Watchie

So where is the best place to get a key fob replacement battery? And with that asked, will any 3v flat disc battery that fits work?

Recommendations as to the best option welcomed.

Topdown12

walmart or any drug store CVS.even lowes or home depot

Watchie

Sorry guys - answer easily found: CR 2032 (and I found one in the package in my desk drawer no less...)

BTW, do lithium batteries run down while still in the original packing (not sure how old this one may be)?

LMB-Z

Go to the fob store.

On a serious note...take the fob apart. The battery has a number on it. Most are CR2032. Wal-Mart in the jewelry department. Usually a display sittin on the counter or ask someone. Make sure you put it back in correctly. There is a top and a bottom of the battery. Pay attention to how it comes out of the fob.

Yes, they do go bad in the package.

rkj427

at the Key Fob Battery Store............look for a brick and mortar, or else Google it to find the website......................

Cherokee Nation

Most auto parts stores sell them and O'Rilleys sell a lot of them.

bassman50

Try to purchase a CR2032 battery that does not have a rough negative side to it. Apparently that type of battery sometimes does not make good contact in the FOB and one may get FOB errors. . . .I believe that the Duracell and Energizer batteries have smooth negative sides.

Steve

Cherokee Nation

Every type of the CR2032 that i have brought have the rough neg side.It does not make a different on the battery,it what makes contract with the battery....

ruxvette

Ease up, 427man, I think this is a trick question. Kinda like why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle.
Beside that, he answered his own __________ (fill in the blank) question.

NOWUCME

Any decent drug store, some grocery stores will have the most popular batteries. When you take it out you can see the size. Several sizes and the don't all work because of being thicker or thinner. Get use to using Google to answer questions. Most times it will lead you to a thread on CF or YouTube.

Works for me, good place to start, saves time.

Vette_DD

It's been awhile since I bought that battery at Walmart. Once upon a time, about 4 or 5 years ago, the only brand they had in that size was the Ray-O-Vac with the engraving on one side of the battery, giving you a poor connection in the fob.

And the + side of the battery goes down when installed in the fob.

lavla

I keep an extra bubble pack of batteries in the center console for emergencies.

z06clif

they can be found at any checkout line in the battery display. Got mine in a multipack at HomeDepot

Clif

Corvette_Ed

At the store.

jrose7004

I get mine at Radio Shack.

Don-Vette

Is this a joke? Because if you don't know where to by a battery. You shouldn't be behind the wheel of a car.

Boomer111

Is a weird inquiry I agree.

But questions are a good thing.

In my experience most do not belong in the seat anyway.

cclive

Coin size lithium batteries have a very long shelf life...if you have one in the package, it is likely fine to use it.

FlipRay

Thats like the worst place to store lithium batteries.

Heat and lithium don't go well together. Toss it in the glove box or if its still in the package, toss it in the storage bin in the trunk with spare tools.

Boomer111

Just buy batteries at a well visited store, this way you are assured of good turn over and a fresh restocking.

Although I have come across retailers that buy older stock to save a few pennies, not speaking batteries here but it could be.