Replacement fob cover

1. jerromes8 Newbie Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2

   #1 11th April 2011, 11:10

   Hi, i've come here for your help. My girlfriend owns a 1.1L, 02 plate, saxo desire and on her key fob the plastic covers of the buttons have broken. For a while she was using her house key to push the button but has now resorted to unlocking/locking the car manually with her keys.
   
   I was intending on purchasing something like this, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Citroen-two-2-...#ht_757wt_1139 , which is just the outside case as the internals of her fob still work perfectly fine. Then i was just going to transfer the circuit board from the old one to the new one, including transferring the battery.
   
   What i wish to know is, will i encounter any issues with doing this such as having to re-sync the fob to the car, as not owning a saxo i don't know and I thought this would be a good place to ask.
   
   Thanks in advance!
   Sam
2. xDaNx Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 Denaby Main, Doncaster Posts: 220 Corsa C SRI 1.8

   #2 12th April 2011, 12:49

   Had the exact same problem with mine and bought the exact same thing, just swapped the circuit board and battery etc over and now it's as good as new.
3. Saxsin Infrequent Poster Joined: Aug 2010 Chippenham, Wiltshire Posts: 120 Saxo Vtr Mk2 2001

   #3 12th April 2011, 13:01

   i had this problem as well. i went to my nearest scrappy and got a fob from there and swapped the circuit board and battery around and it worked as new. you wont need to sync anything.
4. jerromes8 Newbie Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 2

   #4 14th April 2011, 11:25

   Thanks for the quick response! Soon have it back to new!
5. BertieG Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 exeter, devon Posts: 1224 Clio 172

   #5 14th April 2011, 11:50

   i did the same thing, but bought a fob with a blank blade attached. fob works perfectly, but the blade is temperamental!