2late4u Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 had to have the plastic side cover replaced on the passenger seat today as the tabs broke loose fron the metal clips. got home, and then went to go out for lunch with the wife and see a message on the info center that my battery in my key fob is running low , so i go down to the local dealership and they check the fob and say the battery is fine and then they have a long talk about if it even has a battery in it. i laugh at that and told them it had to have a battery in it. well to make a loooong story short they looked it up and and said yes their was a battery in it and they went ahead and put a new one in. WHEW they wore me out on this repair. it was covered under the 36k waranty. i do have to admit this was not the dealer the i normal use and wont go back to them as this was such easy repair work i didnt think they could mess it up.but i dont know.. oh well so far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgusto82 Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Hahagaha. Hey atleast u got a free battery. I've always been told, the battery is a consumable item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecrazyfoo4u Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 You seriously go to the dealer and wait around to replace a battery??? Its $0.50 and 30 seconds of time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2late4u Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 well if you had read my post had to have a side cover replaced, so when the battery went bad we were heading that way anyway so yes i stopped by to get it replaced . wasnt sure if the local parts store would have the right one, which would have cost about $6.00 for 2 of them. only took them about 10 minutes to fix it for me.once they took it apart to find out what kind of battery was in it..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onecrazyfoo4u Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Alright, I understand that. Just making sure people don't see this and head to the dealer for a new remote battery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBK Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 How could the dealer not understand that the key fob *has* to have a battery in it? Either that, or the laws of physics have changed to allow the key fob to be powered by electricity created out of thin air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lebowski Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Well, it's not the case but there's no need to subvert the law of physics: it could have rechargeable batteries recharged inductively. In fact an RFID card doesn't need any battery, it just takes power from the reader, and most probably the keyless entry system is just a kind of RFID (according to the manual it should work even with low/no battery if you put the key close to the start button). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgusto82 Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Well, it's not the case but there's no need to subvert the law of physics: it could have rechargeable batteries recharged inductively. In fact an RFID card doesn't need any battery, it just takes power from the reader, and most probably the keyless entry system is just a kind of RFID (according to the manual it should work even with low/no battery if you put the key close to the start button). 👍👍👍. Well explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burn Posted November 16, 2012 Report Share Posted November 16, 2012 (edited) The battery in the key fob is only for the remote functions ( doors , windows , remote start ) ,.... even with no battery or with a dead fob battery you will be able to start the car .... Edited November 16, 2012 by Burn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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