When I bought my 2018 RRS recently it only came with one key unfortunately. My local main dealer quoted me £800 for a replacement key. Once I picked myself off the floor I tried a few local independent firms who said they couldn’t make one due to the type of key LR started using in around 2018.

Does anyone know of anyone (ideally in the South West) who could produce me a spare key at a good price? Any help would be really appreciated.

My second fob isn't working. I've replaced the battery etc and it's still not working.

Luckily I have key replacement with my RAC cover, so going through the very easy route of getting a new one. I have to upload V5 and certificate of insurance and they then send out a locksmith. He'll no doubt confirm it's LR replacement only and it'll then be over to LR to sort.

Your car will probably have come with 2 keys initially, so one appears to have been lost. If you have breakdown cover with key replacement it should step in and sort you out.

The LR software can show how many keys are coded to the car and then simply delete the missing key, so it no longer works and assign a new key, which they will programme, cut etc.

I'll report back on my experience, but hopefully it's useful info.

Let us know how you get on (assuming you have key cover).

Hi Jonny

Unfortunately I don’t have key cover. Wouldn’t be covered anyway as I bought it with the one key. It’s crazy how so many key firms I’ve contacted haven’t bothered to even respond or quote me.

I saw a firm called LR-Chip who are based in the South East (a long way from me) who are stating £200-£450 for a key on their website. They do activations and retro fits so may kill two birds with one stone. Have you heard any feedback on them on here by any chance? Cheers

No knowledge of them I'm afraid. Does your household insurance cover you for lost keys ? I always add key cover on to any breakdown policy these days, as you can often negotiate it for free at renewal time.

If your car came with two keys originally (check with JLR, although you may need to take it in for them to check) and one is lost then the breakdown co may be sympathetic to a claim for a lost key. RAC outsource to a company called Davies Group, similar to the way insurance co's outsource straight to Autoglass etc.

I'd have thought "losing" a key would be something the insurance co would need to know about anyway, otherwise what's to stop some n'er do well selling a car with one key, retaining the other and then going and half inching the motor off the drive in the dead of night ?

Does the 2nd key just need resyncing to the car?

https://www.rangerovers.net/threads/key-sync.352248/

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Update

Michael from wevegotthekey.co.uk turned up at 09.10. By 09.40 he’d programmed a new key and cut a new blade for it. Total cost - zilch.

I asked him about a 2018 Rangey and he said he can do that but it’s a little more involved, as it involves modules, but eminently doable.

I’d suggest giving them a call, explain the situation and see what they would quote. RAC paid them £220 all in for mine, including call out, new fob and blank blade and programming.

If anyone else only has 1 key because they’ve lost the other and has key cover with RAC or AA etc it was a very swift and pleasant experience.

Hi, just to add my 2p worth here wrt how to program a new key, in case it helps anyone...We recently bought a MY13 RRS from an auction site and it turned up with just the one key (but had 3 programmed to it i now know). I have an autel maxi AP200 which does most things and says it should be able to add keys but function was greyed out - tried loads of things including regressing to previous versions of the app but nothing worked.

In the end i investigated the SDD route - got a VM (virtual machine) image of v130 from the nice chaps at Jag forums and it programmed a new (aftermarket for £20 - not sure if it would work with a genuine second hand one....may try) one in seconds via a cheap ripoff mongoose cable. If you have a spare laptop that can run oracle's virtualbox, then this method could get you a new key (without the cut metal blade) for about £60 and i've heard my car is hard to program so if it can do mine...

Happy to give anyone some guidance if interested.