Keyless entry remote battery dead at 6 months WTF!
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Keyless entry remote battery dead at 6 months WTF!
I never had a remote battery go dead so quickly!
All the cars I have had for the last 10 years had remotes for keyless entry and they all lasted for well over a year. My '99 Passat lasted for three years and was still working when I traded it for my Audi.
I opened it up to check for corrosion or something out of the ordinary but it was clean. Has anyone else had to replace the battery in their remotes yet?
All the cars I have had for the last 10 years had remotes for keyless entry and they all lasted for well over a year. My '99 Passat lasted for three years and was still working when I traded it for my Audi.
I opened it up to check for corrosion or something out of the ordinary but it was clean. Has anyone else had to replace the battery in their remotes yet?
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Had one of those key fob garage door openers and went through batterys every month until I found that with one pair of pants with really long, loose front pockets would allow my key ring to slide down the outside of thigh when I sat. This would push the button and wear it down quick. Found out by forgeting to put my keys away at home and left 'em in the pocket. Wife came to me in the office saying 'honey, you gotta do something about the garage door!'.
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Does a dead keyless remote battery really merit a WTF? If you ask your dealer nicely, they'll probably just replace and install a replacement battery for free.
If you're even moderately handy, you can replace it yourself.
If you're even moderately handy, you can replace it yourself.
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Originally posted by rxeightr
Almost 12 months with mine -- no probs with the remote here
Almost 12 months with mine -- no probs with the remote here
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I know but I just thought it was a bit odd that they would go bad so quickly!
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If a GI ain't complainin' about something then he isn't happy!
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Originally posted by Rotary Nut
I know but I just thought it was a bit odd that they would go bad so quickly!
If a GI ain't complainin' about something then he isn't happy!
I know but I just thought it was a bit odd that they would go bad so quickly!
If a GI ain't complainin' about something then he isn't happy!
I just replaced the batteries in my mom's Jaguar fobs. They weren't dead at over two years, and the batteries were around three bucks each. Took about 90 seconds to do each one. Not a big deal.
MY Mazda is about ten moths old, and it has perfect function of the fob that I've been using, and I lock the car about four times a day at a minimum and open the trunk with it all the time. You probably just had a bad battery. No big deal. However, feel free to bitch. It's every American's constitutional God given right to bitch all they want. Go for it!
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Re: Keyless entry remote battery dead at 6 months WTF!
Originally posted by Rotary Nut
....Has anyone else had to replace the battery in their remotes yet?
....Has anyone else had to replace the battery in their remotes yet?
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Yup did the full twenty! Note my sig! And no I will never trade my 8 in on another Passat. I know it isn't a big deal I just thought that it should have worked for a bit longer!
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Originally posted by Rotary Nut
...I know it isn't a big deal I just thought that it should have worked for a bit longer!
...I know it isn't a big deal I just thought that it should have worked for a bit longer!
Cmon' I know you don't want to believe this, but it's gotta be you ........ no one else has had to replace their battery
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Originally posted by rx8cited
I like maxwell72764's theory ........ is it possible you're mashing down on the buttons when the fob is in your pocket?
Cmon' I know you don't want to believe this, but it's gotta be you ........ no one else has had to replace their battery
I like maxwell72764's theory ........ is it possible you're mashing down on the buttons when the fob is in your pocket?
Cmon' I know you don't want to believe this, but it's gotta be you ........ no one else has had to replace their battery
On an aside, one evening many years ago when I was teaching a night class we (instructors on break) were standing outside on a smoke break (I don't smoke, just chit-chatting). All of a sudden a truck in the parking lot starts unlocking then locking its doors then the panic goes off then shuts off. This went on for about 30 minutes. Well we all got a kick out of it and then went back inside. We asked who owned the S-10 pickup out in the parking lot and it turns out that the driver was indeed sitting on his remote and every time he shifted his keyster it would press the buttons setting the thing off!
But no I don't put my keys in my pocket because there is too much of them on the loop making it very painfull to put in ones pocket!
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I think mine just died too. How do you go about prying open that little remote? I don't want to break it. I just need to see what kind of battery to get.
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I think mine just died too. How do you go about prying open that little remote? I don't want to break it. I just need to see what kind of battery to get.
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Well mine still works (I Think!). I am just comming up on 6 months. Well then again I have been stationed outside the us for all but 2 weeks of that time so I havent used it
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Got mine in July 2003 and the remote is still fine (the second one I have not used yet). The range is starting to decrease a little though, so I guess it might be getting down slightly.
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Originally Posted by sferrett
Got mine in July 2003 and the remote is still fine (the second one I have not used yet). The range is starting to decrease a little though, so I guess it might be getting down slightly.