Yeah, my Maxima is a nice car but every 6 months I have to change the keyless key batter, a CR2025 3V. It's a bit of a pain. You have to crack open the plastic case and you wonder if the $350 key is going to break. The above video says to change battery once a year but in my experience, and those on message boards, twice a year seems more like it.
Wow. After more than 13 years, my GM car is on the same battery for its remote transmitter. Of course, my car needs a key to start, so the transmitter only uses juice when I press the button to unlock or lock the doors. I take it your Maxima runs without using a key, so the transmitter must be talking a lot more. I'm not sure if this is an improvement. Pushbutton start seems like a solution to a non-existent problem. I've seen stories about thieves cloning the transmitter data in order to steal a car. And there are stories about people who don't know how to turn the car off when it's accelerating out of control. Some of these incidents have resulted in fatal crashes.
Posted by: Gary | July 20, 2013 at 11:50 PM