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Old Jun 17, 2017 | 12:29 PM
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Need some help. I went to replace the battery in my 2014 Corvette RKE key. In doing so when I opened the case the small button that you push to pull out the key came out. When I put it back together the key would not lock in to the case. It appears that there may be a small spring that pushes against the button to hold it in place and hold the key in. I couldn't find anything that came out but it may have flown out and I didn't see it and can't find it. Does anyone know if there is a spring? I called my Chevy dealer and they said that you can't get parts for the RKE. If that's the case and I lost the spring if I could find a new case I could transfer the transmitter and key from mine to a new case, but so far I haven't been able to find just a new cast. Any suggestions? For right now I just put some tape around the case to hold the key in.

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Old Jun 17, 2017 | 12:32 PM
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I did that with a C6 fob. I just took a tiny strip of electrical tape and used it to keep the key in place. No one but me knew it was ever there.
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Old Jun 17, 2017 | 03:35 PM
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Solved my problem. Swept the floor twice and the second time I found the little spring. So if any of you have to change the battery in the RKE key be careful. That little spring can come out fairly easily. Getting the key fob apart takes a little bit of effort and when it comes apart, parts can go flying. Just a word to the wise.

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This is why I always post not to do this in your lap in the car whenever the subject of fob battery changing comes up.
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 04:18 AM
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Guess I was lucky when I replaced batteries in both mine this year. Did it on the bench at work. The springs didn't come out.
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Old Jun 19, 2017 | 06:32 AM
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