First off, I’ve got a couple strikes against me from the get-go…
I’m female, trying to expand my horizons. Not techie. Mechanical level kindergarten. Directionally someday challenged. And living in Mexico without full grasp of her Spanish language… not in Mexico City either so there’s no around specializing…
I go to replace my FOB battery and the guy says that if I tamper with my FoB, there’s a chance that the car won’t like it and it’ll assume it’s being stolen or something and essentially not work.
Okay, that got my attention
( I stupidly didn’t insist that there be two keys when I bought it). Lessons. I had no idea because all previous fobs were battery replacement friendly.
Heading to the Land Rover in Mexico City is a 4 hour drive with restrictions on which day I can even drive there…
Priority is to have an EXTRA fob.
Secondary is to have my current one battery replaced so it actually unlocks doors
I saw the suggestions about going to Amazon and buying some machine that allows you to program your own. After you buy the fob and the blade.
That’ll never happen. My skill set with that kind of stuff is not high enough. I know myself.
Basically my question is: is this guy in the Auto store correct when he says replacing a Land Rover fob battery will cause it to no start?
I’ve seen one other post that seemed to imply it might be true…
Any help is welcome. Any criticism..., please know, I’m far better at criticizing myself.
Thanks
I’m female, trying to expand my horizons. Not techie. Mechanical level kindergarten. Directionally someday challenged. And living in Mexico without full grasp of her Spanish language… not in Mexico City either so there’s no around specializing…
I go to replace my FOB battery and the guy says that if I tamper with my FoB, there’s a chance that the car won’t like it and it’ll assume it’s being stolen or something and essentially not work.
Okay, that got my attention
( I stupidly didn’t insist that there be two keys when I bought it). Lessons. I had no idea because all previous fobs were battery replacement friendly.
Heading to the Land Rover in Mexico City is a 4 hour drive with restrictions on which day I can even drive there…
Priority is to have an EXTRA fob.
Secondary is to have my current one battery replaced so it actually unlocks doors
I saw the suggestions about going to Amazon and buying some machine that allows you to program your own. After you buy the fob and the blade.
That’ll never happen. My skill set with that kind of stuff is not high enough. I know myself.
Basically my question is: is this guy in the Auto store correct when he says replacing a Land Rover fob battery will cause it to no start?
I’ve seen one other post that seemed to imply it might be true…
Any help is welcome. Any criticism..., please know, I’m far better at criticizing myself.
Thanks