"Replace Key Battery" light, 2000 9-3...?

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Mark & Lyssa Whitson - 12 Feb 2005 02:45 GMT

Several of you responded to my earlier post this week concerning comments on
a '98 900 I was thinking of buying, and for that I thank you.

Long story short, I bought a 2000 9-3 today. It's great. One minor thing I
don't understand: when I start it, a message on the panel says "Replace Key
Battery." The car has two original keys, which don't have buttons on the
grips, and two original fobs, which both work fine. What does the error
message mean? Replace batteries in the fobs (say, how do it know...?), or
something else? Thanks in advance for your comments and help.

MW

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Colin Stamp - 12 Feb 2005 08:58 GMT

>Several of you responded to my earlier post this week concerning comments on
>a '98 900 I was thinking of buying, and for that I thank you.
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>MW

Yep. It means the batteries in the key fob you used to unlock the car
need changing. It knows because the key fobs check their own battery
state and then send that info to the car every time you press the
button.

Cheers,

Colin.

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Mark & Lyssa Whitson - 13 Feb 2005 02:13 GMT

Coolio, and thanks.

MW

> From: Colin Stamp <col.dustbin@stamp.plus.com>
> Organization: Customer of PlusNet plc (http://www.plus.net)
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> Colin.

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