rbeggs

Why would a fresh battery in the lock fob be depleted in 3 days aside from the obvious possibility that the activating button could have been continuously depressed?

The first incident resulted in the alarm fandango in a parking lot. The second in
an emergency cross town key delivery.

Could a component failure in the fob cause unusually high current drain?

Gotta get an external magnetic key case for a battery.

Thanks,

-rbeggs

LexVan

R u sure the battery was "fresh"?

Kika

There could be an internal short.

I have noticed that a significant amount of lint that accumulates inside the remote. While not a great conductor, I suppose enough fibers in the wrong place could cause problems. More likely an open, than a short if it is lint.

I keep my keys in my pocket, so after a while, there is quite a bit of dust/lint build up.

When I change the battery, I try and blow out as much dust as I can.

rbeggs

The lady at the 5 & 10 handed me a sealed battery package so that's not it.

u7t2p7

Yeah...but Woolworths have been closed since 1997

kjr914

Try another battery & clean out the inside terminal area as per Kika. Just because it was in a sealed pkg, doesn't mean its a perfect battery. With anything electrical, there is a very, very small, but finite possibility of an early death of a component (see "bathtub curve").