Fob battery replacement

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Mjb13
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Fob battery replacement

Post by Mjb13 » Tue Aug 11, 2015 4:17 pm

Just a quick question before I open up the fob on my F... is the battery user replaceable or am I going to have to faff around resetting things afterwards?

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Re: Fob battery replacement

Post by talkingcars » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:41 pm

I offer no guarantee but this is what I do

1) Unlock the car with the fob
2) Change the battery
3) press the unlock and lock buttons until the car locks (normally 4 presses each).

That isn't the official method but it works for me.
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Mjb13
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Re: Fob battery replacement

Post by Mjb13 » Tue Aug 11, 2015 11:03 pm

Cheers :D

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Re: Fob battery replacement

Post by Paul Storey » Wed Aug 12, 2015 8:58 am

Had to replace the batteries on my two fobs when I recently bought the car and seem to remember I did that (locking/unlocking a few times). Didn't subsequently have a problem with anything.

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