Land Rover Repair: Becm 1998 4.6 HSe Range rover, door latch, die grinder
Questionsomeone at a repair shop super locked my vehicle and there isn't a remote. now my vehicle is immobilized and wont start. codes looks like they have been switched to Europe instead of US per mechanic. Pls help!!! also, will a becm just quick working without notice?
AnswerWhen an older Rover is super locked we usually take off the rear door, and reach in the opening and cut the striker with a die grinder. Then we replace the latch. If the key won't release it that is the cure. I suspect the problem is that the latch failed. That's all too common. As to the immobilization - you should be able to fit a new then insert the key and turn to lock while pressing lock 5 seconds. Turn to unlock and press unlock 5 seconds. That should reset the security and sync the remote again. This is probably simply a failed door latch problem, not a BECM failure given what you have written. As such, I doubt if anyone is to blame. They just break.
Once that is done, a shop with the T4 or Autologic could check the BECM coding but there is no setting for "Europe" so I'm not sure what they were trying to tell you.