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Anyone else able to break into their own vehicle with ease?

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jtusa

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Locked my keys in my truck again today. Doesn't happen a lot, but every once in awhile(usually once every 3-4 months) I'll be distracted by something when getting out of my truck that messes up the "routine" of exiting, and I"ll lock the keys in.

When it happens I never sweat it because I can break into my truck with ease, and that's kind of sad when I think about it. Anyone else the same way?
 
I had 3 Toyotas that could be opened with the same key, so that was always easy. I broke the rear slider on my Dodge once trying to jimmy the latch though. 🙁
 
I have never had to break into my vehicle so I really don't know. I guess if I left my sunroof open it would be fairly easy though.
 
I replaced my key fob about 3 months ago with a new one from ebay, programmed myself... 8$ the key ring part of the old one had broken... standard ford, post 99 key fob

I keep the old fob in my desk drawer at home for emergencies, or when I need to send someone out to get something from my car, but I dont want them to have igniton keys.

NEVER locked myself outta my car though.... at least now I dont have to live in fear of it
 
I used to do that a lot in HS & college, could get into my cars with a wire coat hanger - slip it between the door & frame (careful not to poke through or dislodge the seal) and hook it onto/around the lock & pull. For some reason or other (not smoking pot 24/7 might have something to do with it 😉) I haven't locked myself out in over five years.
 
My '74 camper, you can beat on the vent windows with your fists and the latch will slowly vibrate to the open position. You can then flip the vent open, rich in and roll the window down so you can pop the lock on the door.

Speaking of which... Anyone interested in buying a 1974 VW Camper? It worked up until I parked it two years ago (before my daughter was born.) Haven't had a chance to play with it since the baby. Selling it really cheap. 😉
 
I'd just call OnStar, and be like, "I'm de Dr1v1nG no0B. PLZ uNl0cK my D00Rz, so I can Go 2 ChuckEE Cheeses by myself!"

and then they'd unlock it for me!
then they'll probably turn off my car while i'm on the highway. 🙂
 
Either slimjim the lock or bend the window so that you create a gap and coathanger your way in. If the worst comes to worst, bust out the lockpics 🙂.
 
Mine has a keypad on the door, if I do lock the keys inside, just punch in the code and all is good. Actually, now I gotten in the habit of just dropping the keys in the console and locking them in the car.

Greastest thing since sliced bread.
 
I own a slim jim (lives in my toolbox in the back of the truck), I can break into a number of different vehicles with ease. (I don't of course, but I can)

and on an older ford ranger with the dual sliding glass rear window, all you have to do is push each plate of glass toward the front of the truck and at the same time push them appart, the glue comes undone very easily and glass seperates from the locking mechanism. (I did that once in less than 1 min. had a guys car keys out, while I was walking away I heard the man ask my dad how I knew how to do that, my dad being the practical joker said (right as I was turning back around to see what he said) that I used to be a professional car thief (I'm not I just used to have the same exact truck, and I'm constantly locking my keys in the ignition)......the guy's face turned white a sheet, I never laughed so hard in my life.
 
I unlocked cars for Pop-A-Lock for about 3 years. I can get into almost any car in less then 20 seconds, the hard ones might take 1-2 minutes. After having that job, I know never to leave anything of value in plane sight inside my car. It is just too easy to get in, if you know how.
Pop-A-Lock
 
Originally posted by: lightpants
I unlocked cars for Pop-A-Lock for about 3 years. I can get into almost any car in less then 20 seconds, the hard ones might take 1-2 minutes. After having that job, I know never to leave anything of value in plane sight inside my car. It is just too easy to get in, if you know how.
Pop-A-Lock
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Any tips? 😛
 
Originally posted by: jonnyGURU
My '74 camper, you can beat on the vent windows with your fists and the latch will slowly vibrate to the open position. You can then flip the vent open, rich in and roll the window down so you can pop the lock on the door.

Speaking of which... Anyone interested in buying a 1974 VW Camper? It worked up until I parked it two years ago (before my daughter was born.) Haven't had a chance to play with it since the baby. Selling it really cheap. 😉
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How cheap and will you deliver it to Seattle? 😛

ZV

On sedond thought, maybe I'll just come by your place and bang on its windows a bit... 😛
 
Used to be able to with a coat hanger then I got a new car... I found out the hard way that a Ford Focus is REALLY hard to get into!!! I had the door opened enough to get a hanger in and I was trying to push the door unlock buttons and the hatch unlock... had no problem getting the buttons pushed only problem was they are disabled once you lock the car with the key fob!!!!

Tow truck guy made me sign a waiver because really the only way to get them out requires a tool that goes down the window slot on the outside and comes up under the window on the inside and you proceed to jimmy it around until you get it just right that it pulls the door handle opening the door from the inside... Pretty freaking cool thing to watch but the guy had busted the glass out on a couple other Focus hence the waiver.
 
Originally posted by: blazert40
Originally posted by: lightpants
I unlocked cars for Pop-A-Lock for about 3 years. I can get into almost any car in less then 20 seconds, the hard ones might take 1-2 minutes. After having that job, I know never to leave anything of value in plane sight inside my car. It is just too easy to get in, if you know how.
Pop-A-Lock
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Any tips? 😛
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You have to have the right tools- the ones that we used, you couldn't buy unless you had a franchise.
I had to train for a week before I started. They took us to a huge parking lot full of insurance claim vehicles. Each row of cars was 250-300 cars long. They just started at the end of one row and started teaching us. By the last 2 days, they would just point to a row and I would just start at one end and go down the row unlocking car after car. It was a neat job, I was oncall 24/7 though.
 
Driver's door does not lock if open. Avoids all such stupidity.

Then again, so does Ignition Off - Key in pocket - Walk away - Lock + Arm via remote

- M4H
 
Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

On sedond thought, maybe I'll just come by your place and bang on its windows a bit... 😛
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Won't do you any good. I replaced the stock mechnical fuel pump with one of those cheap, electric, Purolator fuel pumps. After the van was parked for 6 months, the pump froze up and now she won't start. I have another pump to put in it's place, but why bother? I'm not going anywhere and it's great theft deterrence. 😉

 
When I worked at a junkyard, I had locked my keys in my car (at home). Called my work to see if we had a passenger side window. Yep, 2 lb. ball peen hammer is beyond relative ease to get into a car 🙂. Changing window only took about 15 mins, and did it while I was on the clock at work 😛
 
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