Land Rover Repair: landrover wont start, starter solenoid, car button

Question
I had my rover parked and the battery out for almost 8 months.  Just had it serviced and was running great.  Put new battery in it to give to my daughter and it wont turn over.  I sense some sort of lock out.  The lights, radio, ac, all work.  Not the locks oith the key or with the in car button.  I can hear a click at the automatic gear box as pointed out in the owners manual when the Manual mode light and the Sport light flash together this might have a problem??????????????

Answer
Hi Richard,

sounds like Passive Immobilisier was enabled.  If you open the door with key and then turn the ignition to position II - do you have a solid alarm led?  Only LR can fix this, if its true.  BeCM and security - a bug if you ask me - I think they can reprogram the BeCM to fix this.

How's the state of your starter solenoid?  Gas cap on tight?  No water deposits in long standing tank?

Passive Immob. workaround:  If you unlock your vehicle and jump in and start engine within x seconds, you might get it going...I think its 10 or 20 seconds.  I think it's a european feature that is not activated in US...at least not on purpose.

M & S light may be another problem - neutral switch or harness may have water damage; fix is to replace one or the other.  If it's related it could be the BeCM (Body electronic Computer Module).  Again, a shop with LR testing equipment should find this problem.

Best of luck,
JohnM