VT - VZ key battery
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I didn’t know this so thought it might be worth passing on.
Yesterday my key wouldn’t remotely lock / unlock my VY Ute, so I thought I’d change the battery. After some confusion and googling it turns out these are sealed shut, and if you can get it open the battery is soldered to the PCB!
The handbook actually says “A flat key battery requires replacement of the key head”.
Fortunately it still works manually and will start the car, and I have a spare (which is working remotely).
Replacement NOS parts are a couple of hundred $ uncut and uncoded, so I’m going to get the local locksmith to code a replacement (they use cheap Chinese copies) and then see if I can get the case open and replace the battery using this guide here:
https://www.themusinggreg.com/how-to/how-to-change...
Might be useful if like me you assumed the batteries were replaceable (like every other car I’ve ever owned!)
Yesterday my key wouldn’t remotely lock / unlock my VY Ute, so I thought I’d change the battery. After some confusion and googling it turns out these are sealed shut, and if you can get it open the battery is soldered to the PCB!
The handbook actually says “A flat key battery requires replacement of the key head”.
Fortunately it still works manually and will start the car, and I have a spare (which is working remotely).
Replacement NOS parts are a couple of hundred $ uncut and uncoded, so I’m going to get the local locksmith to code a replacement (they use cheap Chinese copies) and then see if I can get the case open and replace the battery using this guide here:
https://www.themusinggreg.com/how-to/how-to-change...
Might be useful if like me you assumed the batteries were replaceable (like every other car I’ve ever owned!)
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