Non responsive Discovery

WHB said:

My daily driver is a 2001 Discovery 2 TD5 that I’ve had for a number of years. I went to go out in it on Saturday only to find it wouldn’t respond to the key. I got the spare and had the same issue. I changed the battery in the ‘main’ key only to find the same thing. Both the main and spare flash the red light on pressing the buttons so I assume they are working properly. I unlocked the car manually but the car is still alarmed and immobilised and the alarm went off when I opened the door. No matter what combinations of locking and unlocking the car manually, the car remains alarmed and immobilised, unlocking the car manually stops the alarm sounding until I open the door. This has happened completely out of the blue and I’ve had no issues with it before, the car is automatic (if this makes any difference) and I’d welcome any thoughts and suggestions on how to remedy this, apart from throwing a match under it. This is my first thread as I’m new to the forum, thank you in advance.

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Si Click said:

Sounds as though the receiver may be dead. It is positioned underneath the headlining by the rear sunroof (if you have one) and are a plug and play replacement. You can turn off the alarm using the EKA code (if you know it), but make sure you follow the procedure in the Owners Manual accurately or it will not work. This includes the wait once you have input the code.

Once you get it fixed buy/borrow a Nanocom or Hawkeye diagnostic tool, go into the security settings and set the alarm to turn off with the key.

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ronsealdeath said:

+1 get EKA to open and check RF receiver.

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WHB said:

Thank you very much for the advice

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