Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[Bitumen Boy]

I'm sure this is a common enough problem these days, but it's not one that I've come across before. Basically the rubber buttons on a modern electronic key are falling to pieces, thus:



What's the usual way of dealing with these? It still works at present. As I see it there are three options;

1. Do nothing,
2. Wrap it with insulating tape and hope for the best, or
3. Replace it.

If 3, where do you go - main stealers, or do high street keycutters do them? And what's a fair price out in the provinces? No kidding, having a modern car for the first time is proving to be a steeper learning curve than actually learning to drive in the first place!

[Penman]

Hi
I had the blipper case, which is seperate to the key, breaking up on my Volvo and googled for a replacement the innards just fitted straight inside the replacement cases.
I wonder if it is possible to do a similar thing with these keys surely the cases aren't moulded onto the keys.
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[ukdave2002]

My wife had a Peugeot with a similar key fob , long finger nails had a similar effect

I found you could get a new case for a few quid on ebay

Unfortunately she had also damaged the small button switch's... Fortunately these are also available for a couple of quid too

Dave

[Bitumen Boy]

Thanks for that, guys - replacement case ordered. You can find pretty much anything on fleabay these days, but you do need to have some idea of what you're looking for! I guess it must be a pretty common problem now, looking at the sheer number of listings for these things - remember when keys were small and durable?

Actually I've realised, having to think about this for a wee while, that moderns are unsuitable for my wild swimming trips - not that I had any intention of outing the Herald, but it's still good to know it can do something that "normal" motors can't. What I do is lock anything of value in the car boot, then put the car keys on a stout piece of chain round my neck while in the water. Can't do that with this type...

[Riley Blue]

I've had keys like this on half a dozen cars, all VW or Audi. The only problem I've had is that the flip-out blade on one of them snapped off. I managed to stick it back on with Gorilla Glue but this was only ever a temporary solution. In the end I found a motor factors with the necessary computer programme to code a new key for me - cost me £75....

I just bought a new boot handle and lock and two keys for my Riley 1.5 - cost me £20.
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1963 Riley 1.5
1965 Riley 1.5