Land Rover Repair: Becm 1998 4.6 HSe Range rover, door latch, die grinder


Question
someone  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?

Answer
When 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.