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Reviewed in Canada on February 4, 2025
Great product very easy to switch over circuit board from old remote
Aiden
Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2025
Works great! So happy to have a functional flip out key again with the logo!Super easy to swap the old internals into and the instructions are super easy to follow if you forget how to do it.Totally worth the cost if your key needs to be repaired.
Garry Gill
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2024
My OEM key buttons were all worn out and falling apart. I swapped out the motherboard and flip key into this one. After watching a couple Youtube videos to figure it out, it worked perfectly! I could hardly tell it was a duplicate
Ron
Reviewed in Canada on July 2, 2024
It worked as advertised. Used for 2013 Chevy Cruze. As for quality longevity is yet to be seen
Patrick Haig
Reviewed in Canada on December 19, 2024
So the "help" video is a video of some random guy who never used the product before. Trying to open the product to put the insides in doesn't go so well. Certainly, you need to know opening your old fob, assuming it is still in tact, is extremely difficult. Be careful with the spring, you don't want to lose it when everything pops open. After putting it back together, the key does not open and close properly. And it's not just mine, the guy in the video says the same thing. The fob does work, it locks/unlocks and starts the car, so for that, I give it a couple stars. But for the actual fit, no stars. The help video, no stars.
R Lavoie
Reviewed in Canada on November 4, 2024
Casing is exactly the same as my original one for 2013 chevy malibu. However as noted by others, if you do not want to get the blank key machined you the key mechanism is different and needs some sanding to fit.I simply used a small file and made the notches a little larger and everything fit very nicely including the key flip spring.Note that it is Clearly not water proof if you don't add any glue to the final assembly.Still would recommend if you are able to modify some parts to fit. Else plan to take the new blank key to a locksmith.
Sharkie
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2024
I transferred the pc board from the original working fob into this empty case. The most difficult part was getting the pc board out of the original fob. A knife, slotted screwdriver and chisel were unsuccessful. In the end I used a coping saw with a 17 TPI (teeth per inch) blade because it was thin enough to cut into the groove of the two halves of the original fob. A very shallow cut is required otherwise you cut into the pc board. After doing the shallow cut, I pried apart the two halves of the original fob and removed the pc board. It fits well into the new empty fob casing and has a small hole that fits into a stabilizing pin. It was tricky to close up the fob because the blade mechanism has to be spring loaded and during that process the pc board often slipped out of place. There are many videos on this on the internet and I won't try to explain the spring loading. Once it was reassembled, I removed the roll pin of the uncut blade and replaced it with the original blade. I used a very thin brass punch to knock out the pin. Be careful not to lose it, it is very small. I used the pin from the replacement fob to fit the old blade. Not the pin that was part of the old blade - they looked different. In order to get the pin to start going into the groove of the old blade, I had to file away a very small bit of the start of the groove on the original blade because the new pin was just a tiny bit too big to get into the hole and secure the blade. I had the old blade clamped in a vice and once the pin was going into the groove, I stopped using the punch, removed the fob and blade from the vice and used a pair of pliers to gently press the rest of the pin into the groove. The whole process took 30 minutes in my shop (I lost the pin twice so a big magnet is very useful). But if you are not handy or don't have the tools , it may be better to pay a locksmith to do it for you. The key worked flawlessly although the buttons are stiffer to push than on the original fob. No programming was required because the electronics are the original one that was still working. If your original key fob has one or more buttons not working, this is NOT the product you need. This is only for those key fobs that are still working but have physical damage like broken blade spring or broken plastic cover. In the end this was only one tenth of the price the Canadian dealer wanted for a new key.
Megan dukewich
Reviewed in Canada on December 24, 2023
This product doesn’t work well because it’s the wrong size, it looks the exact same as mine in the photo but now that I’ve put it on it doesn’t allow the key to close. Also on the trunk button on the inside there is a little black piece that fell off so I was hoping the new key fob pieces would have worked so I can use that button again but it doesn’t.
BostonFrankG
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2022
Great in concept, but fails in execution. So I wrangled my old key fob open and pulled out the circuit board. Put it into the new case and....the buttons don't work. After checking it a few times, I could tell that the circuit board buttons didn't reach up to the new membrane. I found that I could push really hard on 1 of the buttons to get it to work, but not the others. Since I'm out only $10 for the pair, not a great loss.
Matt and Kristina Limberg
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2022
Casing is a good replacement for breaking buttons. The key itself isn't an exact fit, you either want to get the new one cut or bore out the hole on the casing for the old button, the new button does not fit with the factory key. Or just accept the key won't lock in position.
J. Guzman
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2020
This shell was an exact replacement for my Cruze fob. The hardest part was disassembling my old fob as the original one is glued together and had to break into pieces to get it apart. Once I was able to open the old fob up and get the board and original blade, assembling the new one was easy. You will have to switch your original blade into the new fob but easy to do, just tap a small pin out, switch and put pin in new hinge. You can watch a quick youtube video for reference but not hard to do. The new fob feels and looks just like original one did when it was new. Happy with it and saved quite a bit of money compared to going to the dealer.
Nate
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020
I bought a pair of these to replace some completely destroyed GM key fobs for my wife’s 2010 Chevy Equinox. After much research online, I had determined what was involved to complete the swap of electronics, and what I’d be getting. The GM key fobs are literally glued together, making disassembly a complete pain and completely destroyed original key fobs. But once you have them apart, the electronics swap is very simple. From both fobs, I removed the pin from the key blade and simply swapped the OE key blade onto the new fob unit’s rotating blade mount. Upon re-assembly, I noticed that the new fob cases’s switchblade spring was not strong enough to fully open and lock the key with the push of the key button. So I just swapped in the springs from the OE fobs and it worked as it originally did. The Chevy emblem included was thin and cheap and you can tell it’s not the best quality, but looks good from 12+ inches away. All in all though, a great buy! It functions as it should (with 1 modification), looks great, feels like a new key, and difficulty to complete the job was 100% as expected.
Craig Lawson
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2020
I was frightened by some of the reviews but I figured I had only $10 to lose but lots to save if it worked. The only hard part I had was opening the glued shut old key fob. One I got that open had parts transferred in a snap. I have a fully functional key fob for less than $10 and a little time.Would buy again
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