View Poll Results: Life of Smart Key Battery
< 1 yr
7
10.14%
< 2 yr
24
34.78%
< 3 yr
26
37.68%
< 4 yr
12
17.39%
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Smart Key Battery Life?
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Jun 8, 2011, 01:59 PM
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It's the same battery as on mother boards. Take a tiny flat head screw driver and carefully pry the 2 halves apart. There is a little box indent where you will place the screw driver to pry. Once the 2 halves come apart put in the new battery.
Careful though because the battery that comes standard is thicker than the new battery you will buy. I had to put a small folded up piece of paper on the battery to make sure it kept touching the terminals.
Careful though because the battery that comes standard is thicker than the new battery you will buy. I had to put a small folded up piece of paper on the battery to make sure it kept touching the terminals.
Jun 8, 2011, 02:55 PM
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It's the same battery as on mother boards. Take a tiny flat head screw driver and carefully pry the 2 halves apart. There is a little box indent where you will place the screw driver to pry. Once the 2 halves come apart put in the new battery.
Careful though because the battery that comes standard is thicker than the new battery you will buy. I had to put a small folded up piece of paper on the battery to make sure it kept touching the terminals.
Careful though because the battery that comes standard is thicker than the new battery you will buy. I had to put a small folded up piece of paper on the battery to make sure it kept touching the terminals.
The CMOS battery off your MB will still work though. But I suppose if we looked up the actual battery part #. You wouldn't need a paper to fill the void.
But thanks for the advice on how to take it apart since I haven't bother trying yet.
Jun 9, 2011, 01:05 AM
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gonna be a year in august and I drive it everyday. I use the key all the time locking/unlocking and the battery on the key is still going. If your battery i s dying fast the battery came with it might be crappy compared to the other ones... its just luck you know. Easy replacement though... Just hit the dealer and ur done in a min.