PSA for people that do this.
As most know by now - you need to use VIDA and the software update called 32398268 to reset the counter for the VCM battery life. Doing so also removed the U105000 error in the VCM when you scan using Orbit or VIDA. That is - unless you are super lucky and Orbit can use the factory default code for the VCM. I tried that first and no luck.
For me - two things happened after the software was applied
1. Lost connectivity with the car, and the only way to get it back was by doing a hard reset of the VCM. That is, remove the freshly installed battery, as well as ground for the main battery, wait a few minutes and then reconnect (main battery first, then install the VCM fresh battery again).
2. All tweaks done to the car (TPMS, Adaptive lights, tire circumference, doors autolocking etc) were gone. The ability of Orbit to load a saved configuration file was awesome! Saved me a lot of time remembering what I had done previously. So - when ever you do a chance to your car in Orbit and like it - save a copy of your configuration!
As most know by now - you need to use VIDA and the software update called 32398268 to reset the counter for the VCM battery life. Doing so also removed the U105000 error in the VCM when you scan using Orbit or VIDA. That is - unless you are super lucky and Orbit can use the factory default code for the VCM. I tried that first and no luck.
For me - two things happened after the software was applied
1. Lost connectivity with the car, and the only way to get it back was by doing a hard reset of the VCM. That is, remove the freshly installed battery, as well as ground for the main battery, wait a few minutes and then reconnect (main battery first, then install the VCM fresh battery again).
2. All tweaks done to the car (TPMS, Adaptive lights, tire circumference, doors autolocking etc) were gone. The ability of Orbit to load a saved configuration file was awesome! Saved me a lot of time remembering what I had done previously. So - when ever you do a chance to your car in Orbit and like it - save a copy of your configuration!