Ignition key battery replacement

[batman1]

Via its TFT my clever little 1 year old GS has just warned me that my ignition key battery is 50% flat/used by displaying a very large warning on screen!
Has anyone replaced their bike key battery? Was is pretty straight forward, and what is the replacement battery code. ....yes I’m sure the info is in the manual but there is more.......
For the guys who are riding bikes without TFT screens but have a ‘clever’ key, how will you know when your key battery is about to go flat?
It may just be worth carrying a spare key battery if your bike key is more than 1 year old.
I’m going to pop a spare battery in my tank bag, once I know the type of battery that I need.

 

[GADGET]

I carry a spare CR2032

 

[Redmonster]

Literally 2 min job whilst having your morning coffee ️


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[batman1]

Cheers gadget, so that’s the battery type sorted, now have you replaced one?

I had my bike in for service yesterday, when I mentioned it to the service manager, he said that you just wrench the two halves of the key apart down it’s centreline revealing access to the battery.

I mentioned that it hasn’t lasted very long and was it under warranty like the bike battery but apparently it’s not, however they only cost a few pence!

 

[EVskiy]

For the guys who are riding bikes without TFT screens but have a ‘clever’ key, how will you know when your key battery is about to go flat?
It may just be worth carrying a spare key battery if your bike key is more than 1 year old.
I’m going to pop a spare battery in my tank bag, once I know the type of battery that I need.

A warning comes up on the LCD display with !KEYLO.
Happened to me about a month before I sold my GSA, so I took a short trip to Toolstation, picked a replacement CR2032 battery for mere £0.89 pence and replaced it in the car park of said store.
Very easy, flip out key, then holding the key (buttons facing down) parallel to your body pop of the key ring end cover by prying open with your thumb through recess for the key blade. Remove old battery and replace it with a new one, then dispose of old battery in an invirimental #treehugger way.
(Toolstation provide proper disposal bin at the counter). Replace the cover with a firm push, fold the key blade and stuff the fob back in your pocket for another year or so.


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[batman1]

Many thanks,
I love you guys, I could have looked in the hand book but where’s the fun in that, more smiles doing it this way.

So for those guys without tft I presume that you just have to wait until everything stops working?

 

[®win]

I had to replace the battery as well. Bike was just over a year old. At first I used a cheap @ss battery which only lasted 2 weeks. Then I bought a proper brand battery which still works.

 

[sutty]

you tube is your friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIbdzC5rqGA

 

[JerseyNeil]

I use my bike every day and my first battery lasted exactly 18 months before 'Keylo" warning appeared as others have said. a piece of piss to change and I carry a spare battery when abroad.

 

[Morety]

I have a master key which when held under the rear mudguard will start the bike should the main key go flat and I'm caught short without a battery.

 

[ChazzyB]

A warning comes up on the LCD display with !KEYLO.

It certainly does. I changed the battery in my fob last week. Sheet of 5 CR2032 batteries from Amazon for not a lot. It's good to have spares of batteries.

 

[ChazzyB]

I have a master key which when held under the rear mudguard will start the bike should the main key go flat and I'm caught short without a battery.

I understood the main key fob will also do this trick with a flat battery.

 

[autogs]

I understood the main key fob will also do this trick with a flat battery.

yep that is the case

 

[Morety]

I understood the main key fob will also do this trick with a flat battery.

 

[batman1]

I understood the main key fob will also do this trick with a flat battery.

I didn’t know that!

You learn all sorts from here.

 

[Cooky]

it's in the manual but like you say where's the fun in that

 

[CPJS]

Cheers gadget, so that’s the battery type sorted, now have you replaced one?

I had my bike in for service yesterday, when I mentioned it to the service manager, he said that you just wrench the two halves of the key apart down it’s centreline revealing access to the battery.

I mentioned that it hasn’t lasted very long and was it under warranty like the bike battery but apparently it’s not, however they only cost a few pence!

Just had mine replaced under warranty.







i was just about to leave the dealer after a end of warranty check when I noticed the KEYLOW icon on the dash, went back in to ask about it, they took the key and popped a new battery in it saying it was under warranty, no charge.

 

[Morety]

it's in the manual but like you say where's the fun in that

What is this "manual" you speak of?....

 

[Sea Dog]

What is this "manual" you speak of?....

He was Basil's sidekick in Fawlty Towers. Came from Barcelona apparently.