Thank you for making this video about something that we can all learn how to do ourselves but without videos like these, would be intimidating! I tried to see what leverage points there were to pop open my fob, but without the confidence of you demonstrating where to pry it open, I would have been too scared to give any force. Thanks again.
Fantastic instructions. You hit the right focus on the prying it open with your careful directions. I would never have figured it out without breaking something!
Thank you! This was so much easier than changing the battery on my Prius keyfob! Your directions were very easy to follow and I just used the key to remove the battery!
Helpful video. There's a tiny spring inside that helps the little silver side lever go down when you want to take out the key. Be real careful when it's all open - if the spring pops out it's not too hard to get back on, but easy to lose and then you'll have a hard time taking the key out next time.
I've had my Bolt for almost 8 years now. Every alternating 2 years or so, I have to replace the battery; one FOB, then 2 years later the other. I always forget how to do it and thus I have seen several RU-vid tutorials as a result. This _Streamlined_ tutorial was by Far the best!
Fear of damaging the fob is real. I’ve been using just a single fob for awhile now due to forgetting since it’s mostly the other members of my family that drive the Bolt and second factor simple laziness 😞. I’d imagine the fob would probably be expensive to replace if purchased from GM, so the really clear demonstration of how far in to place the key to open the fob was terrific. Comment added to help bump the interaction with this video and help the creator.
So nice I wish I could like it twice. I guess I watched your tutorial the first time I changed the battery in my fob and had to do it again today 😄 Thanks for a quick and to-the-point video that is super helpful!
Excellent. Explains where the pain points are and how to get around them. I wonder why the manual that comes with the car can't be clear on how to do it, but it definitely isn't easy with their instructions.
Thanks. The used car dealership my mom got a bolt ev from had the battery in upside down so we thought it was dead. It also explains why when I went to open the fob the PCB was stuck to the battery side. Light prying got it to come off and I immediately saw the postive side up and thought "Well there's the problem".
Very useful tutorial. The owner's manual that comes with the car is not very informative as to how to separate the front and back of he key fob to access the battery.