DIY Replacement of a Chevrolet Key Fob! (Camaro, Cruze, Equinox, Malibu)
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- čas přidán 22. 06. 2017
- Decided to replace my Camaro key fob and didn't want to shell over hundreds to a dealership. I recorded the assembly and disassembly of the key fob. I needed to do this to my key fob anyway and thought that I might be able to help some people out by showing how it's done. You should be able to do this at home without the need for any special tools. Hope you enjoy!
Where I bought my key fob: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
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these are the worst fob design ever. They need real buttons that won't disintegrate over time. gm fail
Destroyed both key fobs trying to get them open this way. I hope whoever designed these things at GM got fired.
Just finished swapping the circuit board into cheap shell. A few observations: The old fob is not designed to be taken apart; I inserted two screwdrivers to pull it apart and broke the old shell. The head of the key part is different (took me a lot of time to figure this out) so I removed the pin holding the key with a pushpin and replaced the pin holding it in place with needlenose pliers and hammering it it. The spring on the new fob is much weaker than the one on the old fob, so the key does not flip open with the same satisfying authority. I found the video helpful.
These things are engineered this way to be hard to open on purpose. Even the air filter box in my car has star torq screws to deter people from changing the filter themselves. Capitalism at it's finest...
The knife slipped and I stabbed myself. My wife just dialed 911. Be careful doing this. I’m bleeding out my gut badly.
It’s 2024 and my lock button on my 2013 Cruze fob just broke!🤦🏻♀️ Thank you kind Sir for doing the Lords work!🙏🫡🔥👏
Great video, but I still can't do that. Why? Because, when I got to the part where you have to take apart the new fob and yours, "just came apart". Yeah, no. Mine is stuck together like it is Super Glued! I have nearly lost my mind trying to get this darn thing apart! On top of everything else, I locked my phone in my car and of course, now I am unable to unlock my car doors or open the trunk or anything! I swear, I really am losing what little sanity I have left. I really wish you were here to help an old man out.
Just saved people $200 for a new key fob, so ridiculous how much dealerships charge you for that
Next time don't work on a rug when dealing with electrical components. Static/friction will mess your circuits up. Aside from that very useful tutorial vid!
Worst part is trying to get the spring tension securely while trying to put in together 😡
5 years later and this video is a Godsend! My fob fell apart and I bought my car used and it only had one key. 🙄
My husband and spent a couple hours trying to open the old one to no success. Then I watched this video today and got it open within 2 minutes... not the same way as you but this gave us encouragement that it was in fact able to be opened lol.
I tried this and the actual key part like the metal peice from my old key wasnt fitting the new one. What i did is, theres actually a little hole where the long part meets the lower round part of the key, you press that it will come off and you can just do the same for the new one and just swap them. You can see the hole im talking about at
I just did mine, could't swap the key, there's a slight difference between the oem and the blank and I didn't feel like going to a locksmith.
Chevy dealer doesn’t not like this video 🤣👍🏼
IT WORKED!! i damaged my fob prying it open coz it seems like the bottom just wouldn't seperate properly but no big damage, all the button worked AND the car starts!! THANK YOU SO MUCH I SAVED $65+TAX!
You saved me $200!!! Thank you, it worked. 🎉
Thanks bro with your help i managed to replace my Opel Astra H key fob.Hurray GM :D
Thanks Brandon for your video! I was able to replace my key fob, I was scared! But, I did it! Great video!!!
That was the biggest accomplishment of my life ... dremel tool and patience holy shit