes can't steal cars based on VIN.
I bought mine in March 2012 and I guess it had been in the dealers showroom for a few weeks at that point. Maybe I'm lucky and I can still pair a new key to it.
I live in Haywards Heath, anyone know where I can procure a new key locally at less than dealer prices and get it paired?
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