HelloAuto Key Fob for Ford Flex Explorer Escape 2013-2017 (Black, 5 Button with chip-M3N5WY8609)

Great value for the money. I recently purchased a 2017 Ford Escape and the keys were filthy. All I had to do was put the internals from the old keys into the new shells and swap the physical key. All the buttons work like they are supposed to. I do agree that the new shells are harder to clamp close but once they are closed they are good to go.

The good: This is a replacemente shell for the original key. We have a 2013 CMax Energi Plugin. I was able to disassemble the original key and move the battery, circuit and contacts to the new shell and it worked perfectly. No need for reprogram or expensive trip to the dealer. The not so good: the quality is not as the original as it feels lighter and the button feel less durable but for the price i cannot complain. The process: I am an Engineer but as long as you are fairly comfortable with opening and closing gadgets, then you should be able to do it without any problem. In my case, my key spent too much time on my bag and the button have been pressed to hard to the point that the key will randomly press the button and unlock the car or bring the windows down. I opened the original key twice and tries to rearrenge the contacts from the button, however i knew that they were too eroded to save, so i looked at this shell replacement which came with the new buttons and contacts (exactly what i needed to make the key new again) How to do the transfer: 1) Pry open your old key through the metalic side. Dont be afraid as you wont break it. Just use a small flat screwdriver. 2) Once open, take the clock battery out. 3) Take the metal that holds the battery in place out as well as you will need it. Careful not to bend it too much. 4) take the small board from the other side of the key. Make sure you have some bracelet to discharge your body to avoid burning any component. Or just hold it with small pliers. 5) remove the plastic case embedded on the circuit. 6) (optional) use a bit of rubbing alcohol to clean the contacts on the circuit board. It doesnt hurt but do it with some qtip and alcohol and very careful. 7) open the new shell. 8) place the plastic holder on the circuit 9) place the board on the shell 10) insert the metal piece on the other side of the shell and then set the battery in place (make sure you dont invert the position of the battery) 11) close the shell 12) transfer the physical key from the old shell to the new shell. Or just make a copy of the physical key on a normal locksmith place (it comes with a new blank key) Close and test. It should work as new.

The buttons fell apart on my 2014 Ford Escape key fob and quit working. I watched a YouTube video on repairing my Ford key fab and ordered this key fob body. I placed the old fob circuit board into the new fob body with the new button contacts and all buttons now work like new. I'm very happy with the results. Would recommend looking up how to fix your fob on YouTube. That's what I did and everything went smoothly.

This was exactly what I needed!! The battery in the key fob for my 2014 Ford C-max had been dying incredibly quickly. After the second battery replacement in under a month, I determined that something must be wearing out and causing the buttons to press while my keys were in my pocket during the day. I knew the guts inside the key fob were just fine, as long as it had a charge, they work fine. Using the key and then having to put my fob physically next to the steering column to stop the car alarm every day was getting exhausting. I really didn’t want to pay to have a new key programmed at the dealer. I came on Amazon to have a look and found exactly what I was looking for: an empty replacement key shell that would fit my board and key, and at the perfect price, just about $10. The fit is perfect, it popped apart, my board went in, along with the little styrofoam sticker as another reviewer mentioned, clicked it back together, bam! Done. One problem, the loop where you’re supposed to be able to put a split ring keyring through is just not the right shape to allow one to be threaded on. I’ll have to purchase something else to connect it. It’s sharing a clip with another key for the time being.

Do NOT buy this product !!! In my opinion this company is using deceptive advertising, and after communicating with them I get the feeling that this includes deliberate fraud. Note that their advertising says: “Self-programming requires you to have at least one working smart key. Please send your ORDER ID and we will give you a programming video. If you don't have another working key, or you can't program it successfully yourself. You need to find a qualified locksmith or dealer to help you to programme it.” Plus, they say: “If you have any questions such as missing parts, received damaged, wrong item, won't install, etc. We will provide you a solution within 24 hours.” So they say that only one existing key is needed to use their product, but they will not provide programming instructions until AFTER you have purchased their product. I made that purchase and then had to e-mail them TWICE to get a response. When they finally responded, their reply sent me a URL to a YouTube video that requires the use of specialized electronic equipment which costs in excess of $2500. I wrote to the company a third time, pointing out that following their procedure would cost over 12 times as much as buying a pre-programmed key from a dealer, and no rational person would do that. Their response was: “We have found the programming video corresponding to your car model, this is a common programming video, I have confirmed to other customers that this video can be programmed according to the prompts. If it still doesn't match,Please tell us the model and year of your car, The other way is，When the product can not be successfully programmed, you can solve the problem through the following methods, which is relatively low cost. 1. You can take it to a key shop where you can program. 2. Call a locksmith and With one working fob they can program the new one.” The bottom line here is that self-programming their product if you have only one functional existing key requires you to spend several thousand dollars, and their “solution” to this is to take their product to a locksmith and pay for it to be programmed. This is exactly what other companies are honest enough to say in their advertising. I plan to return this purchase to Amazon, and suggest that you avoid dealing with this company, as I find their honesty questionable.

