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Land Rover Freelander 2 2007 - Came in completely dead - Fixed #

Posted by Shaun Dale on August 11, 2016, 11:40 am

Year of Manufacture *: 2007

This vehicle came to me completely "dead".
The RAC guy reported that part of the CJB got very hot. Following on his footsteps I find the 5V regulator is the cause of the heat. More checking shows the 5V line is shorted to ground and I suspect the Processor is the culprit. End of that avenue then!
A new unit is £841+vat, over a grand to the customer. Used units are available on the well known auction site. Is possible to program a previously used CJB into one of these? As it's a Ford item I expect it would use their in-code, out-code system, is that correct?

Re: Land Rover Freelander 2

Posted by James McCallum <iframe src='https://members4.boardhost.com/ukautotalk/info/user=ukat3974' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2016, 9:42 am, in reply to "Land Rover Freelander 2"
James McCallum

Hi Shaun, I have spoken to teh guys at work, they say the chassis is locked to the unit so not possible. Possibly you could get it virginised?
Hopefully this helps

Re: Land Rover Freelander 2

Posted by Shaun Dale <iframe src='https://members4.boardhost.com/ukautotalk/info/user=UKAT2719' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 12, 2016, 10:19 am, in reply to "Re: Land Rover Freelander 2"
Shaun Dale

Thank you James,
I've talked to a couple of LR techs and they agree that a used unit cannot be refitted. Also found a document on the net that explains how the Car Configuration File system works and that confirms it. I never thought about getting it virginised though, I'll see if I can find anyone offering that service.
Shaunie.

Fixed #

Posted by Shaun Dale on November 17, 2016, 10:07 am, in reply to "Re: Land Rover Freelander 2"
Edited by board administrator November 18, 2016, 11:37 am

Bit the bullet, bought a new unit, got the vehicle lifted and taken to the dealers who programmed it.
A large part of the problem was that the key is in the passenger door and with the driver's door deadlocked I could not get the interior trim out of the way to remove the steering lock. It was lucky that the steering was nearly straight or it would have been a hell of a job to get it on the recovery truck.
Shaun.

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