![]() While the general 'rule of thumb' for keeping spare parts for vehicles sold is roughly 10 years, officially Australian Consumer Law says they just have to be kept for 'a reasonable time'. Though for some the change only involves adding tags and warning information to their keys and user manuals, Wheels understands another carmaker is also having to destroy key fobs older than eight years because it would be "too difficult and expensive" to make them compliant with the new rules. MG told us it was in a similar position, needing to add labels to keys and user manuals, but was not able to say more at this stage. Rivero added that repackaging spare keys for older cars was underway too. Each tag costs about 28 cents and then there's labour at Prixcar, but it won't be a great amount of money for us." ![]() So about 10,000 have gone to the dealers to share between them, and the other 90,000 have gone to Prixcar ready to be fitted when they arrive in Australia. "We've printed 100,000 tags to go on new cars to cover ourselves on an on-going basis and at the same time we needed to do it for our existing stock of about 6,000 cars sitting in dealerships right now. Their higher voltage also means they can cause injury more quickly. They typically operate using lithium, alkaline, silver oxide or zinc-air – but lithium batteries pose the highest risk because they are usually larger, which means they are more likely to become stuck in a child’s throat. Though the legislation was actually passed by Parliament back in December 2020, there has been an 18-month transition period to allow carmakers time to make any necessary manufacturing and design changes, undertake compliance testing, remove and replace non-compliant stock, and to add warnings or emergency advice and instructions.īutton/coin batteries are flat, small, round single-cell batteries. ![]() It's a move that is likely to cost carmakers in Australia, and used car dealers, big – as they wrangle to get all of their old and new keys up to code. Move designed to protect children from harmĪ new law could see car prices rise due to the need to make key fobs meet more stringent safety standards – and owners of older cars possibly unable to replace their spare sets at all.įrom Wednesday, June 22, the Federal Government will bring in a legislation change which means any product containing a button battery, including car key fobs, must be produced to ensure it is secure to prevent children from getting hold of them.Car key batteries must now meet stringent standards. ![]()
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