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Car Forum / Honda Cars / November 2008Broken Key "FOB"
One of the keys for our 2004 Accord has broken. The plastic casing for the security 'FOB' part of the key has broken and the key is nearly coming out. Anyone know if it is possible to get new plastic casing? It seems the electronics and key could be placed in a new casing cheaper than replacing the entire thing. Is this possible? Thanks! Mark No response in several weeks so I assume I must have either done the unthinkable and become the 1st person to ever break a key or have received a defective key from the factory. (I'm thinking the latter since the other key is showing no signs for breaking even though I use it about 1/2 the time.) I'm going to put a new battery in the broken key and then use gorilla glue to fix it - permanently! When the battery goes I'll either find a key at the junk-yard to use the case from, pay the dealer price for a new key, or trade the car on a new one! Mark > One of the keys for our 2004 Accord has broken. The plastic casing for the > security 'FOB' part of the key has broken and the key is nearly coming [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Mark > No response in several weeks so I assume I must have either done the > unthinkable and become the 1st person to ever break a key or have [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Mark They seem to be in the range of 25 bucks brand new on ebay - no good? I got one last year for a non-Honda and had no issues. Check out http://www.remotesandkeys.com/ - when the eyelet broke on my Toyota key I ordered a rubber cover ($8 plus $4 S/H) and it was a good solution. Mike > No response in several weeks so I assume I must have either done the > unthinkable and become the 1st person to ever break a key or have received [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Mark >> I'm going to put a new battery in the broken key and then use gorilla glue >> to fix it - permanently! When the battery goes I'll either find a key at >> the junk-yard to use the case from, pay the dealer price for a new key, or >> trade the car on a new one! >> >> Mark Unfortunately, this sort of thing (and most things these days really) are considered non-serviceable assemblies and parts are not available individually. Gorilla glue is not the best choice for this, it tends to foam and expand significantly as it cures. A better bet would be epoxy, you can get it specifically designed to bond to plastics, I think the stuff I have is called Plastic Weld. It bonds very well to most plastics and is sturdy enough that I've used it to mold replacements for missing sections of parts. Cyanoacrylate (superglue, crazy glue, etc) will usually work too, but it tends to get all over everything and the vapors turn finger oils into whitish deposits. Glued very carefully, you should be able to crack it back open later to change the battery. >>> I'm going to put a new battery in the broken key and then use gorilla >>> glue to fix it - permanently! When the battery goes I'll either find a [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > finger oils into whitish deposits. Glued very carefully, you should be > able to crack it back open later to change the battery. Although KeysandRemotes.com has the replacement case for $14, if this is the right style http://www.remotesandkeys.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=3034 Yup - that be the one. I've used the good ol' hot-glue on it for now, so once the battery starts to die I'll probably order one and see if I can get it cut at the locksmith. Thanks! >>>> I'm going to put a new battery in the broken key and then use gorilla >>>> glue to fix it - permanently! When the battery goes I'll either find a [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > the right style > http://www.remotesandkeys.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=3034 A two-stage approach - I like it! Mike > Yup - that be the one. I've used the good ol' hot-glue on it for now, so > once the battery starts to die I'll probably order one and see if I can [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> the right style >> http://www.remotesandkeys.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=3034 > One of the keys for our 2004 Accord has broken. The plastic casing for > the security 'FOB' part of the key has broken and the key is nearly [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Mark Hi, If it still works, you can use epoxy to hold them together. May not be pretty but the epoxy will do the job. >One of the keys for our 2004 Accord has broken. The plastic casing for the >security 'FOB' part of the key has broken and the key is nearly coming out. >Anyone know if it is possible to get new plastic casing? It seems the >electronics and key could be placed in a new casing cheaper than replacing >the entire thing. Is this possible? Mark: Not sure if you got this resolved yet... Check out http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.714~search.key%20casing and see if they have what you need. Evan  SignatureTo reply via e-mail, remove The Obvious from my e-mail address. |
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