how to replace battery in a saab key fob

[chuwillloose]

you sir, are the fucking man

[zenprofit]

You, sir, are a genius. Steve Jobs would have been proud of you. Thanks.

[skipp786]

you are welcome. Ask me for more DIYs, will be happy to help

[johnstonb]

Having already tried a paperclip, I very much appreciate your posting of this video. Thank you very much!

[stotty01]

Thank you thats great !

[NikAbbot]

Excellent! Thank you so much!

[1SobriQuette]

And, you hit the nail right on its head with your comments as to why Saab, in its infinite wisdom and customer user-friendliness .... would design such an idiosyncratic key fob — which is part of the reason why Saab has been on life-support. Thanks for the validation on this Swedish drunk-in-the-sauna engineering-head-fake, Skip.

[1SobriQuette]

Skip, you are, Sir, an intrepid genius and a HERO. Thank you so much. It's the Fourth of July weekend and, needless to say, this funky key situation began Friday evening, just after business hours (and five automotive types at three places, not Saab, could not figure it out Saturday). My holiday weekend may be recouped. Headin' for the corkscrews pronto. And I'll need a drink after this Swedish meatball situation.

[tukester]

Thank you!

[LazyLob]

That is simply genius and worked first time, thank you

[dogsdangles]

I fought my key with a paperclip for hours! This is an ingenious trick. Thanks for posting!

[saab93la]

thanks 

[22marx22]

Thank you, I was struggling with it for a while

[willbb123]

Perfect! Exactly the tool to get it open.

[skipp786]

Thank You Sir. Call me if need further help

[primitivedave]

You smashing chap! I've been fiddling all morning...

[skipp786]

thanks for watching and commenting. i used a cock screw from a small swiss knife which perfectly fitted. your screw might have been bigger.

regards

syed

[aminy23]

I have a 2006 Saab 9-5 and the key is exactly the same. I tried a corkscrew, but it did not work. I had a digital multimeter laying around, and I tried one of the probes, and it easily popped it open. For those less tech-savy than I, it is simply a sharp thin round piesce of metal, but it is thicker than a needle. A thick needle, and awl should also work. Great video though, I thought that was a screw hole.

[566dave]

Very good video. It should also be disclosed that you damage the key case this way and another video should be used to demostrate how to put the new battery in.

[flarnell]

Thank you, i don't know why they would make so difficult though

[StarAviator]

Thanks! It took me three different corkscrews to find one that was big enough, but it popped right open!