Embarassing key fob question alert!

[Daz.]

How the mother chuffer do you open these bloody things? Apart from hacking it to death with a saw which I am quite within my rights to do(!) I cannot for the life of me slide it down!

I'm assuming you push it down and across as the arrow shows but it will not budge at all, tried my spare and thats the same!

I thought replacing a battery would be a doddle! :S

 

[BioHzrd]

i just battered one edge off the end of the table till it came loose lol ! give it ago !

 

[FeelX]

Take any key ring out to start with.

Hold it with the key toward you, button up...try to push the upper part backwards with both thumbs and hold the lower part with you index fingers.

If it does not slide, go to the gym mate

 

[MarcoB]

Get a chunky key ring(just the ring part), I used a cs bottle opener. Put the ring 90 degrees to the key(while still on the key) Then twist the ring in the direction of the arrow. Effectively pulling the button side up and pushing the side with the arrow, down.

 

[Daz.]

Take any key ring out to start with.

Hold it with the key toward you, button up...try to push the upper part backwards with both thumbs and hold the lower part with you index fingers.

If it does not slide, go to the gym mate

Winner!

I can't believe how hard that was! (!)

 

[Jonny1*2]

it is a pain in the arse, but keep at it. you need to press down on the reverse and push it in the opposite direction to the button side. You will be able to move it with the key ring on, but you will have to remove the key ring to fully seperate it.

 

[garethjones]

NO NO NO YOU'RE ALL WRONG! stick it in a vice n clack it with a hammer lol

 

[Terry172]

What batteries do the key fobs use as I need to change my ones?

 

[Jonny1*2]

its CR3032 for the 182, but its CR2016 for the 172 ph 1. No sure about yours, but it will be one of these. Get them from tesco for about a quid for 2

 

[jamesybear]

took me ages to get my key apart but persistance paid off, put a tiny tiny amount of soap around the edges to make it eaiser for next time

 

[JD]

mine comes apart when i turn the ignition

 

[Sash]

Or place a small screwdriver through the gap for the keyring and lever it gently in the direction of the arrow.

 

[Tigger]

Stick it in the microwave to break the seal - what's the worst that could happen?

Oh wait - that's for the xenons!

 

[BRUN]

its CR3032 for the 182, but its CR2016 for the 172 ph 1. No sure about yours, but it will be one of these. Get them from tesco for about a quid for 2

no Renaults use a 2032 battery

its likely to be a small 1220 battery, if not it will probably be 2 x 2016's

 

[Terry172]

its CR3032 for the 182, but its CR2016 for the 172 ph 1. No sure about yours, but it will be one of these. Get them from tesco for about a quid for 2

Cheers for the info will pick a couple of CR2016 as I have a ph1

 

[iyrix]

is a sign that the battery going low when the range is about a foot...?

Cheers
G.

 

[MrMark]

yep.

 

[sheds]

Just got my girlfriends key apart (thanks for the help here guys).
It's an 03 ph2 172 Cup. It has 1off CR1220 battery if that helps anyone.

 

[tomlkier]

Have just taken apart my spare key and replaced the battery, the engine will start with that key now, but the remote central locking doesn't work, so i need to sync it or something to make it work? the spare key's battery has been flat since i bought the car, so i don't know if it has ever worked.

 

[DaveLiquid182]

I've been wanting to change the batterys on mine but am worried the car won't start after. So have held off doing it lol

 

[Fletcher]

I've still no changed the battery on my 52 plate 172.

 

[sammyhale22]

ive got a 52 plate cup and mine key batterys been going for 60 years

 

[tomlkier]

Have just taken apart my spare key and replaced the battery, the engine will start with that key now, but the remote central locking doesn't work, so i need to sync it or something to make it work? the spare key's battery has been flat since i bought the car, so i don't know if it has ever worked.

?

 

[MrMark]

to re-sync it, try holding the central locking button on the key in, while turning on the igniton. It worked for me in the past.

 

[MRBILLYUK]

its CR3032 for the 182, but its CR2016 for the 172 ph 1. No sure about yours, but it will be one of these. Get them from tesco for about a quid for 2

It's definitely a 1220 in a 182's keyfob .Hold the keyfob in both hands , put your fingers on the red marks , next to the blade , your thumbs on the yellow marks and push the " whole " of the back towards your fingers and it'll slide open . Easy really

 

[tomlkier]

to re-sync it, try holding the central locking button on the key in, while turning on the igniton. It worked for me in the past.

Just tried that a few times and couldn't get it to work, any other ideas?

 

[jvalentine]

I've just managed to sort mine out.... placed edge of teaspoon in the gap for the keyring and just prised it and it popped off!

Job done