Land Rover Discovery Sport ECU Clone Service

What this service is

A Land Rover Discovery Sport ECU clone is the fast path through a failed PCM. Instead of waiting on a dealer-ordered replacement and paying for the SDD / Pathfinder programming required to pair it with the BCM and immobilizer, we clone your original ECU’s complete memory onto the donor you provide and ship it back ready to plug and start.

Clone-only service — you supply both ECUs. This service requires two units: your failed original ECU and a matching donor ECU (same manufacturer part number and hardware revision), both supplied by you. We clone your original’s data onto your donor and ship it back. Not sure which donor matches? Email us a photo of your failed ECU label first and we confirm compatible part numbers before you buy a donor.

How to source a compatible donor

The donor does not need to come from a car with the same VIN or mileage — after cloning it carries your original data. What it does need to match exactly:

• Same manufacturer part number on the label
• Same hardware revision suffix (AA / AB / AC, or PCB rev number where printed)
• Same Bosch / Continental / Delphi / Denso hardware code where applicable

Good donor sources: eBay Motors, Car-Part.com, local salvage yards with parts-lookup, and make-specific forums / Facebook groups. Send us the label photo before you buy and we’ll pre-clear it.

Discovery Sport ECU platforms by year

• 2015–2017 L550 (pre-Ingenium)
  • 2.0 Si4 petrol (Ford EcoBoost) — Bosch MED17.2.3
  • 2.2 SD4 TD4 (Ford Duratorq) — Bosch EDC17CP55
• 2018+ L550 (Ingenium family)
  • P200 / P250 / P290 petrol — Bosch MED17.8.31
  • D150 / D180 / D200 / D240 diesel — Bosch EDC17CP55 / MD1CP014 (48V MHEV models)
  • P300e PHEV — Bosch MDG1CP014 plus dedicated EV inverter controller
• 2020 facelift onwards — same Ingenium engine lineup, updated gateway (SGM) but same ECU families

Common Discovery Sport part-number prefixes

Discovery Sport ECUs use Land Rover / Jaguar numbering: FK72-12A650-xxx, GK72-12A650-xxx, JPLA-12A650-xxx, LR1xxxxxx. Bosch-supplied units carry 0 281 0xx xxx (diesel) or 0 261 S0x xxx (petrol). Matching both is what lets the clone pair with the BCM without programming.

How the Discovery Sport clone works

1. Email us the label first (recommended). Send a photo of your failed ECU’s part-number label and we confirm the exact donor part numbers that will work — before you spend money on a donor.
2. You source a matching donor. Buy a compatible used ECU yourself through eBay Motors, Car-Part.com, or a salvage yard with parts-lookup. Must match manufacturer part number and hardware revision.
3. Mail us BOTH units together — your failed original ECU AND the matching donor you sourced, shipped in the same box with your order number. Prepaid return label available on request.
4. We bench-read your original — full flash plus EEPROM (immobilizer secret, VIN, mileage, learned values) captured intact. Most “dead” units can still be read on the bench.
5. We clone onto your donor — your donor is blanked, then your original’s flash and EEPROM are written one-for-one.
6. Bench verification — every clone is simulated before it ships. Immobilizer bytes, VIN string, and odometer confirmed to match.
7. We ship your cloned donor back — 24-hour turnaround from when both units arrive. Plug in, turn the key, drive.

What’s preserved

• Immobilizer / BCM pairing → existing key works
• VIN across ECU, BCM, cluster, InControl
• Mileage, throttle and transmission learn (ZF 9HP)
• Injector coding and DPF regen data on diesels
• MHEV / PHEV-specific integration where applicable

Pricing and warranty

$200 flat. Clone work only — donor ECU must be supplied by you. Nationwide mail-in. 24-hour bench turnaround. 12-month warranty. Email a photo of the ECU label plus your Discovery Sport’s year and engine code — we confirm compatibility before you ship.

Watch how our bench service works

How our ECU clone service works. Bench demonstration on GM — the read/write method is identical on your Land Rover.