HELP - Elderly Neighbour lost both keys
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Elderly neighbour has lost both keys to his 2017 Range Rover Sport.
He has put them in a safe place in his house and then forgot where.
I helped him for a couple hours search without success (he has a 3k sq ft house which he has lived in for 50 years, so it is full of stuff)
Is there a tool/ scanner I can buy to help find them ?
Otherwise he is facing a £2.5k charge from JLR
He has put them in a safe place in his house and then forgot where.
I helped him for a couple hours search without success (he has a 3k sq ft house which he has lived in for 50 years, so it is full of stuff)
Is there a tool/ scanner I can buy to help find them ?
Otherwise he is facing a £2.5k charge from JLR
I’ve read/heard that it’s possible to unplug one of the car’s keyless antennas (assuming there’s one that’s accessible without unlocking, lots of cars have them in the bumper for example). Use a home made extension to enable you to walk round the house with the new extended antenna and have someone try the handles on the car whilst you walk.
At least this way you can narrow down a proximity to thoroughly search.
At least this way you can narrow down a proximity to thoroughly search.
From AI -
To find lost Range Rover keys, use a smartphone-connected Bluetooth tracker (like Tile by Life360) or an RF beeper, which costs around £19 to £30. Without an attached tracker, standard fobs lack internal GPS. If you've lost them completely, you'll need mobile JLR auto-locksmiths to access the KVM module and program a new key.
Good luck, a rather crappy predicament.
To find lost Range Rover keys, use a smartphone-connected Bluetooth tracker (like Tile by Life360) or an RF beeper, which costs around £19 to £30. Without an attached tracker, standard fobs lack internal GPS. If you've lost them completely, you'll need mobile JLR auto-locksmiths to access the KVM module and program a new key.
Good luck, a rather crappy predicament.
Timref81 said:
From AI -
To find lost Range Rover keys, use a smartphone-connected Bluetooth tracker (like Tile by Life360) or an RF beeper, which costs around £19 to £30. Without an attached tracker, standard fobs lack internal GPS. If you've lost them completely, you'll need mobile JLR auto-locksmiths to access the KVM module and program a new key.
Good luck, a rather crappy predicament.
Thanks, when you look deeper into it, it suggests the keys needs to had the tags pre connected to them.To find lost Range Rover keys, use a smartphone-connected Bluetooth tracker (like Tile by Life360) or an RF beeper, which costs around £19 to £30. Without an attached tracker, standard fobs lack internal GPS. If you've lost them completely, you'll need mobile JLR auto-locksmiths to access the KVM module and program a new key.
Good luck, a rather crappy predicament.
Wilmslowboy said:
Elderly neighbour has lost both keys to his 2017 Range Rover Sport.
He has put them in a safe place in his house and then forgot where.
I helped him for a couple hours search without success (he has a 3k sq ft house which he has lived in for 50 years, so it is full of stuff)
Is there a tool/ scanner I can buy to help find them ?
Otherwise he is facing a £2.5k charge from JLR
This story is very Wilmslow. Sorry I’m no help. He has put them in a safe place in his house and then forgot where.
I helped him for a couple hours search without success (he has a 3k sq ft house which he has lived in for 50 years, so it is full of stuff)
Is there a tool/ scanner I can buy to help find them ?
Otherwise he is facing a £2.5k charge from JLR
SpeckledJim said:
Wilmslowboy said:
Elderly neighbour has lost both keys to his 2017 Range Rover Sport.
He has put them in a safe place in his house and then forgot where.
I helped him for a couple hours search without success (he has a 3k sq ft house which he has lived in for 50 years, so it is full of stuff)
Is there a tool/ scanner I can buy to help find them ?
Otherwise he is facing a £2.5k charge from JLR
This story is very Wilmslow. Sorry I m no help. He has put them in a safe place in his house and then forgot where.
I helped him for a couple hours search without success (he has a 3k sq ft house which he has lived in for 50 years, so it is full of stuff)
Is there a tool/ scanner I can buy to help find them ?
Otherwise he is facing a £2.5k charge from JLR
......
SpeckledJim said:
In the freezer, next to the remote for the telly.
After reporting my phone lost, cancelling all my cards, applying for a new DL, tacho card and CPC card, I found my phone neatly in the rack, between the plates, in the dishwasher. Of course it had been through the longest cycle lol. 3 days after losing it. A problem you'll run into with new keys is that you dont have the old blade to copy, this means getting the code from LR to cut a blade that will fit. My wifes evoque was missing the blade when I wanted new keys coded by locksmith, added a few days and I think £200 extra. Supply and program 2 keys was £270 for total bill of £470.
Decky_Q said:
A problem you'll run into with new keys is that you dont have the old blade to copy, this means getting the code from LR to cut a blade that will fit. My wifes evoque was missing the blade when I wanted new keys coded by locksmith, added a few days and I think £200 extra. Supply and program 2 keys was £270 for total bill of £470.
The one we used had some sort of weird lock pick that copied the inside of the barrel and he just cut a key from that. New key and reprogrammed fob from a van in a carpark, no main dealer involved OK
Had this with my Mrs who's not , happily, forgetful or elderly, and is a mean gardener, I found the key under the seat as it had fallen out of her pocket.
Basically the car was open and would start and run , which told me the key was within the proximity of the sensor under the steering wheel, located it under the seat. JLR product as well.
For your situation, check under the sofa, and in a cluttered house, just trace the steps most frequently taken and places most frequently sat upon.Safe places for elderly people are oddly, places they're not usually familiar with, so you need to go off the beaten track as they say.
If he spends most of his time in the lounge, check the kitchen and so on, be counter intuitive. They will turn up.
Good luck and if all else fails, a 2017 RR isn't going to be an insurmountable challenge to a decent locksmith.
Had this with my Mrs who's not , happily, forgetful or elderly, and is a mean gardener, I found the key under the seat as it had fallen out of her pocket.
Basically the car was open and would start and run , which told me the key was within the proximity of the sensor under the steering wheel, located it under the seat. JLR product as well.
For your situation, check under the sofa, and in a cluttered house, just trace the steps most frequently taken and places most frequently sat upon.Safe places for elderly people are oddly, places they're not usually familiar with, so you need to go off the beaten track as they say.
If he spends most of his time in the lounge, check the kitchen and so on, be counter intuitive. They will turn up.
Good luck and if all else fails, a 2017 RR isn't going to be an insurmountable challenge to a decent locksmith.
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