A big, big thank you for this. The Skoda Octavia has an identical key design so I was able use your video as a guide for my key fob battery change. The Octavia manual is simply inadequate when it comes to describing the process. And when that little spring popped out as I was reassembling the key fob, your very well lit video guided me to as to how and where it should be refitted.
Same happened me on seat leon key, spring popped out, don't think I have it fixed properly but keys back together, I think it might be one did advantage of using its own key as it's right where the spring is
Mistake: Trying to remove the side with the buttons printed on it - that's the wrong side to get to the battery. This video is correct, I made a silly mistake. Anyway. If the wrong side comes loose it's hard to replace. It's soft plastic, get it close to being re-inserted in the grooves, then rub on a smooth surface while pressing the cover hard and squeeze it back in the grooves.
Thanks! I was concerned that replacing the battery would need some kind of 'pairing' to the car, but this worked exactly as shown! Both fobs now have new batteries 🙂
Thank you so much for this simple, straight forward yet very useful tutorial. I was worried when there is a notice in my car that said to replace the battery of my id4 key because I have no clue on how to do it. Luckily this morning, I found your tutorial and follow it. And done 👍👍. Thank you so so very much!! You're a life saver.
Great video thanks. Be careful the spring mechanism may popup out of place when you open the case. It did for me, but on a couple tries and see in video where it is was able to put it back.
Haha, exactly this happened in my case, much to my annoyance due to not realising this in the first place! A good give-away when this happens is the little nudge popping out when you remove the mechanical key will drop back in the housing. If the spring stays in position, the nudge stays out.
This was very helpful. However I ran into a little snag. There is a U-shaped spring that is part of the mechanical key release mechanism. When I pried open the black cover I must have dislodged this spring and it fell out unnoticed. Only on reassembling I noticed that the mechanism wasn't working like it did before. Fortunately I found the spring and was able to get it back into its proper place.
I kept struggling trying to get the battery out (I don't have a flat head screwdriver), but I found that the little sim card eject pin tool I had around was perfect for popping the battery out as a replacement.
I managed to do it with a thin plastic spudger, just tucking that rubber lip around the edge of the key and pressing in at the same time with my thumb... it was stupidly hard to do, it took me an hour, and I never cursed this much in my life... but got that in eventually. There must be an easier way, though, I think the main metal piece must be opening somehow so the electronic part can be removed/popped out a bit, and I think that's when the rubber bit would easily go in. Couldn't figure out how to open the whole key metal clamp though. So the way I've done it is probably lame, but hey I got it.
thanks, tried this in the car. i wad bale to get te battery out with a nail. just put your nail on the right top. there is a small space. you can then pull te battery down and take it out.
@johnhodgson8684 tbh when i changed my battery the key fob was still working so i was able to unlock and disable the alarm with the key fob. i think that the car gives a quite early notification you need to change the battery.
