[Confirmed Fix] 1999 Land Rover Discovery won’t crank - all signs point to missing code

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Need my 1999 Land Rover Discovery's key code to program a new transponder key

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Hope I’m not too late to try this on my 1999 Land Rover Discovery.

Struggling with the same issue on my 1999 Land Rover Discovery, following this thread.

Waiting to see if this will work on my 1999 Land Rover Discovery as well.

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