Hi guys,
Recently, my remote for my is200 has been working intermittently, it appeared to be a dying battery. I meant to get a new one this week, but didn't end up driving the car at all. So, I decided to take her out for a spin this evening, and the car would not unlock. The light on the remote looked very dim.....so, i thought I would open the door with the key...big mistake! The alarm went off and I could not disarm it as the battery was dead.
Thought I would run upstairs and get the spare which I last used 2 years ago. That one was completely dead. Even the light wouldn't flash when I pressed the buttons on the spare. Being late on a Sunday evening, I couldn't find a store which has the battery in stock. I had to pull the negative terminal off the battery as the alarm was just going crazy.
I can easily pick up a replacement battery for the remote....CR1616....but am worried now that I might have to reprogram something to get it all working fine again.
Would it just be a matter of replacing the batteries in the remotes, putting the negative terminal back on the car battery and disarming the alarm?
Any advice would be appreciated.