Car Key Battery

[riversider]

hi,

has anyone changed the battery in their key fob before ,i have to go close up to the car nowadays to lock it,i am not sure whether you have to go to a ford garage or just prise the thing open myself,better to be safe than sorry .I have a galaxy 1998 glx.

 

Thank you.

Edited February 14, 2008 by riversider

[Stevoo]

Easy job to do mate, if you have the "VW" key, which has a black round plastic fob with two button on it. and the key has like a swiggley groove through it.

Just pull the black fob away fron the key groove and use a small flat head to open the black fob up.

You can get battery from halfords/ford etc Just make sure your immobliser chip doesnt full out or you wont be able to start your car

[Airrex7]

Hello Riverside,

 

I just had mine done by Fords FOC.

 

If you do it yourself, depending on who you talk to you have between 10 and 15 seconds to replace both batteries otherwise the fob will need reprograming.

[riversider]

thanks for the replies i will try the ford garage first.

[ninjakev]

I recently changed the batteries in my fob, and although it took quite a bit longer than 15 seconds, my fob has not had to be reprogrammed :D Edited February 18, 2008 by ninjakev

[jamesey]

ive just changed mine but now i have to keep on reprogramming it , its like its not holding its memory???

[nigel57]

hi,

has anyone changed the battery in their key fob before ,i have to go close up to the car nowadays to lock it,i am not sure whether you have to go to a ford garage or just prise the thing open myself,better to be safe than sorry .I have a galaxy 1998 glx.

 

Thank you.

i have a 2003 galaxy the batterys failed in my key fob last week .recoding after replacing the batterys was easy i was expecting a nightmare . the key fob contains two batterys CR2016 3v lithium batterys sell them anywhere I bought mine in tescos.

the key itself just unclips with the aid of a small terminal screw driver.

the programming is shown in the owners guide if you have lost yours heres how to do it

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replace the batterys in the key there is a metal plate between the batterys dont loose it . check the batterys are correctly fitted by pressing a fob button and checking the led on the key fob is working

insert the key into the drivers door lock and turn the key clockwise (the unlock direction) 3 times holding in the unlock position for 0.5 seconds then let the key return to its normal posiion.

the drivers door led now lights up

remove the key from the drivers door .

within 5 seconds

hold the lock button in on key fob and press the unlock button 3 times now release the lock button

the key is now coded the drivers door led will flash to confirm the coding has been completed

the above coding procedure has to be done in 15seconds

after the drivers door led has gone out the key fob can now be tested

:o