Replace Key Fob Batteries

How to Replace the Battery in a 2004 Subaru Forester Key Fob

How to Replace the Battery in a 2004 Subaru Forester Key Fob

Key fob allow access to your auto. Once the key fob battery is weak or dead you’ll lose your keyless entry fob's ability to use distance functions. It's not difficult to change the battery in your remote key fob by yourself. All you need is outlined below.

What size battery does 2004 Subaru Forester remote key fob take

Before you start to disassembly key fob check all that you need: 1 CR2025 battery and flat head screwdriver.
  • flat head screwdriver
  • 1xCR2025 battery

Step by step instruction

A button battery installed in the your keyless entry remote. Accurately try to pry apart your remote key fob with pry tools. Remove 1 CR2025 battery with flat head screwdriver.

Change old battery with fresh one CR2025. Battery must be installed with the same position as was a previous. Your keyless entry remote will not work if you by mistake place battery wrong way.

After the new battery installed, check keyless entry remote by pressing buttons. If all functions works, assemble your fob’s case in reverse order.

The last thing to do is put your cover back on fob. Accurately try to assemble the pieces in place by hands from top to bottom. Inspect your key fob body for gaps. If it is not firmly closed try to repeat last step.

Video of keyless entry remote disassembly

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FAQ

Remote key fob of Subaru Forester require 1xCR2025 batteries. Price for CR2025 batteries are under $4 depending on the brand, size packaging and type you buy. Take your old battery to the store, to find a proper replacement.

Usually, after remote key fob battery change, you do not need to reprogram. Don't be scare of this procedure, because often it's described in user's manual.

Changing your keyless entry remote battery is easy to do in 2004 Subaru Forester. Most of car manufacturers think about customers and make a special hole for keyless entry remote open.

Auto repair shop's pricing for change the battery in key is from $30 to as high as $500 depending on the make.

Keyless entry remote batteries in modern cars should be changed once in four years, although this will vary based on frequency of use and build quality. If your remote key fob shortened signal strength, you should change batteries before it stop working and make problems for you.

These symptoms will warning you that it's perhaps time to replace battery in your 2004 Subaru Forester: low key battery indicator on dashboard, you didn't change battery more than 4 years, key fob buttons not working and multiple clicks to unlock or lock doors required.
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Contents:

  1. Battery Size and Tools
  2. Replacement Guide
  3. Video Instruction
  4. FAQ

Other Subaru Models:

Fob Compatibility:

  1. FCC ID: NHVWB1U711
  2. Models: 2000-2009 Subaru Forester