My new 2015 Explorer came with 2 fobs. The first fob no longer opened the rear hatch, as I describe below in my 1st review from 2021. That replacement fob is still working fine. Fast forward to today, and my older 2nd fob acted intermittent, sometimes not being recognized by the vehicle. That's a problem if you are away from home. So I popped open that fob and similar to my other fob, one of the silver disks was missing, this time for the panic button. However, I found that little silver disk inside the fob, silver side down, stuck to the circuit board. It was stuck over 2-3 solder spots, thus basically shorting out the circuit board. I removed that little disk, reassembled and the fob seemed to be back to normal. I still ordered this blank fob just in case another silver disk might come loose. How many people had a fob quit and order a new one from the dealer for $400+ not knowing a little silver disk inside was the problem that could be fixed with this $15 blank fob? Glad I found this product. For those of you wanting the Ford logo, the backs of my original fobs fit perfectly with this replacement and still looked like new (the back has no chrome trim). This repair was just as easy as replacing a battery in a fob, so don't worry about assembly. I also reused by old valet key - your choice to cut a new one with the key blank that comes with this. 1st review from 2021 My fob for my 2015 explorer has the open rear hatch button quit working. Taking the fob around, I noticed the little "plunger" for each function and the one over the hatch had disappeared. Not sure where it could go. So I found this replacement. I kept the back of my original as this replacement fob does not have the Ford logo on the back. Not a big deal over all. Kept the circuit board (obviously) and the back. My fob now looks brand new. All functions work fine. This was a perfect solution for my problem. As long as you have the original working circuit board, this replacement case will work.

CHANGE THE BATTERY BEFORE PROGRAMMING. The battery was likely dead when I tried to reprogram so it failed. Once I found a video of how to reprogram my key on YouTube, the guy suggested replacing the battery. Once I replace the battery with a new one, the reprogramming worked within one try. I found no issues with the valet key fitting or locking into place. Very nice product! Durable and compatible with our 2017 Ford Flex. Our manual had old instructions in it so we had to YouTube how to actually do it with a keyless fob. All steps consecutive within 30 minutes: 1. Get in car with both old fobs that work and set down somewhere in car. Let screens/accessory power turn off. Put NEW fob in center console key area (key ring be at the rear with the buttons facing toward the right-hand side). 2. Press driver or passenger unlock button 3 times 3. Press brake pedal once 4. Press driver or passenger lock button 3 times 5. Press break pedal once 6. Press start/stop button (some flash some don’t) 7. Wait 5 seconds, take new key out of center console and check to see if lock, unlock, tail gate work. If not, wait one minute and try again. We will see how long it lasts…. :)

Update: After using for approximately 1 month, the 'lock' button stopped working. It would not depress or click therefor making the unit worthless. As I bought 2, I've moved to the second one but feel apprehensive for how long it will last time will tell. Overall due to the value, this item can't be faulted. I bought two of them and Instead of paying $160 for each replacement and then possibly more for programming, you simply swap out the inside board for $15 each. Nice right? Yes but when you swap out the battery retaining clip, you need to be really careful that you don't bend or break it too much. I actually tried keeping the back of the original fobs because it has a nice ford logo etched in and then you don't have to swap the battery retaining clip but after I put the original/old backs onto the new 'fronts', I realized it was not a flush fit at the pointy end. So then I gave up on the ford logo and put the new backs onto the new fronts (being extra careful with the battery clips and of course they fit perfectly flush. However, the original keys did not lock into the new 'Backs' correctly, but they did not fall out. The new blank keys that come with this item will lock correctly into the new backs so if you want to really solve this problem you can get new keys cut should you wish to. However as long as the original keys don't fall out (and they don't) you can simply keep the new blanks as spares. Also the old 'Backs' had a small foam support to pad a circuit board component. The new 'Back' does not. The circuit board that came with your original fob has a supporting plastic frame. This original frame will match the circuit board better then the frame that came with it in my opinion. So I kept that and inserted it into the new Fob. Summary, Ditch the old case completely, retain the original plastic supporting frame if you wish and know that that your original key won't lock in but the new one's will if you get them cut. Lastly, I'm really grateful this product exists and if you are handy with basic electronic repair you will have no problem. Because of that, 5 out of 5.

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The Ford dealership wanted to charge 1,000 dollars replace my two key fobs for my 2011 Lincoln MKX. Thanks but no thanks. Checked Amazon, found these guys, read the reviews, ordered. Four days later my replacement key fobs work like a charm and I saved myself 970 dollars. Some people have said these key fob shells were impossible to close, making them unusable. I also found both difficult to close (I bought two) but if you keep at it, using plenty of elbow grease, they will eventually snap into place.

Works perfect, i bought with chip to Nigeria during chritmas to use on my ford edge 2011

I am honestly thrilled with this purchase. I got it for my 2012 Lincoln MKX. Key was super punched out and half the buttons weren't working. I put the internals from my old key into this and everything works perfectly and it saved me several hundred dollars.

Save your money with this excellent item