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Yesterday, just as I was about to exit my car, I spotted a message in the information panel in the instrument binnacle which informed me that the key fob battery was low.
As luck would have it, I had a recently purchased CR2032 remaining from a 2-pack I bought when I replaced my door bell battery a couple of weeks ago. It took all of two minutes to complete the task on the fob as I had replaced one in my previous Hyundai shortly before I traded it for the Optima and knew how simple the task is.
On reflection, I had noticed that, on occasions recently, the bleeps and flashes hadn't occurred as I approached the tailgate of the locked car and I had to step away and approach again for the mechanism to kick in. I just put it down to the cold weather at the time but now I know what it was!
I don't know whether other owners have had to change that battery yet but just for information, my car is 3 years and 7 weeks old and has always been locked and unlocked using the door handle button, rather than the fob which is always in my pocket.
As luck would have it, I had a recently purchased CR2032 remaining from a 2-pack I bought when I replaced my door bell battery a couple of weeks ago. It took all of two minutes to complete the task on the fob as I had replaced one in my previous Hyundai shortly before I traded it for the Optima and knew how simple the task is.
On reflection, I had noticed that, on occasions recently, the bleeps and flashes hadn't occurred as I approached the tailgate of the locked car and I had to step away and approach again for the mechanism to kick in. I just put it down to the cold weather at the time but now I know what it was!
I don't know whether other owners have had to change that battery yet but just for information, my car is 3 years and 7 weeks old and has always been locked and unlocked using the door handle button, rather than the fob which is always in my pocket.