JUST LOCKED MYSELF OUT OF MY CAR!!
10-23-2008, 05:44 PM
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I'd say shoot for a different angle...coat hanger and the inside door handle and/or the master control for the locks. Picking the lock seems difficult without the right tools....that is assuming you have no other resources to help you out.
10-23-2008, 05:44 PM
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Best bet will be to call up your insurance company and see if your plan includes a locksmith. They will send one over and it should be free. If not, I know in my town the local PD and sherrifs office have the tool to "jimmy" open a door so you could try that as well.
10-23-2008, 06:04 PM
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When you finally get into the car, get a spare key, hmm? I keep one of those $4 spares from Home Depot in my wallet, and one of my friends has the OE second key. Prevents exactly this sort of situation.
10-23-2008, 06:07 PM
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If you or any friends know someone with a tow company, lots of them have the jimmy tool. Otherwise +1 on the hanger; make enough straight to reach down to master control, after forcing wire horizontally over top of glass. Hope your window isn't up too tight.
10-23-2008, 06:12 PM
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You can try the coat hanger, but dont count on it working. Ive done it on older cars, but 90% of the time you do it, you end up causing more damage.
Go to the dealership, with your VIN number, they can look up the key code, and then cut you a new one. Thats probably the cheapeast way. I think they use NNA to find the key code. Yeah you gotta pay whatever the price is on the OEM key, alternatively you can get a Z32 spare key, its not titanium but looks a little cooler, and i think they might be cheaper. You will need some sort of proof that you actually own the car, maybe insurence papers, or title of ownership. If you forgot those in the car, you really need to learn, make photocopies of EVERYTHING.
Whatever the case is, i think you've learned a valuable lesson, always keep a spare key with you.
Go to the dealership, with your VIN number, they can look up the key code, and then cut you a new one. Thats probably the cheapeast way. I think they use NNA to find the key code. Yeah you gotta pay whatever the price is on the OEM key, alternatively you can get a Z32 spare key, its not titanium but looks a little cooler, and i think they might be cheaper. You will need some sort of proof that you actually own the car, maybe insurence papers, or title of ownership. If you forgot those in the car, you really need to learn, make photocopies of EVERYTHING.
Whatever the case is, i think you've learned a valuable lesson, always keep a spare key with you.
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10-23-2008, 06:36 PM
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hallelujah!! i got it open. and all i used was a coat hanger and a slightly buff little brother. i decided that the rear door was the best bet so i got him to pull the door as hard as he could and i bent an old coat hanger and after about 10 min i GOT IT!! i went for the actual lock instead of the electrical one. talk about lucky ten mins with a coat hanger. man if this car didnt have an alarm it would probably be sittin on cinderblocks.lol
thanks guys for all the great advise. cuz man i was on the verge of
. cuz i have to wake up at 5 in the morning tomarow to go to work.
thanks guys for all the great advise. cuz man i was on the verge of
. cuz i have to wake up at 5 in the morning tomarow to go to work.
10-23-2008, 06:44 PM
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Then sounds like you're going to have to call a locksmith, get a lockout kit, or break a window. Don't even bother trying to pick the lock, you'll likely just end up damaging it or getting a pick stuck in there (assuming you're actually going to use lock picks, and not a paper clip or something).
When you finally get into the car, get a spare key, hmm? I keep one of those $4 spares from Home Depot in my wallet, and one of my friends has the OE second key. Prevents exactly this sort of situation.
When you finally get into the car, get a spare key, hmm? I keep one of those $4 spares from Home Depot in my wallet, and one of my friends has the OE second key. Prevents exactly this sort of situation.
funny thing is i do have one in my wallet and one in my dads house.total of 3! there may be one more that my stepmom has but god knows where she is rite now. problem was, well my dad lives in NY and im in fl, i had just finished buying somthing and my wallet was in the dash under the radio, i locked my car the key fell in the seat and there you have it, one assed out mofoe
10-23-2008, 07:16 PM
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my remote lock broke not to long ago so i keep it in the house..If it wasn't i would have been in the same situation the other day. I figure as well that since all it takes is the key in the drivers door to lock all the doors in the car there really isn't a point other then convience to carry it.
They do
10-23-2008, 08:39 PM
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the ONLY time i ever locked my keys in my car was when i drove an hour and a half to meet Aaron92SE for a product design/test session......... got there, was so busy oogling his car that i locked my keys in it.
10-24-2008, 05:08 AM
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I don't know how you guys can lock your keys in the car.
My 99 will not lock if I leave the keys in the ignition, car off, and get out.
It just doesn't happen, same with my buddies I30, the car wount lock.
My 99 will not lock if I leave the keys in the ignition, car off, and get out.
It just doesn't happen, same with my buddies I30, the car wount lock.
10-24-2008, 06:49 AM
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nah man you have to read my other post the key fell into the front seat and before i could stop the door closing it was too late. it was siiting in the front seat.
10-24-2008, 07:53 AM
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10-24-2008, 04:14 PM
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you don't need a locksmith... When i locked myself out, AAA came out, put a little separator between door and body(at top by window) and opened it using a hook... They ****ed up my weather striping, but did not have to pick the lock... you can try something like this.
10-25-2008, 04:16 PM
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yea well i dont have the luxury of aaa service, but i am poor enough to have a wire hanger, lol. but thats all it took. only 10 min at that! next time attack the rear passanger door it seems like the easiest spot.
10-25-2008, 04:48 PM
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jebus, my keys are soooo big that if i locked them in the car id feel like a retard being that i own a cleaning company and carry keys to other people's houses and office keys. i walk like eagor the hunchback carrying those damn things.....
10-26-2008, 12:14 AM
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i keep a magnetic box under my car with a key, saved me many times. Might be stupid, but I don't think a thief is looking for my hide away key. I always thought it might come loose, but has been on for 3 years.
10-26-2008, 02:07 AM
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to the O.P and other orgers.... Make a copy of your key and dont give it to any friends(if i did that my friends would go joyriding in my car lol).....just put it somewere by ur house...considering u locked all of your keys inside and arent able to go inside of your home. Key + Jar in the dirt....somewere you can remember like bottom left of your staircase...etc......anyway good thing u figured it out....ciao
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10-26-2008, 08:09 PM
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I don't know if you noticed or not, but you cannot use a traditional slim jim on a 4th gen (average user). They have a metal strip running along the lock and door handle bars that protect it from a traditional slim jim. You need the proper lock pick rods if you want to go in through the door under the window. The method used by the OP is the best way if you don't care about a little scratch from the hanger
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