Just an FYI...I was amazed the other week when on one of the BMW forums I'm on...the battery replacement for the new style key came up...and there are BMW owners out there now installing the replaceable 2016 battery inside the new style keys...forgoing the VL??? rechargeable battery that needs to be soldered.

Sorry I don't remember (I'm on 3 e39/e38 forums and 4 X5 forums)...but I do remember Bluebee chiming in, too...so it was probably an e39 forum.

Again, the word is going around that the easily found 2016 battery (the one used in the old style key) is being used as a replacment battery instead of the rechargeable battery that needs to be soldered to the board...then being glued back together. I did mention that they should have taken pics so that others could see how to place the 2016 inside the key...because it obviously need to make contact to something on the board so that the coil can get powered up etc.

I'll try to see if I can google a few key words to find that thread.

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