This Video is a tutorial for replacing the buttons in a Hyundai i30 i20 Elantra 3 Button Flip Key.
Just the replacement buttons can be purchased here:
https://www.remotepro.com.au/products/hyundai-i30-i20-elantra-3-button-flip-key-replacement-rubber-buttons?variant=11890973376559
the case/shell can be purchased here:
https://www.remotepro.com.au/products/hyundai-i30-i20-elantra-3-button-flip-key-replacement-remote-case-shell-blank
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Brilliant! It only took me a couple of minutes to replace the worn out buttons! Big thanks!
Very helpful BUT my top does not click back in to the 4 sockets holding that frame. In fact even without the rubber it wont clip back in. This has sadly left me with NO KEY now. Why is it that it wont pop back in. Nothing is broken its all there.
This is brilliant. I change the worn out rubber in a couple of minutes. No need to moved the board inside and the aerial. It is just the rubber that had perished. I used my finger nails only! Well done
For me, TWEEZERS (like lady tweezers for the brows- I’m a lady) worked way way better. Also, when you get the little plastic frame out and fit the replacement rubber cover around it, make sure you really get the lip on it and then work from the BOTTOM up, the most narrow part of the cover when pushing it into the remote.
Luckily this whole process only took me 5-10 minutes.
thank you for this, I almost destroyed my key trying to open it using a different guide
Man you are freaking genius!! Made it sooooo simple and tanks a million.
I just replaced my pad.
some tips for others:
– this took a WHILE. like an hour because it was so difficult refit the plastic retainer. the little clips are mushroom shaped, so I filed them down into normal pegs and they fitted a bit easier. press down as hard as you can in the same place as the pegs
– put the silver frame bit in first if you have that part (I have an i10), it's too fiddly to try and hold all 3 pieces together.
– removing the plastic retainer is also difficult, mine also snapped, but it shouldn't matter. do be as careful as you can!
Thanks for the video, worked great! It takes a lot of patience and care to get all the old rubber off of the plastic frame, including all around the outside edge. Just keep running your thin screwdriver or blade around and around the outside edge until all of the old rubber is gone. Then I pried very, very carefully, working my way around the edges until I was able to pop out the 4 pins, one at a time. (It may not be clear from the video because he doesn't show the back side of the frame for very long, but the pins are located on the cross pieces between where the buttons are — so prying along those areas is the most effective). Thanks also to all of you who commented about your negative experiences with the pins or the frame breaking, it really emphasizes how careful you have to be when attempting to pop out that little frame.
Thank you we could not have done it without you 🙂
Okay, firstly I'm sure the button pad doesn't wear out, instead it rots because of the oils in our skin. Having one such rotten remote I purchased some button pads and also a couple of silicon pull on covers (Amazon) for both remotes I have, once on they look just like a slightly larger remote (having all the cut outs and symbols) and come in many colours.
I too encountered the mushroom profile problem with the little plastic frame for the button pad. I cut all four of them off put the pad on and then re-essembled. Okay, it wasn't "clipped" in but I tried shaking it out and it wouldn't budge and I tried picking it out with my finger nail (around the edge) and couldn't. Now I have the silicon cover over it as well I am 99.9% sure it will be fine.
Shouldn’t have speeded it up at the beginning.
To remove the plastic frame, I lifted the edges around the perimeter with a small screwdriver as you said, but the clips broke. I didn’t realise the clips would break so easily.
I have a Kia key with this problem, hoping this video will help
Thanks. I didn't know the plastic part came out as well. I saw another video where he just glued the new pad on.
Worked on my Kia car keys. Like some others I also had to trim the plastic piece, you take out. Used nail clippers.
It seems impossible to clip the plastic back in. Now I’m left with a key with no buttons :/
Quick tip for people who have got problem to push back plastic frame with 4 pins.
I tried too and no luck for me, didn't want break the pins (shape of them look like mushroom).
I used 120 grid sand paper I folded once and start working my way to round all four pins, not completely just about 70% ot it leaving a very small lip. After that I managed to push that it and rubber pad seats nicely without falling apart.
Thank you , I was confused how to put the rubber back after came off of the key
Levering the pad out renders the fixing frame useless. Will not seat back into the four holes securely and is loose. Nothing you can do.
Thanks easy as did our two keys, just do it slowly and its fine, I dont know how andy broke his pins
levering the pad out like this will break the fixing pins holding mechanism – It did with mine
UK: This worked okay for me. The only thing I found was that the replacement rubber didn't fit round the lip very well, but it seems to have bedded in okay. The button rubber only cost £2.99. Do you know what the Hyundai dealership quoted me for a new key? £450.00! Many thanks.
I have tried this up until the clicking in part – it is extremely difficult to get the four dots into the respective holes. Are you able to help?