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Author Subject: Keyfob Battery Life
d_bradfield

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Post #1
I must replace mine every month!! Any ideas why they keep dieing so quickly??
Posted 24th Oct 2010 at 22:09
cress87

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Location: Norwich

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Post #2
Yours is a phase 2 yeah?

The IR fobs are just crap tbh, my xsi had reasonable range with a new battery but it diminished very quickly. LOL

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Posted 24th Oct 2010 at 22:11
d_bradfield

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Post #3
Yeah it is. Ah so there's not a lot I can do about it! Sad
Posted 24th Oct 2010 at 22:30
cress87

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Post #4
Does it stop working completely or just end up with a very short range?

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You feed beefburgers to swans. Yes

I may have been speeding Mr Policeman but [a] I live for the 306 and [b] did you see that dog? omfg
Posted 24th Oct 2010 at 22:37
d_bradfield

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Post #5
Stops working completely... It just dies. No more red light on the fob. But then when I replace the batteries it's fine again (for a month or two LOL ) ...it's like it just eats batteries
Posted 26th Oct 2010 at 01:47
gman

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Post #6
the phase 2 key fobs can be dodgy. Just get a replacement off ebay, and swap the code chips around and you should be fine

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Posted 26th Oct 2010 at 04:00
cress87

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Post #7
As gman says, those IR fobs are a bit shit. Buy a second hand one, programme it to your car (I have instructions for this somewhere) and put your transponder chip in the new key and away you go. Wizard

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You feed beefburgers to swans. Yes

I may have been speeding Mr Policeman but [a] I live for the 306 and [b] did you see that dog? omfg
Posted 26th Oct 2010 at 04:33
d_bradfield

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Post #8
Nice one! I'll have a look!
Posted 26th Oct 2010 at 18:46
d_bradfield

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Post #9
Right I've finally had enough of the stupid batteries dying - especially in the cold weather where locks freeze up!!

Is this what I need?

click here
Posted 3rd Jan 2011 at 20:20
chrisd306

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Post #10
im needing to do this as well as my battery lasts for ages if im using it everyday but if my car sits for few weeks, it stops working!!

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Posted 3rd Jan 2011 at 21:39
Paddy Power Turbo Banned!

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Post #11
iv replaced the batteries in mine and it still wont work ? would it be the fob thats f*cked ?

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Posted 4th Jan 2011 at 01:22
smevs

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Registered: 19 Apr 2010

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Post #12
The IR ones (at least the single button version) take two batteries; Just replaced them both for the first time. Car is almost 14 years old, owned by me for the last 7. So, the batteries seem to last well!Razz

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Posted 5th Jan 2011 at 16:47
cress87

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Post #13
d_bradfield wrote:
Right I've finally had enough of the stupid batteries dying - especially in the cold weather where locks freeze up!!

Is this what I need?

click here


That looks like the right one. Yes

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You feed beefburgers to swans. Yes

I may have been speeding Mr Policeman but [a] I live for the 306 and [b] did you see that dog? omfg
Posted 6th Jan 2011 at 17:12
musclebeach

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Post #14
Did this sort you out d_bradfield?

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Posted 29th Jan 2011 at 22:14

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