Key Fob Batteries Died (Both Fob's)

Being an overkill kinda guy, maybe I'll be adding a spare CR1632 3v battery to the glove box at the end of year one.

 

don't forget, you can still get into the car and start it with a dead fob battery, no biggie. and fwiw, you can have a metal key cut at a hardware store for $15., shows you what the dealers are making to pay for those donuts.

 

Two of them for $2.25 on Amazon, free shipping.

 

Can Cr2032 replace Cr1632?

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Answer:
No, they are not the same size. CR2032 is 20mm in diameter while CR1632 is 16mm in diameter.

According to the above,2032 is 4mm (5/32") larger in dia. Looking in my FOB, the 1632 fills the space. It does not 'look' like the larger diameter battery would fit. But I did not take the time to try one. If someoe has use a 2032 in their FOB, let us know.

 

If by "número uno", you are referring to how early one got their PiP, I am also pretty close to número uno (March 2012; see tag on my profile), and I haven't had any fob problems. My wife and I each have one of them.

 

right, i didn't get mine until 04/26/12. it will be interesting to see how long they last compared to our gen II's and hycam's.

 

Charles,
Very cool early adopter!
Are the very first PiP owner(s) on Prius Chat? Do we know them. Charles has to be close, right?

 

Depends upon what you call a early adopter.
john1701a was really early, late march I think. He is on here all the time. Go to his web site. He has all kinds of information there.

 

My PiP was the first one sold in the US (maybe even the Western hemisphere, hahah)

#2 was LurkAzuza.. she's here, do not know if she still visits

The first boatload of PiPs from Japan landed in Nor Cal first.. the first ones on US soil were in Fremont, I think? where ever that shipyard is.. but Toyota (Erica) didnt want to release them until she had a chance to inspect them.. since she's at HQ in Torrance, I guess she didnt get to inspect them until the ship arrived in Long Beach. Carson Toyota is literally down the street (ok, freeway) from Long Beach, so after she "released" them, Carson Toyota got the first truck load of PiPs in the US.

My green sticker is #1 but Lurk's is #0.. which I could never figure out.. I mean, really.. who starts numbering at zero..

 

I took delivery on March 1, 2012. I tracked the boat carrying it on its way from Japan to the port in Vallejo (near San Francisco) (Toyota provided the required information). But there may be folks here with experience with the pre-production prototype. And I don't claim the deeper experience with technical details that others have. Unlike those folks, I have never hooked up my own OBD-II dongle.

 

Cool, good to know.

But Hey, YOU ARE #1! An interesting honor to be # zero...

 

Whoa Charles. TMI on hooking up with your dongle or what have you. I understand there is a lot of room to do, well whatever (with your whatever) in the back of a Prius, but this is a family forum, OK?

Poor attemps at humor aside, congrats on your 3/1/12 delivery. Talk about anxiously tracking a shipment!

 

my wife calls me zero. but i suppose that's better than being number two.

 

I recall getting a March 1st delivery date when I preordered my PiP a couple years ago. I recall being number 47. We canceled when rumors of layoffs at DW's company loomed. When she was actually laid off a few months later, we were content knowing we made the right choice. Then FIL's 4runner gave up the ghost as Toyota introduced deep discounts and I finally got my number... I have no idea what number it is.

Back to the subject. The low key battery alert is accompanied by an audible tone so you can't miss it. I think it is wise to try to wear out the other original fob just in case it is the problem.

I might still be number one for something. First PiP fob to legitimately run out of battery?


iPhone ?

 

Our garage is directly underneath bedroom, and key fobs are about 10-12 feet vertically over the Pip.

Haven't had a problem in 22 months, but will probably change fob batteries soon for good measure.

I had changed the fob batts in the gen II at 3 years just for good measure as well.

btw, I don't use the remote door open or lock buttons; might that have something to do with premature battery loss?

 

interesting point, i don't either. fob never leaves my pocket.

 

I just looked at my purchase agreement, and it is actually dated February 29, 2012, so I can say I have been a PiP owner since February, 2012. I cannot find the threads right now, but but we tracked the car carrier ship from Japan, and noted when the cars were unloaded at Vallejo and spent time at a Toyota facility near the port having the final nation-specific factory work done, before being loaded on a truck to be sent to my dealer. Every time I drove on the freeway that connects Vallejo and Milpitas, I would wonder if my car was on that truck. So on that Wednesday, I got a call from the dealer that it was in, and I could pick it up that evening. Filled out the paperwork, wrote a check, drove it home, and plugged it in for its first charge.

I think it was the same ship that continued on to Long Beach, where Tracksyde's car came in.