How to Open an Alfa Romeo with a Dead Key Fob
- First, if you are already inside, click here for help getting started!
- Second, you can find video help here!
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Alfa Romeo introduced push button start in the new Giulia model in 2017, followed by the Stelvio in 2018. 
They use the same key fob.
Getting Inside
A mechanical key will be needed to unlock the driver’s door. The fob will need to be removed from any key ring its attached to first. The mechanical is hiding in the fob and the cover on the back must be removed to find it. Squeeze the sides of fob at the wide end marked by raised ribs, as shown in the image (right).
The back cover can now be pulled away moving, it towards where the key ring was attached. The mechanical key is seen inside and can then be pulled out.
Insert the key into the lock cylinder at the back of the driver’s door and turn, and you’ll be in the car.
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Continue to Part II, Getting Started …
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The author has 25 years of automotive experience and has assembled the most extensive collection of symbols and warning lights anywhere (over 1,000!) and can help you open and start any keyless start car with a dead key fob battery. BA, St. Joseph’s College, ME: MS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY
To retrieve the mechanical key from either key fob style, slide the release lever located on the reverse side of the FAST key fob, as shown, and pull out the mechanical key. It can then be inserted into the lock cylinder at the back of the driver’s door handle and turned to unlock the car. So far so good…