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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / May 2006

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P38 woes

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Nigel Hewitt - 13 May 2006 15:57 GMT
I'm getting to the point of pouring petrol on the thing and torching it.

The alarm has gone potty. (again)
I have three keys and none of them work wirelessly.
They won't resync so maybe the radio receiver is bust???
It won't let me enter the keycode - I go through the sequence with
a lot of beeping but it never unlocks.
Turn the key and as you open the door the alarm sounds.
Turning the door key does not cancel the alarm only pulling the battery
terminal prevents the full 60 seconds neighbourhood entertainment.

Is it possible to have the alarm deinstalled?
Preferably with an axe.
I just want it to work like cars use too.
I can live without central locking and alarms.
Dammit I'm living without proper suspension.

nigelH
P38 4.6 HSE 1996
Mark C. - 14 May 2006 13:30 GMT
Sorry to hear your probs again Nigel!!!!  hope u get it sorted soon!   -
for the sake of your sanity!

MC

> I'm getting to the point of pouring petrol on the thing and torching it.
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> P38 4.6 HSE 1996
Nigel Hewitt - 15 May 2006 15:16 GMT
> Sorry to hear your probs again Nigel!!!!  hope u get it sorted soon!   -
> for the sake of your sanity!

Caffyns sent a flatbed to take it away.
I can see this being a two valium bill....

nigelH
Mark C. - 15 May 2006 22:33 GMT
ouch , plz keep us updated.  sorry to be no help

>> Sorry to hear your probs again Nigel!!!!  hope u get it sorted soon!   -
>> for the sake of your sanity!
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Uncle Geoff - 16 May 2006 16:33 GMT
Hi
You sure its your car?
Regards

> ouch , plz keep us updated.  sorry to be no help
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Nigel Hewitt - 16 May 2006 18:04 GMT
> Hi
> You sure its your car?

Point...

I haven't noticed another Grey Rangie in the road so probably it is.
Would explain the alarms though...

nigelH
Jack - 20 May 2006 00:40 GMT
> I'm getting to the point of pouring petrol on the thing and torching it.
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> P38 4.6 HSE 1996

Nigel:

I was to understand that the dealer had to reset the keys. Have you tried
this?

Jack
Andy Cunningham - 20 May 2006 09:35 GMT
Jack nearly made me spill my Shiraz on 20/05/2006 00:40 by writing:

> Nigel:
>
> I was to understand that the dealer had to reset the keys. Have you
> tried this?

No, there is no dealer reset for the keys on the P38A.

>> I'm getting to the point of pouring petrol on the thing and torching it.
>>
>> The alarm has gone potty. (again)
>> I have three keys and none of them work wirelessly.

>> They won't resync so maybe the radio receiver is bust???

Are you sure you've followed the correct resync process.  It does vary
from year to year.

>> It won't let me enter the keycode - I go through the sequence with
>> a lot of beeping but it never unlocks.

And are you sure you're getting it right.  Again, for some MY's the
process is slightly different.  And is there any possibility the keys
have been changed at some point in the past, or a new BeCM installed?

>> Is it possible to have the alarm deinstalled?

No, it's part of the BeCM and can't be removed.  Sorry.

The alarm system is the weak point of the P38A - it's got really crap
diagnostics, so you're often trying to figure things out in the dark.
You can check whether the BeCM is getting a valid code or not
diagnostically, and that should let you know how to proceed.
There are ways of extracting the right EKA from the BECM; drop me a mail
(replace "spam" with "andy") if you need to speak to someone who can help.

Andy
 
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