Intermittant failure opening the doors and start the engine
 

I do have a challenge to you all. The Landrover workshop guys have not been able to solve the problem: So now it is up to you, please.
I have a 1996 Disco I
The handsett (fob) usually works perfect, but then suddenly, when parking trying to lock the doors or when trying to open the doors after parking, the fobs does not work.
I can open the doors with the door code but I cannot start the engine because the immobilizer has not got the right info from the theft alarm.
After moving the car or after waiting suddenly it does start again, and may work without problems for days. parking in the same spot is no problem (i.e.: no interference from radio transmissions) And then normally under the worst conditions (full car going on holiday or in cats-and-dogs rain it does not work.

The LR guys have tried replacing the radio receiver part, the fobs, almost everything Nothing works - until the Disco decides to be kind again. It has by now spent almost three months in the workshop.

So it is not interference, it is not week batteries in the fobs.
Sometimes (but could be coincidal) it happend more often in burning sun (I am speaking about 30 degs C pluss) or in wet weather.

I have given up as have the LR guys.
But I think it should be possible to ground the starting solenoid and bypass the blocking of the fuel pump, so I could start the Disco when it is in bad moods. But how?
No, i do not want anyone to give an answer in the forum, but if there is anyone out there that knows the answer I beg you to give the answer to my workshop guys so they can implement it.

As it is I do not dear to use the car becasue suddenly i am stranded in nowhere.

Please, I am on the verge of crying........
Thanks.

RE: Intermittant failure opening the doors and start the engine
 

I have no idea (bump).

RE: Intermittant failure opening the doors and start the engine
 

Whatever.... your photo is great if I can see it through the tears.
Imagine my Disco has to be alone on Xmas in the Workshop. Sic transit.....

RE: Intermittant failure opening the doors and start the engine
 

I'm a newbie here, but is there anyway for the shop to totally dis-engage the antitheft and only use the key to unlock the truck?

RE: Intermittant failure opening the doors and start the engine
 

Yeah, what does "I can open the doors with the door code mean ? I have a '96 Disco I SD model, and the only way tounlock the doors is with the remote fob or just stick the key in it and turn.Is this strickly an anit-theft system problem ? If so, there's got to be a way to kill it and still have your remote door locking system work. Can you just use the key in the door without the remote locking ?

RE: Intermittant failure opening the doors and start the engine
 

I have a 99 TD5 Series II and almost exactly the same problems.

The service agent cannot solve the problem and I have learnt to live with it.

I find repeated pushing the fob button can sometimes open the door and start the car but if not I have to use the door code and start the car within 10 secs orit will not start.

Note the procedure in the manual for starting the car using the door code is not correct.