'96 Landrover Discovery Broken Key In Door Lock

Can you pick it out with a pair of tweezers? I know someone who had a busted ignition lock in a Disco, about that era. Cost them $800 for a new one. I've a friend thats a locksmith. Nothing he could do for it. But they should be able to cut a key if they can get the blank. Have you tried your local Land Rover dealer with the VIN number?

Good luck. Hope they're not stuck in Wilcannia.

Hi there,

We have a landrover Disco 97 actually, and I have just found out how really expensive they are to repair, ours is in at the moment to have it's motor reconditioned something to do with a boar sleave, valves and bearings total cost is going to be $4500.00, and I still feel sick just thinking about it all. But as for keys we have a spare that just looks like it has been cut at a standard mister miniute, and it starts the car ok.....Also try joining the following forum for advice (it was really helpfull to me just lately) cause you don't allways have to go to Landrover they are as dear as poison......

Sorry for rambling but hope I have been of some help.

Not sure if it will help, but mate of mine uses a ground down hacksaw blade with a tiny little hook on the end to extract broken keys. I have used to extract broken keys from padlocks, should work the same on a car door. If you can extract it you may be able yo get it copied
Cheers Pete

There is a MASTER Locksmith at Vermont South Shopping Centre, Burwood Hwy Melbourne that is able to duplicate electronic keys for about $80.00. You will need the broken bit though, or perhaps the whole lock with broken key still in it. Will also need the old electronic bit of the key as he copies the codes from the old and writes them to the new blank. I got one for my Mercedes Sprinter, saved me many hundreds of dollars.

Hope that helps Avro

Hi Neil.

Another forum where you will find plenty of help is Australian Land Rover Owners - www.aulro.com

Not sure exactly on the key configuration for the D1, but for the D2 which I have, your daughter can get a new key from a Land Rover dealership. She will need to provide proof of ownership and the vehicle's VIN number.

Should not need to get anything re-programmed, as you can remove the electronics from the original key fob and install into the new one (may need a locksmith or get the Land Rover dealer to do this). This all assumes that she can get the broken bit out of the door lock, otherwise this lock barrel will also have to be replaced. Any decent locksmith should be able to get the broken bit out of the door lock.

Best of luck .............. BM

Res.q.guy,
We lost a set of Keys for a S1 98 disco and had them replaced.
Cost me about $300, but taht included the donlge for to immobiliser repair.
I purchased the Key blank at land rover and took it to the lock smith. He was able to cut the key from the key number. One of me key sets had a small grey tag with 4 digits on it, these were the numbers used to ID the key. I'd expect Massaro's would be able to chase donw this code for you if you dont have it.
Paul.

Try Superguing the key stub onto the key bit in the lock - then do a straight pull.