Key Repair Hyundai Kia Flip Key New Style

This video shows you how to fix broken the newer Kia and Hyundai flip keys. These keys suffer from three problems. The buttons perish and get holes in, the flip blade gets loose and the blade falls out.
These can be fixed easily with simple tools and replacement case.

We hope this helps you

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[ricki-leebarrett]

Thank you ❤ you just saved me a $100. It only took me 10 minutes, I didn't have the pliers so I used nail clippers. Worked an absolute charm

[BCallum]

I just did my father inlaws key fob using your video. His old key fob would not come apart. Took it apart in pieces. Many, many pieces...lol. I loved how you showed the tightening of the spring. Worked like a charm!

[tirsukka]

Big thanks to you! Was able to repair my damaged buttons. Old key fit straight to new case. Took me about 15 minutes. Good as new!

[jimcobb]

Love the video. Showed me all the steps. HOWEVER, I ran into some issues that took some figuring out and some extra work. It was not fun. I did 2 of these, one for my wife and mine. Her's snapped right apart, no screw, easy peasy. The new cases I bought off Amazon have a tiny screw hidden away behind the key. What I had to do was file down the guide on the back side that the key fits down on. The key wouldn't go down over the new one. I used the tip of an emory board all around. You have to make sure the key fits down flush with the case or else it will be too tight when put together for the key to rotate easily. My fob evidently was glued together for some reason. I had to use a hack saw and 2 sets of pliers and ripped the whole case to shreds to get to the board, undamaged of course, so be very careful if you run into this problem. I get mine all back together and the key won't lock in closed position. I realize that a small metal piece fell off the case and I didn't put it back in. I am not taking it back apart at this time. My key will just remain open. Getting that front cap back on while holding all the pieces in place is a royal bi*ch. Maybe my hands are too big. But, all the buttons work. Thanks for the video. It probably took me 3 hours of mental anguish to get these 2 fobs done. No wonder some people would pay $100 at the dealership.

[garthmorgan]

Very helpful! We had 3 fobs for my son's 2012 Sportage, but none of them were whole. One the remote worked but the key was missing, one the key was present but the remote didn't work, the third the key was present and the remote worked, but the remote buttons were completely worn away and he had to use a pencil to reach the button sensor. 2 hours later and a little work, he now has 2 fobs that are whole with both the remote working and the key present. Nice!

[trecarr]

Thanks for the tips, I would never have known about the sensor or applying effective tension to the spring. I simply transferred the key blade so didn't not have an issue with filing ect. The blank cost me AUD$17 online, combined with an hour of my time to mangle the old flip key and reassemble the new. The key guy wanted $90. It works and I have the satisfaction of having done the job myself.

[malcolmjones]

Was quoted £210 uk for new key fob, got one off Amazon for £9.50, easy to fit thanks to this super video, as others have said, the old one was glued so had to carefully break it open, but the new one has a little screw under the key so easy for next time. Thank you so much for making and sharing.

[xLightEmUpx]

Thank you so much for making this vid. I bought my car used and the key I received was already so worn the lock and unlock buttons fell out three days later. Now it’s like I have a brand new key again without having to pay for the programming

[stanick]

Very useful video. The chip was a bit more difficult to export. I used the old blade, pin and spring instead of those coming with the new case

[jeyaseelan]

Vow...
Though am. An Indian and I have a verna..
I easily assembled my broken parts of the key by seeing this video..

Hats off

[bernardholder]

Ours didn't have a chip and we transferred the key from the old unit along with the button plus the spring from the old unit and it worked perfectly. No pin removal, or key filing or cutting.

[germainemedia]

This was such a great help! The only thing is the Hyundai 2015 key doesn't have that little white section for the chip. Its just the main green chip and battery so I just skipped that part but it seems like all Hyundai key buttons give out after 2-3 years...
Also I just used back the same metal cut key in the new body as only the buttons were the problem.

[karend.]

Thanks, sadly ours had been crazy glued shut but I cut into it and we forced it open. Transferred all the bits, got it closed and it works. Thank you for showing every step. Bless you.

[bernardholder]

This is the best video showing this. The critical aspect is winding the spring. Thank you ever so much.

[Croi_Fiain]

5 years later - another thankful viewer. YMMV but with the case unit I got, the overall length of the key blade plus holder/shoulder on the old unit was maybe 1-2mm longer than on the new unit, so swapping old into new didn't quite work as the flip didn't work due to the shoulder rubbing in the socket. To get it to work, I swapped the old blade into the new holder, and used all the new bits except the old, working, cut key blade.

I used an old watchmakers style screwdriver, flat head, which got slightly bent in the process so do use and old one you don't care about - rest the blade+shoulder over the hole of a pair of sturdy pliers (where the wire cutter bit is) on a good surface (my floor did well) and tap carefully but confidently and apply a little dab of WD40 and eventually the pins come out. The pins go in much easier than they come out! Now it works perfectly. Chip needed levering out carefully with a tiny screwdriver also as no amount of tapping worked like in the video. It didn't need holding to the steering column or anything to else to make it work - just got the case assembled and it worked first time. You definitely need some patience! I also had to destroy the old case to get it opened. New case has a tiny TINY screw under the blade to hold the two case halves together :)

[christunnicliffe]

Thanks for the video. I just changed a 2013 Santa Fe key because one of the buttons came off. Bought the new key off eBay. Saved myself about $100 !!

[radoslawdrajerczak]

Hey, thank you for sharing this tutorial. It helps me a lot. However it was not so easy to open my original remote controller. But finally I did it. Thanks a lot 😃😃👍

[alexrobinson]

Thank you so much! Was able to take working chip and transponder out of damaged case and into a new case thanks to your video! Saved me a lot of money! Thank you thank you thank you!

[jeyaseelan]

I didn't change any of the sensors..
But assembled the key..


The flip works by rotating the spring twice.... Vow... Really got inspired..
Thanks a lot key man

[Mslasvegas]

Thank you so much. Went to get my battery replaced and didn't know there was a smaller door to access it so the whole thing was taken apart and I couldn't figure out where one of the pieces went. It was a little cog piece that went on the other side of the fob with the buttons. Then after reassembling it my key wasn't popping out anymore and because of your video I was able to get the key flipping out great again. Thank you so much again!