Key battery empty

[NoAge Hunter]

Today I got the information while starting the engine, that the battery of the key is close to be empty.
Not a big thing, but I am a bit surprised. After 5 month and only 19.000 km the key battery is empty. Never had that in the last decades.

Again, nothing serious, but maybe it is worth to share, that it is a good idea to have some spare batteries (2032) in the car.

Anybody else had this experience?

 

[Eric]

Today I got the information while starting the engine, that the battery of the key is close to be empty.
Not a big thing, but I am a bit surprised. After 5 month and only 19.000 km the key battery is empty. Never had that in the last decades.

Again, nothing serious, but maybe it is worth to share, that it is a good idea to have some spare batteries (2032) in the car.

Anybody else had this experience?

Might be if the keys are a " tight fit" in your pocket and they are being activated all of the time. We know the panic alarm is sensitive to the touch, maybe the lock and unlock transmission buttons are.

 

[Jeffrey]

It takes less time to change the battery than to talk about it here.

 

[Eric]

It takes less time to change the battery than to talk about it here.

I think the point was to carry spare key batteries in the vehicle

 

[NoAge Hunter]

It takes less time to change the battery than to talk about it here.

The point was to share that it might be good to carry a spare.

 

[NoAge Hunter]

I think the point was to carry spare key batteries in the vehicle

Exactly

 

[Jean Mercier]

On the other hand, the key should function even without batteries in the old fashioned mechanical way, therefore I don't want to carry a spare, and sure not IN the car.

 

[NoAge Hunter]

On the other hand, the key should function even without batteries in the old fashioned mechanical way, therefore I don't want to carry a spare, and sure not IN the car.

Good point Jean- I just do not know, how the car react if the battery is totally empty. The warning mentioned „almost“. For sure you could open the door in the old way…..but I really do not know what happens , if it is totally empty. Just thought that maybe the immobilizer reacts.
Again, I am not sure - and do not want to find out. Thats why I changed it before it runs totally emoty

 

[Jeffrey]

The point was to share that it might be good to carry a spare.

I see. Don't most of us hide a key somewhere under the vehicle?

 

[Norb-TX]

No.

 

[IG_in_AZ]

The point was to share that it might be good to carry a spare.

I learned this the hard way with my BMW Motorrad remotes.

 

[IG_in_AZ]

I see. Don't most of us hide a key somewhere under the vehicle?

Spare battery for the remote. But, yes, I plan to cut a metal key to hide unless and probably even if I can get another Ineos key / fob.

 

[IG_in_AZ]

On the other hand, the key should function even without batteries in the old fashioned mechanical way, therefore I don't want to carry a spare, and sure not IN the car.

I think a CR 2032 should fit in the @chrsbe center storage box tray we're all printing.

 

[FlyingTexan]

I see. Don't most of us hide a key somewhere under the vehicle?

A spare battery not a key… gosh

 

[holdmybeer]

I see. Don't most of us hide a key somewhere under the vehicle?

“Um… yes, yes of course, that’s a very good idea,” he says to @Jeffrey, following Jeffrey until he parks his luxury 4x4 and walks away.

 

[AZGrenadier]

After locking myself out of a car in the middle of now where 35 years ago I have always kept a spare key under the vehicle. Don't worry, none of you yahoos will find it. Came in very handy with an old pathfinder where all the doors would lock if I closed the drivers door too hard.

 

[Eric]

On the other hand, the key should function even without batteries in the old fashioned mechanical way, therefore I don't want to carry a spare, and sure not IN the car.

Thank God for old technology.

 

[Greg]

Today I got the information while starting the engine, that the battery of the key is close to be empty.
Not a big thing, but I am a bit surprised. After 5 month and only 19.000 km the key battery is empty. Never had that in the last decades.

Again, nothing serious, but maybe it is worth to share, that it is a good idea to have some spare batteries (2032) in the car.

Anybody else had this experience?

While you have the battery out when changing it, see if the car will unlock, start, alarm not going off, throw warnings...
Just so the rest of us don't have to

 

[Tazzieman]

On the other hand, the key should function even without batteries in the old fashioned mechanical way, therefore I don't want to carry a spare, and sure not IN the car.

Might explode and destroy your pleather gloves?

 

[ECrider]

I think a CR 2032 should fit in the @chrsbe center storage box tray we're all printing.

might not fit in the voluminous glove box though