How to Open Your 2005 Ford Explorer Key Fob and Change Battery

How to Open Your 2005 Ford Explorer Key Fob and Change Battery

Key fob grant access to your auto. Once the key fob battery is dead you lose your keyless entry fob's ability to control remote functions. Below, we outlined how to disassembly your car key fob and replace your Ford key battery.

What type battery does 2005 Ford Explorer keyless entry remote take

Changing battery in keyless entry remote require flat head screwdriver and 1xCR2032 battery. Prepare these materials and tools before opening and make sure to match the size of your keyless entry fob's batteries.
  • 1xCR2032 battery
  • flat head screwdriver

Simple steps to change the battery in your Explorer's key fob

Inside of your key fob installed tiny button battery. Gently try to disassemble your fob with flat head screwdriver. Remove 1 CR2032 battery with flat head screwdriver.

Replace old battery with fresh one CR2032. Every battery has a negative and positive side and if you put the wrong connector down, the charge cannot go into your circuit board and make it work. Check position on battery, by "+" mark.

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

At this point squeeze keyless entry fob's back cover together. Line your shell pieces together and assemble it together by hands from top to bottom. Check your fob body for gaps. If it is not firmly closed try to repeat last step.

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FAQ

Remote key fob of Ford Explorer use 1xCR2032 batteries. Price for CR2032 batteries are under $6 build upon the type, brand and size packaging you buy. You can take old battery to the store, with you to find a proper replacement.

Often, after key battery replace, reprogramming not required. Don't be scare of this procedure, because often it's described in user's manual.

Replacing your keyless entry remote battery is simple to do in 2005 Ford Explorer. Most of car manufacturers think about customers and make a special hole for remote key fob open.

Auto repair shop's price for replace the battery in key fob is from 50 to 600 dollars depending on the brand.

You should change batteries inside key fob of modern cars at least every three or four years. The lifetime of battery differ on frequency of use, quality and operating conditions. Lithium cells normally will last longer.

These symptoms will warning you that it's perhaps time to replace battery in your Ford Explorer: key fob buttons not working, signal strength reduced, low key battery indicator on dashboard and you didn't change battery more than 4 years.
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Fob Compatibility:

  1. FCC ID: CWTWB1U322
  2. Models: 2000-2010 Ford Explorer