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Keyfob Battery Issues

Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 3:56 pm
by MattX
So a couple of weeks ago my keyfob stopped responding. I used the key to manually open the door then it started from the inside.
It seemed to lock from the remote after I drove the car. I bought a couple of batteries from Maplin that very day (2-4-1) and changed it.

It works faultlessly every time but every time I get a yellow warning "Remote control - replace battery"
I tried the other of the 2 batteries to see if there was a problem but that didn't solve it.
I didn't get this warning when the old one stopped working  :-[

Is this some kind of BMW error that needs to be cleared after changing a battery?

Re: Keyfob Battery Issues

Posted: Tue Dec 12, 2017 3:08 pm
by MattX
Completely died yesterday.
This time I bought a new battery from BMW not Maplins. Error cleared and working fine.
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