VW Volkswagen Skoda Seat Broken Key HOW TO Fix Snapped Blade

This video has been a long time coming! We promised it over a year ago. This will show you how to repair broken VW, Seat and Skoda keys that break. The blade holder snaps and the key falls out.

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This needs a new case and you need to be very careful when you break open an old VW, Seat or Skoda broken key. If you have any questions please ask in the comments below.

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[squirrel]

Thank you, my blade holder snapped and I was quoted £160 for a new key. Bought a case and pliers off a well known internet retailer for £13 and spent 45 minutes to swap over the original key blade into the new case. Used a sharpening stone to file a tiny bit off the blade so it fitted the new case. This video was invaluable in saving me time and money.

[adambentley]

thanks for this video. Managed to do re-shell my wife's Skoda key following your guide. Biggest issue was finding someone to cut the new blade (only) as i already had the shell. None of the chains will do it so ended up at a local locksmith. I had tried to knock the pin out to swap the blades but gave up after a while (must need a hell of a lot of force!). Worth the effort in the end. About £35 all in including £10 for a 12mm OEM Skoda logo. Still half the price Timpson wanted to charge... and i learnt something. Thank you.

[alexwelle]

Best protocol on YT for this issue. Shown by a professional. Thanks mate!

[BobBob]

Saved the day bro, maybe even my marriage lol. Followed your directions to a T and everything went smooth as could be. Instead of getting a new key cut I removed the blank key and filed down original key and it works great. Thank you!

[slots-bjdo]

I just wanted to say thank you i followed your steps and it worked i am a woman that usually don't do things like this and then came across your video i just really wanna say thank you you save me time and money

[tamelablake]

It worked!!! Thank you so much for the video. The instructions were great and we were even able to get our old blade to work with a little bit of filing on the end to get it to fit. Cost us 7 dollars to fix! THANKS!!!

[danabinaz]

You men posting these kind of videos mean so much me me as a single woman ❤. Very helpful!!!!

[ceruscocr]

Thanks for the video, the real issue is the abusive and outregeaus prices these companies charge for a stupid replacement.

[BellaAutosLtd]

You are a life saver! Followed each step after order a replacement key (£5 off eBay) and jobs a good un! Thank you! Very Professional!

[nigelallen]

Excellent video.
Very easy to follow instructions and a new key successfully built for my van for a fraction of the price that VW wanted.
Many thanks for showing us all how to do it.

[hongwenzheng]

This is the best! I actually used the old case with the knowledge of this. Thank you.

[philtonks]

Fixed my VW key!! Purchased kit from The Car Key Man and followed this guide - all sorted and chuffed to bits! Thank you!

[flytwin]

I watched several before starting with my own key. This one leaves no question open, top of the list.

[markyruss]

Just wanted to say big thank you. I ordered the key off eBay for £10 and I swapped over the bits and I just filed it down and it fit.. I used the silver pin and a hammer to knock out the key blade it fits perfectly

[utekopka]

Thank you so much for this very useful video which has helped me to repair my broken Volkswagen key. I have watched several videos on this topic and yours is the best by far. Your video has been the only one that has shown how to open the new case and how to safely open the old key. You have saved me a lot of money: the new case was only 9.95 Euros. Again, thank you a lot!

[allanmason]

Thanks for the video. It helped me with replacing the fob for the key to my 2002 Skoda Octavia. My problem was that the metal loop at the end opposite the blade had broken off so I couldn't put the fob on a keyring, so I just swapped blade and circuit board. However, the immobiliser then stopped the engine from running. After quite a bit of Googling, I discovered that the RFID chip that the immobiliser system uses is in a tiny glass tube that's glued deep in a little recess right next to the blade pivot. Once I'd managed to extract the tube and get it glued securely in the new fob, the key worked perfectly.

[hipotenuuza]

this video really helped me to fix my mk6 golf key without spending any extra money as i had blank key fob at home. thanks man

[tomasznantka]

Thank you very much for such a detailed course including those tiny but crutial pieces of information. I really appreciate it. Greetings from Poland! :)

[Elliottrecommends]

It worked for me. Thanks.

Went to timpsons who told me they would charge me £15 to cut the key part. With no guarantee it would work and no replacement. But gladly it did work.

When i confirmed the key worked. Popped the fob out just like shown here. No problems.

[daveychainsaw]

Thanks for this video. Ordered a replacement key body from you and just rebuilt my key. used a combination of a belt/disc sander and a file to shorten the key blade and didn't have to file a new groove. Works brilliantly. Only bit of info i would add is to make sure you wind the blade holder round so that you tension the spring enough so it pops out like the original. Test it before you tap in the locking rod.