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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 06:45 PM
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all my keys are out of battery, so i have to open and close manually.
have been for a few months.

where can i get battery replacements?
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 06:56 PM
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Any drug store just a few $ - easy, unscrew, take out old - buy new (mine was $3.99) and put together
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:00 PM
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Any Autozone or automotive store should carry batteries.

Make sure you purchase a 3V CR1616 sized battery.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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really? i opened it up and it was some crazy looking thing.

unless the battery was INSIDE of that . it was like a square shaped little box. i thought it was some kind of special battery or something.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 07:16 PM
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Haha. What you were looking at is the transponder. It basically allows you to start the engine.

and yes, the battery is inside that. Only another 2 screws to get to it.
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 09:55 PM
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I bought mine from Radio shack
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Old Mar 15, 2010 | 11:08 PM
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Yah , I got mine at radioshack too but it was like 6 bucks. They didn't have it at my local kragen.
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Old Mar 16, 2010 | 12:38 AM
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I went to radio shack as well. If you don't have the mini phillips, they will do it for you. At least they did it for me.
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