How to Open Your 2008 Saturn Vue Key Fob & Change Battery

How to Open Your 2008 Saturn Vue Key Fob & Change Battery

Keyless entry remote allow access to your car. If the key fob battery is dead or weak you lose your keyless entry fob's ability to use distance opening function. In this post, we explained how to open your key fob and change a dead or weak battery yourself. If you choose to do it at home near Vue, use this instruction, but first make sure you have everything you need.

What type battery keyless entry remote require

Before you start to disassembly remote key fob check all that you need: flat head screwdriver and 1xCR2032 battery.
  • flat head screwdriver
  • 1xCR2032 battery

Step by step guide

Inside of your keyless entry remote installed small button cell battery. Carefully try to pry apart your key with flat head screwdriver. Replace CR2032 battery with flat head screwdriver.

Change old battery with new 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 polarity on battery, by "+" mark.

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

At this point squeeze keyless entry fob's back cover together. Line your shell two halves together and assemble it in place by hands from top to bottom. Inspect your key shell for gaps. If it is not tightly closed try to repeat last step.

Video of key opening

How To Replace Saturn Vue Key Fob Battery 2008 2009 2010

Still not working? Buy new one

Frequently Asked Questions

Keyless entry remote of Saturn Vue use 1xCR2032 batteries. Price for CR2032 batteries are under $4-6 build upon the size packaging, brand and type you buy. Take your old battery to the store, to find a proper replacement.

Remote key fob in most of cases do not need to be reprogrammed after battery change. If your key fob not working, recheck new battery voltage. If it is not help, read user's manual or contact local dealer.

Replacing your keyless entry remote battery is simple to do in 2008 Saturn Vue. Most of car manufacturers think about clients and make a special hole for key fob open.

The price to replace the battery in key can run anywhere $50-600 depending on the brand and the service pricing.

Remote key fob batteries in modern cars should be replaced once in 3-4 years, but this will differ based on frequency of use and battery quality. If your remote key fob shortened signal strength, you should change batteries before it stop open doors and make problems for you.

These signs will warn you that it's perhaps time to change battery in your Saturn Vue: key fob buttons not working, signal strength reduced, you didn't change battery more than 4 years and multiple clicks to unlock or lock doors required.
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Fob Compatibility:

  1. FCC ID: OUC60270
  2. Models: 2008-2010 Saturn Vue