Ford Transit Connect Key Repair (Solid Key) No New Parts 

Yes mate!! Both my keys died and was eyeing up splashing £400 odd on a new pair. This WORKED!!!! Brilliant, thank you so much!!!

Absolutely Brilliant, i've bought myself a soldering iron instead of buying a new key from ford at £149 (key) and then £120 to programme, all plus vat, so a snip at £322 all in, Thank you

Saved me £300... I'm very grateful🙏

Great tip. Thanks. I had both transit keys not working. Was thinking of changing the charge ring on the ignition, believing that you couldn’t crack the keys open. Both came open easily. The fault was dry joints on the battery connection. Both keys. So I would speculate that this is a pretty standard problem. I didn’t put a new wire in, just remade the original connection. One battery looked as if it was ok, no movement, but re-soldering the joints got it working fine when putting back together, give the top half a full rotation to give the key a strong release when pressed.😀

Top man you just saved me a fortune! Soldered a piece of wire like you said and it works a treat. Thanks 👍

Thanks, my battery was exactly the same, flopping about, you just saved me a lot of hassle trying to unlock my van just before I went away. Ford tried to sell me a new key at £256 plus 6 week wait.

Brilliant video. I had the exactly the same problem and fixed it myself after watching this. Thankyou

thanks fixed my key you a genius 👍

After researching many of these vids it looks like 90% of faults are due to the tiny lugs on the battery that are too small to fit through the pcb. I resoldered mine & it works a treat now. However, my spare also didnt work due to it being left for yrs, i placed it on my phone cordless charger over night & now that works too 👍👍

Thanks so much man* i never knew it self charged, got it apart and exactly the same problem, broken tab, just cleaned off as much of the solder with the hot iron, and then used a 1mm drill bit to clean out the tab hole, little bit of wire soldered in and whalaa, works perfectly, cheers, k theres a pint with you name on it over ear in Ireland

Thanks pal ,sorted mine as shown,unfortunately I butchered the key casing ,but got a replacement off Ebay for a tenner, if your ever in Wigan theres a pint waiting

Thanks a lot for the instructions! It worked out great for me. So I didn't have to purchase a new key. 🙂

Awesome mate. Video was spot on exactly like you said. Iittle leg needed soldering on sorted. Nice one mate ty

Great video worked a treat but what an absolute pain to do rather than just a new battery in. Cheers ford make life difficult why don't you !!!!

Brilliant , thankyou.. very helpful ! - my key similar issue - sorted it.. great stuff. thankyou mate 👍

Followed it to a tee works like a new key thanks mate

Your a star just had the exact same problem and this worked a treat !!

Superb video !!! Thank you

What is the best glue to use? Like you want it strong but also to come apart again for the next battery change without to much case damage. Great video BTW 👍

thanks for this video

Eins sehr gutes Video danke.In den seltensten Fällen ist das Bord defekt,oder die Batterie . Meist wie hier zu sehn ist der Kontakt von der Batterie zur Platine gebrochen ,ist dieser noch lang genug einfach nachlöhten .Ansonsten mit einem stück Draht den Kontak ersetzen .Die Batterie kann mit einem Multimeter geprüft werden.

Thank you Ricky Gervaise your awesome

Nice one mate cheers

Good strip down and rebuild... Only one problem though you forgot to put the ring which goes to the keys back in

Brilliant. Cheers.

Hi from istanbul. Thank u bro 👍🏻

Great vid, better than the other clown that buys a new key fob.

Nice one!

You from Yorkshire fella!!! Sound it

Is it for the Key from 2015 the same thing?

Top tip, ideal

Amazing! Going to give it a try and hopefully save myself £300 😂

Do you come out and fix em, I live in south Yorkshire and will pay

Done the same but heated the key up with a hair dryer to easy the opening

Great video. Absolute joke by ford that the build such a crap board and seal it shut, then when it inevitably breaks you have to spend £250+ for a new one. On my 3rd key already on a 2014 transit!

Didn't MEARS sort it out for you? :D

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