Key Fob Battery

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Didn’t see this anywhere else, maybe my searching skills aren’t so good…

Anyway, my car said my key fob battery was low yesterday. This was a bit surprising since I’ve only had the car since June. All my other cars typically go 18-24 months on a key fob battery.

Not a huge deal to replace it, but what is the expected life of batteries on this fob? 5 months seems low.
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Didn’t see this anywhere else, maybe my searching skills aren’t so good…

Anyway, my car said my key fob battery was low yesterday. This was a bit surprising since I’ve only had the car since June. All my other cars typically go 18-24 months on a key fob battery.

Not a huge deal to replace it, but what is the expected life of batteries on this fob? 5 months seems low.
sometimes on other cars I've gotten the battery low indicator once or twice before the battery went. I've rarely had to replace a fob battery but should last a couple years at any rate
 

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My fob recharges every night. #PaaK4thewin
 

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Didn’t see this anywhere else, maybe my searching skills aren’t so good…

Anyway, my car said my key fob battery was low yesterday. This was a bit surprising since I’ve only had the car since June. All my other cars typically go 18-24 months on a key fob battery.

Not a huge deal to replace it, but what is the expected life of batteries on this fob? 5 months seems low.

About a month ago I got the low key fob battery message. Have not seen it since. I would not worry about it unless it keeps coming back.
 


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Wait for another message. Likely a fluke.
 
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About a month ago I got the low key fob battery message. Have not seen it since. I would not worry about it unless it keeps coming back.
This seems to be the case for me too. Haven’t seen the message again after I posted this thread. Guess it was a fluke.

In any case it was good motivation to see if I remembered my door code and backup start code.
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