My suggestions for P38 New Owners

Описание: Here are my suggestions for any new P38 owner.

1. New Battery - get the strongest battery that is an option for the P38 at your local auto parts store. They will look up the P38 and give you a list of options. Go with the strongest batter.

2. New engine bay Fuze Box. These go bad. It is easier to spend a little money on preventive maintenance before they go bad and it will not start.

3. New drivers door actuator. The micro switches go bad in these. My opinion is one goes bad due to the plastic arm that pushes it down to does not push in the micro switch dead on. Instead it is a glancing blow and ends up ripping the rubber of the microswitch over years of use.

4. New fob. Unfortunately Land Rover does not make working replacement fobs for the 315 mhz (North American). There is only one company who has broken the code and can create a replacement fob for you. (Classic Rides North Whales) I had the fob key code so it was easy for them. Your experience may be different. Here is the link.

https://crnw.co.uk/index.html

Reason for needing a fob. The issue will come one day if the alarm for some reason is set off. The only way to turn off the alarm is with a fob or using the EKA code and process with the physical key and the drivers door lock. The issue for USA P38 drivers is the EKA option was not automatically turned on in the BeCM. The individual dealers needed to turn it on and give the BeCM a code. Many of the dealers gave the generic code of 1515. But there is no way to know if your P38 has an EKA code without sending it off and have it "unlocked." Yes a Nanocom will show you the setting if the EKA is enabled or disabled. But if it is "locked" it shows as disabled.

I have 2 sets of BeCM, ECU and Instrument panels. Both have the code 1515 and I have had to use this code on each set. The "unlocked" BeCM shows the setting as enabled when connected up the the Nanocom. The BeCM that is still "locked" shows this setting as disabled when connected to the Nanocom even though I have used 1515 to get it out of the alarm state.

The point is without the fob if your alarm goes off your P38 has the risk of becoming a brick. If you unplug the battery while the alarm is off the BeCM goes into a Lockout setting and has to be sent off to be taken out of this state.

Save yourself of this issue and get a working fob. And of course who wouldn't rather use a remote to unlock the door vs. using a physical key.

As for the air suspension, I think that is personal preference. Mine is on coils and I have no issues. It would be nice to have air suspension but the user needs to troubleshoot and often make small repairs.