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#630762 29th Nov 2011 6:18pm
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hi can anyone helfp i think the battery in my fob is going as i went to open it before and it took ages to open anyone no how to change battery in the fob as this is the only access i have to the car any help is appreciated thanks

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The handbook will tell you and if you don't have that then Google will for sure.You don't say what car you have but I will be surprised if Google does not give the answer. Normally very straight forward to split the fob to access the battery.

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I have a Renault and the fob is a complete mare to open. I have to use a combination of very gentle brute force to open it

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I think Halfords or similar will do it. You'll need to buy the battery somewhere like that anyway

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Good topic.

I have a zr and siminlar thing happening to me

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Originally Posted by cmw2a
I think Halfords or similar will do it. You'll need to buy the battery somewhere like that anyway


I went to Halfords first and they would sell me the battery but would not fit it - they're not allowed to apparently.
The key cutting / phone unlocking shop opposite Primark in Birkenhead did fit one for me but all he did was force it open the same as I had to do on the other one.

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The remote should prise apart....

See here (bottom of page)

and here smile


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Originally Posted by Ste_Missus
Good topic.

I have a zr and siminlar thing happening to me


dunno
Help the guy out then lol

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Originally Posted by StuyMac
The remote should prise apart....

See here (bottom of page)

and here smile


Should and do are different in this case (or mine anyway) smile

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Originally Posted by Ste_Missus
Good topic.

I have a zr and siminlar thing happening to me


dunno
Help the guy out then lol


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I don't know either do I!lol

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thanks for replys stillnot found how to do it but determined to

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If its this fob, then it just prises apart. Had a couple in the past and thats how they come apart. You just need a thin, flat blade screwdrive between the 2 halves and prise it open.

Maybe someone in the past has glued it?

You can buy the cases on Ebay cheap enough if it has been glued and breaks.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rover-MG-...cles_CarParts_SM&hash=item4ab02b7dbc


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Mine is similar to that StuyMac but the instructions are to "slide" them apart and NOT to prise - no The only way I (and a friend of mine who is a mechanic) cn open it is to prise gently - ish!

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I guess if it breaks, it breaks. Either way, its useless unopened with a dead battery.

Use a bit more force, and if it breaks get a new case once you have changed the battery smile


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Had one on the MGF, just stick a butter knife in the seam and crack it open. Cases are £1 on ebay.

If you change the battery, you have to press the button 10 times to recode it to the ECU.

http://www.remotekey.co.uk/cars/MG/mgf-mgtf/faq.asp


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