k1cken
14th September 2015, 12:11 AM
Thought I'd just share this ....
The battery in my spare Nissan Y62 Smartkey died a few weeks ago (which is the key my wife uses when she steals the car) and I thought I'm not even going to ask Nissan for a price to replace it as I had a tray of button batteries in my draw which cost me about two bucks!
So I removed the physical key (by flicking the switch underneath the FOB and pulling it out) which revealed an insertion point to nicely fit a small flat bladed screw driver. With a gentle pry and sliding the blade of the screw driver (a pocket knife blade would probably work well too, but I didn't want to score the soft plastic) around the circumference, I separated the top and bottom halves.
I noticed the battery was a flat button-style CR2025 (2.5 mm thick providing 3V @ 160mAh), but I only had the more common CR2032 (3.2mm thick providing 3V @ 225mAh). Hoping for the best I put the thicker battery into the casing and carefully snapped the two halves back together.... and it closed without an issue!
So I tested the new battery and the remote worked a treat but now I should also get 50% longer life out of it. So that probably equates to another year considering the old one would be at least two years old!
Cheers.
The battery in my spare Nissan Y62 Smartkey died a few weeks ago (which is the key my wife uses when she steals the car) and I thought I'm not even going to ask Nissan for a price to replace it as I had a tray of button batteries in my draw which cost me about two bucks!
So I removed the physical key (by flicking the switch underneath the FOB and pulling it out) which revealed an insertion point to nicely fit a small flat bladed screw driver. With a gentle pry and sliding the blade of the screw driver (a pocket knife blade would probably work well too, but I didn't want to score the soft plastic) around the circumference, I separated the top and bottom halves.
I noticed the battery was a flat button-style CR2025 (2.5 mm thick providing 3V @ 160mAh), but I only had the more common CR2032 (3.2mm thick providing 3V @ 225mAh). Hoping for the best I put the thicker battery into the casing and carefully snapped the two halves back together.... and it closed without an issue!
So I tested the new battery and the remote worked a treat but now I should also get 50% longer life out of it. So that probably equates to another year considering the old one would be at least two years old!
Cheers.