Anyone have any idea how to stop a running car if you're locked out of it?

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: conehead433

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire

Already suggested. Read the thread first.

999 out of 1000 people won't be able to get the hood open on any modern vehichle without being able to pull the hood latch from inside the car.

Agreed. That's why I said he needed a lockout service.

 

[GroundZero]

Originally posted by: CFster

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire


problem solved, and you'll get a little jolt when you do as an incentive to not be a dumbass and lock your keys in the running car next time

NO! Please, folks, do NOT pull ignition wires off on a modern vehicle while it is running...they are capable of producing 50,000+ volts...many a mechanic is six feet under because they made the mistake of yanking off a plug wire.

DONT DO IT!

Not true. There isn't enough amps there to kill anybody.

I've been zapped a few times "hot sparking" the ignition coil. What that means is if you have a flood condition (plugs are fuel soaked), when you you pull the ignition coil and inch or so away from the distributor it makes the coil step up the voltage to cross the gap. Sometimes makes a plug fire that ordinarily wouldn't.

If anything, an old guy that isn't expecting a zap maybe died of a heart attack. But while there's plenty of voltage there, it isn't enough amps. There can be 100,000 volts in a static electricity shock you get off something that just came out of the dryer you know.

just what i said

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Kalvin00

Originally posted by: GroundZero
ok idiots, if you can get under the hood, yank the coil wire


problem solved, and you'll get a little jolt when you do as an incentive to not be a dumbass and lock your keys in the running car next time

NO! Please, folks, do NOT pull ignition wires off on a modern vehicle while it is running...they are capable of producing 50,000+ volts...many a mechanic is six feet under because they made the mistake of yanking off a plug wire.

DONT DO IT!

Wrong. It will zap you but won't kill you.

 

[Kalvin00]

Hmm.

 

[Shawn]

Happened to me once since my aftermarket alarm auto locks also. Luckly though I just called campus police and they came by with a slimjim and unlocked it for me.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Too bad you're not driving a shitbox tempo like my brother used to. He locked his keys in and all I had to do was grab a screwdriver and pop the lock through a hole under the handle.

 

[her209]

CHUCK NORRIS!!! Roundhouse kick will kill it for sure.

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: KK
Tap your windshield.

I know somebody who could really use that. Might have to be a late christmas present

 

[mercanucaribe]

Put the potato in the exhaust pipe.

 

[drnickriviera]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: LoKe
Pull the battery out, let the car run out of gas. I'd say that's your only option unless you know how to work with a transmission, or you're willing to learn. Have any tools around?

2. It wouldn't matter anyway, disconnecting the battery wouldn't make the car cut off.

I have a Ram 2500 diesel. Couple of years ago, both batteries died. I could jumpstart the truck and it would run (barely), but the instant I used anything electrical, the engine would die. I couldn't even use the turn signals or the radio. You would think a diesel of all engines would be able to run off the alternator

 

[platinumike]

Get a butter knife jam it between the window gasket and the window. Stick your fingers in between the gap you have created(yes this may hurt a bit) pull the window down as much as you can, now pull it towards you. Stick your arm in there and unlock it with your fingers. Problem solved, and its guranteed to work!

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: platinumike
Get a butter knife jam it between the window gasket and the window. Stick your fingers in between the gap you have created(yes this may hurt a bit) pull the window down as much as you can, now pull it towards you. Stick your arm in there and unlock it with your fingers. Problem solved, and its guranteed to work!

No.

 

[Brutuskend]

Try stuffing a potato up the tail pipe.

 

[iamwiz82]

I've pulled soark plug cables to stop a car I was locked out of

 

[imported_electron]

If you can jack up the car and find the fuel line, just pinch it off.

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
1. He can't pull the battery out, since he can't get inside to pull the hood release.

Plenty of cars have a button or a lever under the hood so you can pop it up with ease.

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
2. It wouldn't matter anyway, disconnecting the battery wouldn't make the car cut off.

It'd prevent your battery from dying if you decide to let the car idle to death.

