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Smart Key Battery Life?

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Old Jun 9, 2011, 08:02 AM
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Mines been telling me my batteries are low for months.
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Old Jun 9, 2011, 09:50 AM
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I just replaced both of mine yesterday, its like changing a battery in garage opener, just need cr2032 from target or something lol.
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Old Jun 9, 2011, 10:37 AM
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i think because its sending signals all the time compared to a regular remote , the battery life is quite a bit shorter.
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Old Jun 9, 2011, 11:43 AM
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Yea obviously the battery will drain faster on the smart key because it is almost always sending out a signal.

The one key I use yells at me most of the time now. '08 with 30k miles.
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Old Jun 9, 2011, 11:51 AM
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First one died a few months ago. ~3 years from manufacturing date.
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Old Jun 9, 2011, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Noize
First one died a few months ago. ~3 years from manufacturing date.
Since I still had the picture of yours on my phone... i went ahead and replaced the one i use all the time because the lock/unlock/arming range has gone to poop.

So, first replacement at 2,500 miles for me It was a left over 2010 though.
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Old Jun 9, 2011, 08:42 PM
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i've had my 2008 for a little over 2 year now and the "low battery life" light for the key just started showing up in may
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Old Jun 10, 2011, 08:53 PM
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Mine started giving me the replace message last month. It was right at 3 years of daily driving use. I must of had ~40k miles on the car. The funny thing is both my remotes went at the same time. One from every day use and the other from just sitting in a cabinet.

Easy to replace though.
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Old Jun 10, 2011, 09:54 PM
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good info. I have an 08 with 40000 and mines still good so far.
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Old Jun 12, 2011, 07:46 AM
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i have daily driven mine for 2 and a half years and about a week ago i got the low battery message. not too bad of a life span for it.
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Old Jul 10, 2011, 12:14 PM
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I just got the flash indicator for low key battery on my dash last night.......mine lasted 3yrs and 5 months. Not too shabby! Will be replacing it today.
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Old Aug 1, 2011, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by beetle_orange
3 years and 2 months / 8500 miles and still on original batteries.

No wonder, You have to use the car not look at it lol. I have 09 with 61000kms and my range is noticably shorter than what it used to be.
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Old Aug 21, 2011, 05:39 PM
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[quote=rmondoh;9384196]The funny thing is both my remotes went at the same time. One from every day use and the other from just sitting in a cabinet.

LMAO same here!
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Old Aug 21, 2011, 05:43 PM
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Mine started giving the message just over 2 years! Meeh, it's like an under $10 battery. Don't go to the dealership, they will want $30-40!
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Old Aug 22, 2011, 01:43 PM
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Had to replace mine in January with about 15k miles on it. It's an 08.
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