Keycard battery life - 24 hrs
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 3:39 pm
Evening folks,
After 12 months of megane ownership I finally solved the misting windows / leakage problem..... but now the electrics are playing up.
It's a 2003 Megane 1.6 vvti Dynamique 3 door.
The battery in my Keycard stopped working, note it never actually said "replace keycard battery" on the dash, it just simply stopped opening and closing the doors one day. It did start the car fine when placed into the reader, but I've since learned that the keycard batteries are not required for the card reader to operate.
So I replaced the Keycard battery with a lithium cr2025, and hey presto it worked fine again. The doors locked / unlocked, and the card reader read the key from my pocket and all was well in the world.
The next morning nothing. Doors would not open and I had to enter the car manually via the emergency key, but once the card was inserted into the reader the car started fine. So I put this down to a dud replacement battery and bought a packet of four Duracell cr2025's.
Again I replaced the battery and again all was fine..... until the next morning. The same scenario occurred and I had to enter manually and once the Keycard was inserted into the reader the car started. I've been replaying this scenario for a month now, and I've spent about £25 on batteries.
I've checked all lights on the car for a possible car battery drain, and all are working fine. I've pulled out the reader, cleaned it, and it is working fine. I am now at a loss.
Why are my Keycard batteries only lasting 24 hours ?????
Anyone experienced this issue or have any advice ?
Thanks
After 12 months of megane ownership I finally solved the misting windows / leakage problem..... but now the electrics are playing up.
It's a 2003 Megane 1.6 vvti Dynamique 3 door.
The battery in my Keycard stopped working, note it never actually said "replace keycard battery" on the dash, it just simply stopped opening and closing the doors one day. It did start the car fine when placed into the reader, but I've since learned that the keycard batteries are not required for the card reader to operate.
So I replaced the Keycard battery with a lithium cr2025, and hey presto it worked fine again. The doors locked / unlocked, and the card reader read the key from my pocket and all was well in the world.
The next morning nothing. Doors would not open and I had to enter the car manually via the emergency key, but once the card was inserted into the reader the car started fine. So I put this down to a dud replacement battery and bought a packet of four Duracell cr2025's.
Again I replaced the battery and again all was fine..... until the next morning. The same scenario occurred and I had to enter manually and once the Keycard was inserted into the reader the car started. I've been replaying this scenario for a month now, and I've spent about £25 on batteries.
I've checked all lights on the car for a possible car battery drain, and all are working fine. I've pulled out the reader, cleaned it, and it is working fine. I am now at a loss.
Why are my Keycard batteries only lasting 24 hours ?????
Anyone experienced this issue or have any advice ?
Thanks