How to Open Your 2012 Volvo C30 Key Fob & Change Battery

How to Open Your 2012 Volvo C30 Key Fob & Change Battery

If your C30 key isn't open doors perfectly, the battery more likely needs to be changed. It's not difficult to replace the battery in your key fob DIY. Everything you need is described in this article.

What type battery remote key fob require

Before going to disassembly key fob check all that you need: flat head screwdriver and CR2032 battery.
  • flat head screwdriver
  • 1xCR2032 battery

Step by step instruction

Inside of your key fob installed tiny coin cell battery. Remove any internal key first, and then try to pry apart the key fob.

Carefully try to open your key fob with hands or flat head screwdriver. Replace CR2032 battery with flat head screwdriver.

Get new battery and install it inside keyless entry fob's shell. Be sure to connect the battery the right way around in a circuit. Your key will not work if you place battery wrong way.

Before assembling fob’s case, verify that everything is functioning by pressing buttons on keyless entry remote.

The last thing to do is put your cover back on fob. Carefully try to put the two halves in place by hands from top to bottom. If your fob body tightly closed, we done. If not, repeat the last step.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Key fob of Volvo C30 require 1xCR2032 batteries. Price for CR2032 batteries are under $4-6 depending on the size packaging, brand and type you buy. You can take old battery to the store, with you to find a proper replacement.

Usually, after keyless entry remote battery replace, reprogramming not required. Keyless entry remote reprogramming procedure often described in user's manual of your vehicle.

Replacing your keyless entry remote battery is simple to do in 2012 Volvo C30. Most of car manufacturers think of the customers and make a special hole for keyless entry remote open.

The price to replace the battery inside keyless entry remote is $50-600 depending on the car and the service station.

Keyless entry remote batteries in modern cars should be replaced every three or four years, also this will vary based on their amount of use and quality. If your 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 probably time to change battery in your 2012 Volvo C30: 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: LTQV0315TX
  2. Models: 2007-2013 Volvo C30