R56 Comfort Access FOB battery question

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Jun 15, 2009 | 10:05 PM

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tw1112

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What does the back of the non-comfort access fob look like? What battery does it have?

Jun 16, 2009 | 12:46 AM

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Robin Casady

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From: Paradise

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Originally Posted by Clubminator

I agree that it really shouldn't have a rechargable battery. I checked and it is apparently a standard non-rechargable battery. But her battery did die a few months back and when she plugged it in drove for a while and it started working again. Maybe it wasn't really dead, but it just went on the blink for some reason and plugging it in reset it.

Perhaps vibrations from the car allowed the contacts to make a better connection to the battery. Or, perhaps it was reinitialized by the improbability drive.

Dec 1, 2009 | 01:46 PM

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TheBigNewt

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From: Arizona

Update on an old thread. I have comfort access. I replaced my little fob battery about 1.5 years ago routinely. Recently I've noticed the yellow key light on occasion, the one that comes on when you hit the start button and you don't have the fob on you (but I had the fob on me). The car started fine. It crossed my mind that the battery might be low. Today I got in and the yellow key light was paired with a battery-looking icon thing, evindently telling me that the fob battery was low. I was impressed that feature is built into the car.