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb
3. The transmission is irrelevant to cutting the car off, unless you have a manual and you can get inside the car to let the clutch out in a high gear to stall it.

Transmission provides power, I'm no expert, but I think a car without a battery nor a tranny would give out eventually...

Also, you could sift the gas out. ~_~

Wow, you have ABSOLUTELY NO CLUE what you're talking about.

 

[Looney]

Call AAA, they'll be there in 15mins.

 

[Gunslinger08]

Even if he does get the car stopped, he's still going to need to call someone to unlock the doors... so why take the chance of damaging your car or killing yourself? Just call AAA or a local towing place and have them unlock it.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: drnickriviera

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: LoKe
Pull the battery out, let the car run out of gas. I'd say that's your only option unless you know how to work with a transmission, or you're willing to learn. Have any tools around?

2. It wouldn't matter anyway, disconnecting the battery wouldn't make the car cut off.

I have a Ram 2500 diesel. Couple of years ago, both batteries died. I could jumpstart the truck and it would run (barely), but the instant I used anything electrical, the engine would die. I couldn't even use the turn signals or the radio. You would think a diesel of all engines would be able to run off the alternator

Depends on in what way the batteries failed. If they were shorted internally, that could suck all the power from the alternator and not leave enough for the vehicle to run or at least not for accessories.
True test would have been to jump it off, then disconnect the batteries and see if everything worked okay.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: platinumike
Get a butter knife jam it between the window gasket and the window. Stick your fingers in between the gap you have created(yes this may hurt a bit) pull the window down as much as you can, now pull it towards you. Stick your arm in there and unlock it with your fingers. Problem solved, and its guranteed to work!

Hope you were joking.

 

[Bassyhead]

Seriously, just plug up the exhaust pipe(s) with an old rag. The engine will unable to draw fresh air into the intake and stall. The car will still be locked, and the battery will eventually die without the engine running as the key will be switched to "Run".

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: drnickriviera

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: LoKe
Pull the battery out, let the car run out of gas. I'd say that's your only option unless you know how to work with a transmission, or you're willing to learn. Have any tools around?

2. It wouldn't matter anyway, disconnecting the battery wouldn't make the car cut off.

I have a Ram 2500 diesel. Couple of years ago, both batteries died. I could jumpstart the truck and it would run (barely), but the instant I used anything electrical, the engine would die. I couldn't even use the turn signals or the radio. You would think a diesel of all engines would be able to run off the alternator

Depends on in what way the batteries failed. If they were shorted internally, that could suck all the power from the alternator and not leave enough for the vehicle to run or at least not for accessories.
True test would have been to jump it off, then disconnect the batteries and see if everything worked okay.

Used to be the case that a diesel would stay running without a battery or alternator - as the combustion is compression dependant, not spark dependant - that and they had mechanical fuel pumps.

Nowadays, they have electric fuel pumps, and electronic fuel distributors, so they'll die just like a gas job.

 

[Vette73]

OK as a autotech there are not to many GOOD ways to stop the car. But here ya go.


1. Crawl under the rear of the car. Look for wires leading to fuel tank. Follow those until you see a wiring harness. Disconnect the wiring harnes. This will kill the power to the fuel pump. Car will run another minute or so, that is normal, and stall.

2. If you can get under the hood pull the coil wire as someone else said. No it will not kill you. I have been shocked MANY times when I had my old Firebird that had a MSD coil and a MSD 6 ignation box and i am still here.

3. if under the hood and you have a car with multi-ignation coils then there is no single wire to pull. So next best thing is to take the air hose of the engine. Most cars have mass air flow meters and when you remove the air hose the car will probable stall. If not take your hand and cover the throttle body. No air, no run.

Those are 3 things that will work and not destroy your car.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

jus gonna have to let it run out of gas, and call one of those dudes to stick coat hangers down your window sills to open the car

what happened to your SECOND set of keys?

 

[Syringer]

Ha, it's been 15 hours since the OP posted this..