FWIW, PowerfulUK now has the US spec Activity Key if you can't find it local: Link.

 

I just called my local dealer to order an Activity Key for my 2020 110 Defender and they told me that JLR has stopped production of them…not citing a reason (the parts clerk’s opinion was “low sales”). I loved mine on my Discovery. Can anyone confirm this?

 

I bought mine on eBay. It says it is for a Range Rover, vice Defender. Works fine. Had it now for 2 years and use it all the time. Just getting the less than informed service department to program it in, that and they want $265 for the service. Then there is the policy of not installing customer supplied parts they dredge up. Be prepared to show that the parts department cannot get it.

 

Tell me more What year Defender do you have? Apparently- again, according to my parts department - it is only affecting 2020’s. Just seems odd to me.

 

Yeah, there is a lot of bad information with the service departments on the Activity Key. There are two models of the key, not counting FCC vs CE frequencies. The model before 2020 needed a special module installed in the car, it was not a watch but just a band. Many service departments think that is still the case. I was told this myself by no fewer than three service departments. So the easy way to check is put the driver's seat fully forward and open the hatch on the floor. and see if you have a KVM module. All the new cars have this and it is comparable with the newer Activity Key, and your regular key fob for that matter. They are essentially, from a vehicle locking and unlocking, starting point of view. So if this is the suite of items in your car and works with your car then the shown Activity Key should work. So your service and parts department are not idiots, but merely ignorant of the systems installed in the car, making them appear as prize idiots. Or is that the same thing?

 

Thank you for shedding some light. A couple of questions:
1) If, “all new cars have this”; why do I need to check under the seat to see if I have the KVM module? (I have a 2020 Defender…is that not “new?”

2) When I was talking with the parts department he was very clear that we were talking about the newer, “watch-style” Activity Key. Not the older, non-display Activity Key (which I have on my Disco V)

3) When he entered my VIN, the Activity Key came up as “No Longer Available “

4) I do currently have Keyless Entry (if that is a question)

So, trying to figure out why the Activity Key would be “No Longer Availble” for my particular VIN.

 

Yes even on my 2022, I had the special person from one of the dealers say the same lunacy. Funny mine seems to work, in spite of the VIN parts match up. Let us give them a break and see if you have some other funny model of the KVM module. Who knows, perhaps your Defender came in through a portal from a parallel universe. Really there are no screws or anything to check your module, just pull up the hatch with the cleverly attached web pull loop. Yes, the keyless entry should be the same if you have that style fob. Again, just peek and see if you have the module, click a pic and explain it to them. Like I mentioned, just buy one on eBay, even if it says on its little electronic face, Range Rover, or even Discovery, it will still work. Mine came in the original Land Rover box and had the very same part number. I did change out the fruity rubber band it came with. They all have the same KVM module. It is a matter of getting the Land Rover Maintenance software to force them to recognize it. Apparently it is the addition of the $265 is what forces it to recognize the Activity Key, it is what did the trick with mine. Or if you have access to a GAP II tool, you can do it a home. Even Jags have that very same module.

Your in luck, still had the box with the part number right on it.

 

You can change the Logo on the watch to Land Rover, Range Rover, Jaguar, or SV.

 

Well thank you for that! May have to try it when I get back from South Africa in May. Meanwhile I am trapped in the airport to airport to airport existence.

 

I thought the activity key required some dealership input whereby they had to be the ones to activate at a nice hefty price.

Am I reading correctly that one can buy the key on eBay or elsewhere and program it to the vehicle with GAP IID tool?

Sorry if this has been covered but I'm just not clear on the process.