You don't need sound to understand this video, just eyes and a brain lol. Very helpful, thanks!

Because of this video now I understand how to replace fob. Only item not shown here would be the control board needed, to be removed and inserted in new fob. Mines had two plastic pins holding it in place and took some patients to get board out and insert in new fob.

I'm surprised, it's easier than I thought to change the battery in the remote. Thanks!

I learned how to change fob internals but watching video was like watching two racoons fight over a pack of hot dogs.

Tip: make the spring two turns. To do this, simply place the 3 components in place (with the key closed) and then correctly insert the other side of the body by turning two anticlockwise before closing. Do not fully tighten the screw under the logo.

Very helpful indeed! Thank you! I purchased a new fob through amazon and needed help with disassembling so this was great! :D

Thank you! I searched far too long for that little screw 😅

Wow. Glad I watched video before ordering new fob. Damn!

Thank you very much for your explanation. And for the tip of making two turns.

wow... Thanks I just change my battery and it works now.

thank you, this videos helped me to open my control, it was really hard....!!!

They make the cars easy to steal but for the insert key is like nearly impossible to get out

I was surprised on how easy it was to replace the battery in the remote...

Good video, I just feel you like it woulda been better with sound but then again idk but if you woulda learned how first and then made a video showing us exactly wat to do. But instead i felt like we just learned how to do it together. lol

Me autudo mucho💪👌 desde rep.dom

was there a transponder chip in the fob?

After swapping the PCB board over, assembling everything, the car will not start with this new key fob. I don't know where the transponder chip is located in the key for the year 2013 Kia Cee'd. Any ideas? Oops! I have just answered my own question by looking more closely at the bits I broke apart yesterday! The transponder is located on the top-left edge of the back cover when looking at the Kia symbol the correct way up. So in this video it is under the securing rubber pin which is shown at 20:48. I will try to remove it tomorrow. It looks like a magnet with a little red paint smudged over part of it (in my case). It is surrounded by quite a bit of plastic so should be another interesting challenge! The remote central locking, the boot, etc all work perfectly and the car tries to start but the engine will not stay on. Basically, everything works in the car with the key in the ignition but when the engine kicks in, it will simply not stay on and keep running. I can only see a minor scratch on the PCB when my hacksaw went close to it at some point. The scratch has not caused a break in the track on that part of the PCB and there were no components on that side of the PCB. I used a small hacksaw to try to cut along the lines that had been glued together. When I eventually managed to cut and pull the fob apart, I realised there was a small hole in the PCB that they had moulded the last piece through at the bottom of the PCB. It secures the board in place but that last bit of plastic had to be delicately cut with a razor blade because trying to pull the plastic out of the hole it had been moulded through on the PCB would have probably broken the PCB. Oh and for the metal key ring part at the bottom of the fob, the easiest way to remove it is to put a small screwdriver into the part for the keyring and then bend the screwdriver downwards so that the top part moves away from the fob and hence it lifts that shiny key ring metal upwards. That also causes it to come away from the top groove where it has been pushed through to secure the opposite side of the 3 buttons (see 9:27 of this video). I managed to use the heated end of a knife to melt and slide away most of the plastic around the transponder. Without doing that, the transponder would not fit into the space available in new key fob I bought on eBay. I actually had to cut away a few ridges in the new key fob as well in the area for transponder because I hadn't managed to reduce the excess plastic around the transponder enough. The very final step was getting my key blade itself into the new swivel mechanism of the new key fob. Instead of getting a locksmith to cut a copy of my key, I decided to use a metal punch to push out the pin that secures the base of my new blank blade. That was easy enough. However, pushing out the pin in the original Kia key was really tough. I had to hammer it several times and also tried using a nail while resting the key on an adjustable spanner to ensure the pin can drop out on the opposite side. I finally pushed it out and to insert the base back into the swivel base mechanism, I simply had to hammer the end of the original key until it was secured in the swivel base. That's because the original key's base was slightly thicker than the hole in the new key fob (15:53). Luckily the end of the key wasn't badly damaged and the hole for the pin didn't align perfectly so I haven't replaced the pin. The key blade is jammed in the swivel base securely so no doubt it will stay in place. I did 2 anticlockwise turns of the spring in the swivel base (21:04) for a more powerful swing out of the key when I press the release button. A month or so later after assembling the spring in the swivel base and putting the PCB in place with the battery and everything, all works perfectly with no issues.

Is there a video showing how to replace the mechanical key without disassembling the fob?

Thank

That was extremely painful to watch. I couldn't get past the first 7 minutes of silent, nothing. There has to be an easier way?

Before trying this. Try some electronic cleaner spray. I washed mine and it stopped working. I used electronic cleaner spray and it works again

Super easy

It is that difficult?

Vu la difficulté qu'il a à l'ouvrir, je comprends les presque 25 minutes du clip !

You did it 1st time?

Ffs, like watching paint dry !!

This must be your first time ever doing it

Où se trouve le secours

They did a more engineering on this damn key then they did on the ignition to keep these vehicles from being stolen 🙄. Ridiculous.

No sound.

No se escucha nada🤷‍♀️

Dont do it. this design relies on a danty metal washer with grooves that wears out. save time nd buy new one

To much

One of the worst.

You really don't know what you are doing, do you?

Je perdus mon télécommande de ma voiture kia sorento s.x v6