chicane: "Well I have gone to three different hardware stores and had 5 keys made and the net result is I have 4 keys that open the door and 1 that turns the ignition. Time to call a locksmith."
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What I have found, is that often the key cutters are able to cut one side of key, which works fine, but key has to be put in door/ignition only one way. When the key cutter tries to cut key on both sides, he has trouble lining up one side in his cutter, so is unable to properly cut that side of key, so key will still work one way, but not the opposite way, when in lock. Sometimes they can cut both sides properly, but often just by sheer accident in cutting them. Skilled locksmiths, on the other hand, can cut both sides of key, without problems encountered by your "average" hardware store key cutter.

 

OR...I could just do this:
https://landroverforums.com/forum/di...ock-fix-35422/

 

Am I missing something? You'd still have a broken key?

 

Read my comments about the keys that I just had made then read this guys write up. It is not the keys that are broken.

 

What?

You posted up this thread about getting a new key. Then you got keys made and they didn't work(read: weren't cut properly, or didn't have the correct shoulder)

I am confused about how incorrect keys not starting your car have anything to do with a guy who had a Land Rover key not work perfectly in his truck?

 

OK, so we can get spare keys for $7.59.
We can get remotes for $45-50 (used).
We can get keys cut for $3.

So is anyone on the forum able/willing to program keys? Can it be done without the presence of the vehicle??

 

It requires the vehicle. There are four locations in the computer memory of the BCU for the remotes. When you program for the new remote, you are basically putting the key's code in the BCU.

I'll program remotes for anyone local to me.

 

So is renting/using one self explanatory? Would some entrepreneurial Forum member be willing to rent them out (Deposit - rental fee returned after equipment is returned)? This topic comes up fairly regularly and it's not worth buying the equipment for most, and alternatives are pricey! Also, the only rental I've seen is UK-based which is a time constraint and added shipping cost.

 

It's pretty easy on nanocom, a little more difficult on hawkey, but not too bad.

I've got too much money into mine for rental purposes. I'd need close to the entire replacement cost as a deposit, so that no one is tempted to keep it, and most people wouldn't be willing to do that.

 

"So is anyone on the forum able/willing to program keys? Can it be done without the presence of the vehicle??"
" It requires the vehicle. There are four locations in the computer memory of the BCU for the remotes. When you program for the new remote, you are basically putting the key's code in the BCU."
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Jafir is 100% correct; accurate--you are, in reality, programming the BCU; not the key fob.