Just got one on Amazon and couldn’t figure out how to put my old chip in the new fob. This video helped a lot thank you!

I went to press the unlock button on my chevy cruze late last morning and the son of a b*tch popped right out like my wife's left tiddy from her bra

Very helpful

🙏🙏🙏thank you for this wonderful video

Chevy was gonna charge me some crazy amount of $ for a new fob! I went on Amazon, got 2 for like $20.. followed this video and DONE! It works. I did the switch by putting the motherboard into the new fob , tested it out and saved over $100 bucks.. It's ridiculous that I replaced this thing 2x because the UNLOCK pad wears out ..😮

Nice video, but I can't get my key to pop out. Plus, trying to take the key fob apart, it broke in half. Putting it back together in the new fob is difficult especially the spring to push the key out. My key will not popout.

As the post mentioned 1 - original fob doesn't come apart easy 2 - the newpush button assembly and the old key were put together in order to work 3 - removing the little pin did not align completely, be care not bend or break 4 - spring tension is done by - placing bottom fob on surface - put spring with tab down in slot In bottom fob - put key and button together - put spring in bottom of button with key - use slight pressure to hold spring, button and key together - then rotate key counter clockwise 3 to 4 times - this should work with both old or new spring - after rotations complete, put keys in the close position and hold - it's not to hard ? but holding key in place, put circuit board in bottom fob - add top fob and press together - at this point, spring tension should work. - Hope this helps

dealer wants 150.00 plus 150 programming. no wonder it made your day. me too. went to church to THANK GOD

The fob design for the Chevy Spark is the worst. Whomever designed it deserves a place in Hades. Per the dealer, Chevy discontinued the fob, so the only replacement option are aftermarkets on Amazon. My original fob key broke while I was turning it to start my car. When it broke, I was left with this tiny key stub that was impossible to use without pliers. Hopefully you keep a toolkit in your car like me, or you'll be stranded when the key randomly breaks. The original fob is glued shut, and it is a beast to crack open for the alarm chip. I used pliers and a lot of brute force. The assembly of the new fob is straight forward. The only hiccup is remembering to wind up the spring when you reassemble to get the spring open pop. My next stop is a locksmith to key the blank. I originally thought that I could pop the pin and swap the blank for the original stub key, but no dice.

Did the lock and unlock buttons work??

I’m Not an expert but isn’t there a screw attached behind the Chevy symbol that is required to be taken out for the key to pulled apart this is how you don’t break the fob?

Thanks, this was perfect! Appreciate you sharing.

How do you program it? What if you have remote start?

Worst part is trying to get the spring tension securely while trying to put in together 😡

2:00 you need to remove the bow tie and unscrew the screw

hey are u alive

LOL, im glad it's not static sensitive! Carpet and electronics normally dont mix.

Thank you for this video! I'm going to bookmark this so when the new key fob I bought will help.

You saved me $200!!! Thank you, it worked. 🎉

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...

6 yrs later. Thnx

Destroyed both key fobs trying to get them open this way. I hope whoever designed these things at GM got fired.

Thank you so much for showing me this!!!!!!!!!!!

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!

It’s 2024 and my lock button on my 2013 Cruze fob just broke!🤦🏻‍♀️ Thank you kind Sir for doing the Lords work!🙏🫡🔥👏

My 2015 Vauxhall Astra which has almost the same type of key fob did the same thing a few months ago so I had renew it most be a General Motors poor quality thing my previous car was a vw which I owned for 12y and apart from a few scratches both key fobs were ok

Good video bro, u helped me thanks

Professional work good sir

ty for this video. was these being sold on amazon and was weary because i couldnt find any videos of how it worked. this gave me confidence to order it and stop dealing with this broken unlock button (hopefully)

We're you ever able to get the key to fold and stay down? If so, how did you do it? I need to replace mine as well

To make it work correctly you must also switch the machined key, meaning you have to knock the small drift pin out of both metal keys and put the original key into the new chrome swing lock mechanism and reinstall the pin. If you don't do the last steep, the key will not stay closed in your pocket. The new parts in the swing lock mechanism are clocked differently and sized differently so no matter how you try to interchange the mechanical mechanism it does not reassemble and work. You must switch the actual metal key with the chrome swing or hinge mechanism. You need a hammer, long nose pliers and either a #53 or #52 drill bit that you will be breaking and using the shaft of as a drift punch. Drive the pin out using the hammer and drill bit with the shaft of the bit against the pin. When putting the pin back in, hold it with the long nose pliers and drive it in with the hammer. So when all is done, you use the circuit board and the machined key portion of the Original key fob, everything else is the new parts. Other then that, it's perfect! Everything else in the video is super clear. EDIT: Thank You for this video!

Thanks man! Way easier to switch circuitry than program a new fob for my silverado when my old fob works fine it just looks shabby.

needed this, had to use my pinky to click the buttons 😂

Good one. No fluff either.

i stg my shit got super glue or something, im having the hardest time getting it open 😂

Thanks 🎉🎉❤

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. However, as someone else mentionned, by removing the tiny pin that holds the key blade using a finishing nail, needle nose pliers and a hammer, I was able to swap key blades 12$ for a "new" key fob is awesome

Does anyone has the issues of not being able to lock/unlock the car after replacing the new shell? Car do start perfectly tho😢 please leave a comment if you have any idea what happen?

For those that didnt notice in the video, it came with a screw and the gm emblem, on the oem remove the emblem and you will be able to unscrew it open

Do we use the new key circuit board or replace it with old key circuit board ? Please clarify.

Thanx for making❤

Thanks! This is very helpful.

some Krazy glue or gorilla glue applied along the clamshell contour/crack and a vise clamped tight tor 24 hours is a great way to reseal the fob, provided all your parts in 100 % working order.

They key didn't stay shut and this is the issue I am having swapping over a new key fob.

There’s a screw behind the Chevy symbol !!

Just got to 1:37 and he says “cause I don’t know what I’m doing”. Should I keep watching and destroy my only keys? The guy is using a butter knife, wtf.

GREAT

I lost my keys Ugh

On my 3rd set of crap key fobs. Tried this method too and the replacement had a different design internals for the key flip.