2000 Hyundai Accent
Key Replacement - Save vs Dealer in San Diego

2000 Hyundai Accent Remote Head Key Replacement - Fast, Affordable & Professional

Out in Alpine Village, I pulled up to a driveway where a woman was standing next to her 2000 Hyundai Accent looking like she had already made peace with a tow truck call.

The key fob had seen better years. The rubber on the buttons had worn down to almost nothing, the plastic shell was cracked along the seam near the blade pivot, and the emergency blade had a little wobble when it extended. She told me the remote had been flaky for months, sometimes locking the car, sometimes doing nothing. She went to the dealer to ask about a replacement, and they quoted her a number that made her set the key down on the counter and walk back out.

What the dealer did not bother telling her was that the circuit board and the transponder chip inside that beat-up shell were working perfectly. The car started every time. The remote was weak but still there. The problem was the packaging, not the electronics.

I brought a replacement shell and a fresh button pad that fit the key body. I transferred her original board over, reseated everything, and tested all the remote functions against the car. Lock, unlock, all of it responding cleanly. The blade fit was solid in the new shell too, no more wobble.

She paid a fraction of what the dealer wanted for a whole new programmed fob. The electronics she already had were good. She just needed someone to look at the actual problem instead of selling her the full replacement by default.

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