Horande 5 Buttons Replacement Key Fob Cover Case fit for Chevy Malibu Cruze Camaro Volt Equinox Sonic Keyless Entry Key Fob Shell OHT01060512

I'm going to start out by saying the actual install went well. But GM should be ashamed of themselves as hard as they tried to make the original keyfob non-serviceable. And they wonder why there's an aftermarket. 🙄 This thing was extremely easy to put together once I got the factory atrocity apart. All you'll need is some pliers to pry it apart and a small pin, needle, nail, etc to extract your key from the GM swivel mount and place it on the aftermarket one. Take your time and you'll be fine. I've seen some reviews on here saying that the car no longer starta after changing to these housings. The housing has nothing to do with that. Here are a couple things to remember in relation to retaining usability: 1. Take your time. If you don't at least have an hour available to start this project, don't do it. If your OEM keyfob is like mine, it's gonna be stuck together hardcore. I had to slowly cut apart my original until I exposed the bottom half of the circuit board. Then I went around the perimeter of the housing slowly with a hot blade until it popped in half. 2. If your key will not start your car after you complete this process, don't blame these people. Either you did something wrong or your circuit board was failing. 3. Do not test start without complete assembly. If the key is not directly beside the circuit board and in the ignition, it will not start. Believe me, I saw a one star review and explored the possibilities. All and all, an excellent product. Weighs less that the factory due to it's standard "hollow" design. Saves you hundreds over the inflated prices the dealer will probably charge you for their garbage. One last note. Since the bowties on the originals fall off with any real use, these are cheap enough to buy just for a replacement bowtie if thats all you need.

I bought this key fob for my 2014 chevy cruze since the oem one was missing every button but the alarm. Swapping over the internals of the keys is a bit tough. The most difficult part is definitely disassembling the OEM fob. You cant really get it apart without destroying it. Swapping the chip and battery over was easy. You need a small punch or pin to drive out the roll pin the retains the actual ignition key. It can be hard to find something small enough to push the pin out but strong enough to put a fair amount of pressure on. I used a tiny allen wrench and it was really easy. At the end of the swap you have to install a spring for the key to flip out but you have to spin the top half of the key fob to give the spring some tension. It take a few tries to spin the fob half, retain the spring and button, and click the two halves together but I got it. The key works amazing and its held up for a few months now and I feel like it will last quite a while. Great value for the cost.

Update: this replacement also does not stay together well and after using it once or twice in your ignition you have to push it back together or it will fall apart. What a piece of junk. This item does not come with any instructions or any info at all. It super difficult to take an OEM key fob apart. Then the original key does not fit exactly right in this unit. So the key button does not work. It was a waste to purchase this item.

A good replacement for the OEM fob, build quality about the same or better than OEM. The only issues I had were taking apart the OEM fob to get the key and circuit board out. There was no way to take it apart without breaking it, so be sure you're ready to swap over as there's no going back. At least that was the case with mine, apparently the OEM fobs for my Malibu were glued and there was no way to get them apart without breaking them and needed the use of a lot of force just to get at the circuit board. Installing into the new fob was easy at that point. The only other issue was the key, it can be taken out of the holder quite easily by tapping the pin out that holds it, but the holder in the new fob is just a bit different so that the old key didn't quite fit into the holder enough for the holes to line up so that the pin could be inserted. I should have taken the effort to just grind down the difference in length and then it would have fit easily. As it is it took a bit of force to get the pin back in. But once that was done, the fob works fine and the buttons even seem to be a bit more sturdy than the OEM ones which always felt a little mushy, the replacement fob's buttons are nice and solid.

Recently the buttons on the shells of both original key fobs (Fob#1 and Fob#2) for my 2010 Equinox began to fail. I purchased one of these shells (Shell#1) and rebuilt Fob#1 by installing Fob#1’s chip and key in Shell#1. I am completely satisfied with the rebuilt Fob#1. I then purchased another one of these shells (Shell#2) and rebuilt Fob#2 by installing Fob#2’s chip and key in Shell#2. I am completely satisfied with the rebuilt Fob#2. I am rating this product 4 stars because in both rebuilds, the original key assembly (circular key gear with attached key) did not work correctly in the new shell. Specifically, the keys would not latch in the closed position. I fixed this problem in both fob rebuilds as follows: 1) use a 1/16” roll pin punch to remove the roll pin from the original key assembly; 2) use the same punch to remove the roll pin from the new key assembly and save this new roll pin; 3) insert the original key into the new circular key gear, and attach using the new roll pin saved from the previous step; 4) discard the original circular key gear and the new blank key. As noted by others, I discovered that the springs in my original key fobs are of better quality than those included with this product. So I rebuilt both fobs using the original springs.

This was a perfect match for my Malibu but the problem was no place would cut the key. ACE would sell me a key fob for $72+tax and cut it, the lock smith would cut the key for $75. Both of these made no sense in buying this key fob. What I decided to do was remove the pin holding the blank key (not yet cut) and replace with the cut old key. Did include pictures to show how I did it, you will need roll pin punches size 1/16 and 5/64. My set didn’t have the 5/64 (which is the one you start with). So bought the set pictured which worked perfect. The 1/16 punch will get stuck and will need twisting to get it out. Hope this helps.

Overview: As Described, kind of... Experience: I don't give 5 star reviews unless totally wowed and product exceeds expectations. That being said, this is far from perfect. Not so easy to remove the old PCB from old remote. Note: Original cut key will not work in fob (Key release assembly are slightly different, would require modification of detents and cut outs on release button and back plate). Opening the fob the spring and release button become unsprang lol....Trying to get the spring and button and everything lined up again on reassembly is like a dyslexic version of the old game Operation. And once done you will still end up having to use the new blank key cut. Recommendation: Is saving $10 worth an hour of your time? I would recommend getting a new "complete" key fob since you will need to get the key cut anyways. Programing a fob to your car is a simple do it your self thing, just check out some YouTube videos for help. Much easier than spending an hour messing around getting this to work.

worked fine had to file the "old key" for best flip open function.