Unfortunately when I bought my P38 recently it only came with one key.
I know the day will come when I can’t find the key or some other age-related misdemeanour!
What is the best route to obtain a spare?
Depends on what you want. If you want to proper original key and fob, it has to be ordered from Land Rover using your VIN as the key needs to be programmed for your car before they send it out to you, not cheap though. Alternatively, if you just want a dumb keyblade (or what they call a valet key), your local Timsons or other key cutting place can do it (it uses a BMW blank which they probably won't keep in stock). At least then you can get in the car, enter the EKA and drive it, you just won't have the remote operation.
Thank you for that.
If I go down the key blade route what is the EKA code and how do you enter it!
Emergency Key Access, the most important 4 digit number for any P38 owner. If, for whatever reason, the car cannot be unlocked with the remote fob and you resort to the old fashioned method of putting a bit of metal in the hole, it will unlock just the drivers door and will not turn off the immobiliser so you can get in but not start the car. To turn that off you enter the EKA by putting the key in the drivers door lock, turning to lock 4 times, then enter the first digit with the correct number of turns to unlock, second digit with turns to lock and so on. After entering all 4 digits a single turn to unlock unlocks the other doors and turns the immobiliser off so you can start the car. Alternatively, if you have a Nanocom you can plug that in and key in the EKA which does the same thing. It should be in the owners handbook if you have it, if you don't, an LR main dealer should be able to look your car up on their system and tell you what it is.
Thanks again.
I have the handbook so will look it up and hopefully it is in there. Happy days.
If you have it, do a test to make sure it is correct. If you lock with the fob and then unlock with the key, it will ask for the EKA. Enter it (instructions are also in the handbook, under Locks and Alarm) and make sure it works. If it does, great, if it doesn't then you just need to unlock with the fob again and that resets everything back to normal.