TVR fob button repair

TVR fob button repair

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Barreti

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6,680 posts

238 months

Monday 8th September 2014
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Hi chaps,

I have a mate with a T350 he bought recently.
He got 2 TVR key fobs but only 1 of them worked.
Yesterday he gave me both keys because the good one had the button come off the board.

I've re-soldered the button on but when I opened his other key I found it has the circuit board in there but no button all.

Can anyone confirm they are from a vauxhall
Like this for example http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DIY-Repair-Kit-for-Fault...

Cheers all.
IanB

Barreti

Original Poster:

6,680 posts

238 months

Tuesday 9th September 2014
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The remote is built into the key.

Barreti

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6,680 posts

238 months

Tuesday 9th September 2014
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My mate - Andy / AMSquared, who has introduced himself on here I think - has already contacted Carl Baker to get new keys organised, but I'm not sure he even needs them if I can get a replacement button for the circuitboard.

The key fob and key are all one unit. It has the TVR logo in the middle and it is this you press to open/close the car.
Because the TVR logo button is a simple plastic hinge, pressing it puts a slight diagonal pressure on the circuitboard button below, which is only held in place by the solder connecting it to the board. Its inevitable it will break the solder and eventually even break the button off.
Its a cheap crap design, thanks very much TVR !

I've replaced circuitboard buttons in fobs for my mates Vectra, and it was a similar job to resolder the circuitboard button on one of Andys keys, but one has no circuitboard button at all. Its missing and not inside the fob.

I'm surprised this seems to be an uncommon problem. I expected you all to chirp TADS and point me at the place I can buy the circuitboard buttons.