Low Battery for Key Fob
 

Hi Gents,

Have got this once ourselves, when towing the van last week. Has not appeared since, hoping the van's electrics confused it! Sometimes you have to get up close to unlock the doors when the van's attached, fine without the van. Strange?

A colleague has got the same message a few times during the past few weeks. His played up a bit to open the car, but started the car ok. Now he has the key fob low battery on the Evic.

Advice on what to do please!

Has anyone changed their own battery successfully to gel with the car or is it a dealer (and I bet expensive), job?

Does it need changing straight away or wait for more warnings?

Thanks for the feedback and advice.

Cheers,
Sally

Gday sterling
Simple job to change the battery. Prise the key apart then slot the new battery in. One off those large flat watch type ones. Jaycar stock the correct one.
Silverfox

G/Day Sally, If your Getting the Evic msg, Change the Battery asap. It will save any Embarassment, You Can Do it Yourself, Make Sure you Buy ( I no you will ) a Top Quality Battery the No of battery is CR 1616 or CR 1620, My orig Battery was Panasonic, a cheapy might Last you a couple of Weeks

HI SF,

That easy? Does it work okay with all the functions on the car?

Cheers,
Sally

Hey thanks for the info Bob!

Onto it tomorrow!

Cheers fellas,
Sally

One more question....

How do you prise it apart?

Is it form the top, where the silver thing comes out?

Don't wanna wreck it trying!

Can someone please explain in detail the steps.

Thanks!
Sally

Pull the key out of the fob. Underneath you'll see a rectangular slot on the seam (not where the key goes). Just stick something of a suitable size in there and twist. Comes apart very easy. After you replace the battery, just push the two halves together firmly, job done.

Having said that, dealer did one for me once as it was due for a service anyway and (much to my surprise) just charged what a battery would cost me anyway.