Hi All,

I've just bought a 62 plate Octavia Scout. It came with two keys, one which looks new (which my wife immediately took) and a second where the rubber button pad looks really tired. I've purchased a spare pad off ebay but it didn't fit - it was too small. I also asked a dealer (Rainworth Skoda - bought a replacement indicator off them) who said that they only sold the complete key and didn't split them. He recommended finding someone either breaking the car for scrap or someone with a faulty key where they replaced the internals etc.

 

So my question is; Does anyone have a faulty key / spare rubber button pad / alternative solution?

 

Thanks
Tom

There are companies out there that will swap to a new case.

Mine was done by a company in Leicester at a very reasonable price.

AliExpress has some.  Here's a starting point

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-3-BN-Folding-Car-Flip-Remote-Key-Replacement-blank-Case-FOB-Shell-For-Vw-VOLKSWAGEN/32651071846.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.71.VSlkku&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_1&btsid=dfebbabe-775d-4d77-bddb-eb43cfa8869a

 

Or a slightly different version

 

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/wholesale-car-key-for-vw-skoda-3-button-flip-remote-key-cover-fob-selling-seat-key/2054524516.html?spm=2114.30010308.3.27.Wkkm5K&s=p&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_2,searchweb201603_1&btsid=3b11fcac-68c0-42d8-8c72-f51069708fe4

Edited 31 October, 20169 yr by andy-fisher

I've seen a couple of places selling those. I assumed, for the price, that they were essentially cheap knock offs and thus was concerned about the quality etc.

Has anyone got one of these and if so were they able to easily swap all the internals & the cut key over to the new case?

Is your key like this one

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skoda-Octavia-Fabia-Roomster-Superb-3-Button-Flip-Remote-Key-Fob-Case-/111298474846?hash=item19e9e7f35e:g:AKcAAOxydlFSo1gf

If so you can buy this and just remove the rubber pad from your own key and replace it with the pad from the new case just use a thin flat bladed screwdriver to pop the pads out

Yeah it looks like that, problem is I bought a pad that claimed to be the same and it didn't fit. Now I'm suspicious of aftermarket keys as the housing seems to be a slightly different size.

New key will cost you £125+

Yeah it looks like that, problem is I bought a pad that claimed to be the same and it didn't fit. Now I'm suspicious of aftermarket keys as the housing seems to be a slightly different size.

 

I had the same problem , I bought a keypad on its own and it didn't fit either , I then bought the casing linked to above and the keypad is a perfect fit.