Keys locked inside my car

Glenman

My central locking has a mind of its own. The car locked with the keys in the ignition. All door locked, keys in the ignition. She is a VW golf 03. Any tips on getting it open without access to my spare key?

Cocoon

A hammer..

SV

Well I just smashed my window when it happened to me :P

Apparently locksmiths have a device that can prise the door open slightly without damaging it. Enough to get the door open.

Hotwheels

SV wrote: »

Well I just smashed my window when it happened to me :P

Apparently locksmiths have a device that can prise the door open slightly without damaging it. Enough to get the door open.

Only way to go is this...Window will cost ya a lot more...

mikemac

Find the local dodgy kids and give them a few quid

Failing this, goldenpages and find a locksmith

Dacelonid

Ring your insurance company. They sent a guy out to me to prise the door open and popped the boot.
Was covered under breakdown assist, so didn't cost me a penny

Glenman

The key is in the ignition with the lock/unlock buttons facing up. If I could slide a piece of bull wire in between the door and the body I might be able to hit the unlock button. However, there is an alarm in the car and it might engage by doing this. Also, it would be hard to develop a gap between the door and the body of the car?

666bxg

Glenman wrote: »

My central locking has a mind of its own. The car locked with the keys in the ignition. All door locked, keys in the ignition. She is a VW golf 03. Any tips on getting it open without access to my spare key?

Interesting you should mention this, my car did the exact same on Christmas eve with my helpless baby in it! Thank God i have the spare key....

My suspicion is that the cold weather is causing the central locking to misbehave.

BTW my car is an '05 BMW

Joe7

Hammer through the windscreen, insurance will fix it, worked for me.

MagicMarker

Joe7 wrote: »

Hammer through the windscreen, insurance will fix it, worked for me.

You realise ''windscreen'' cover applies to all the windows?

Joe7

It was already cracked.

Not ideal, and not really their job, but the last time I seen a bloke with this issue, he was parked across from the Garda station, and they came out and opened that car for him.



... by putting their boot through the window.


Ah, no, they just had a tool that the stuck in the side of the door and wedged around a bit. This was many years ago though. Might be useful if you know a Garda or are near one. Probably not something you'd ring them for.

Joe7

Has to be said, the mechanical design of the door latches doesn't seem to have changed much over the years. Panel gaps aren't great either . . .


BTW where is your spare key, OP?

Senna

I seen a fella hit the window low down with his boot, it was enough force to knock the window off its railings, but not enough to break the glass. The glass just shot down into the door frame, but didn't break. Dont know if he just got lucky or if it works all the time.

opinion guy

I thought on modern cars the whole wedging open the door thing no longer worked ???

Glenman

I am at home in Donegal for the Christmas and my spare key is in my accomodation in Galway. Other thing is that my house key is locked in the bcar as well! One of my house mates offered to post up the spare key on Thursday morning when the post office opens but there is no guarantee that I will have it friday even by express post as there may be backlogs in the mail system.
There is a lock/unlock button on the driver door arm rest. If I could wedge the door open a little I could get something down to hit this button but I'm afraid the alarm might go off with no way of switching it off.

rebel.ranter

A metal hanger to press the button on the key or the button on the door might work. You could wriggle it in between the gap in the door. Put a bit of insulation tape around the area of the paint work. Use a screw driver to pry the top of the door open with a cloth to protect the paintwork. Be patient & you'll get there. Had to do similar jobs over the years, never failed, had to sort out the same neighbour's car twice, 5 years apart. I told her to get a spare key cut the first time. She didn't listen!

I'm laughing at the Garda suggestion, my mate is a Garda & he is constantly amazed at the things he gets requested. They are not super human beings!

dellas1979

Could you get your housemate to courier up the keys? Over night job at most - you know a key will cost you quite a bit. If it was an older car with no central locking/immobiliser fair enough, but not the case here.

Would be a courier for me. You are staying there anyways for a few days, so no harm.

ted1

get the plastic thing that goes around a bale of briquettes loop it and it'll be able to be worked in the door in either between the door and roof or door and window you can them work it down and pull the handle with it. Most cars these days will open the lock when the handle is pulled.

Gary ITR

I wouldn't get too hung up on trying to press the button on the key, with some cars if the key is in the ignition the buttons don't work

biko

Girlfriends Micra doors goes crazy during cold, have been locked out a few times.
Good thing we have a spare key.

Gary ITR

Maybe ask the mods of the region if you can post a thread looking for somebody travelling between Galway and wherever you are who would be willing to drop your spare key to you

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Does your spare key have the central locking button on it too?

I remember hearing a thing on the radio a while back that said you can send the signal from them down the phone. So if your house mate was to hold the spare key to his phone and you point yours at the car that it would open.
They did a demonstration on the radio and it seemed to work, but of course it was on the radio so they may have been lying. Worth a try though.

opinion guy

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Does your spare key have the central locking button on it too?

I remember hearing a thing on the radio a while back that said you can send the signal from them down the phone. So if your house mate was to hold the spare key to his phone and you point yours at the car that it would open.
They did a demonstration on the radio and it seemed to work, but of course it was on the radio so they may have been lying. Worth a try though.

Quality, quality real life trolling there

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

opinion guy wrote: »

Quality, quality real life trolling there

I'm not trolling (as far as I understand what trolling is), I'm deadly serious. I heard it on the radio earlier in the year. TRUE STORY.

opinion guy

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I'm not trolling (as far as I understand what trolling is), I'm deadly serious. I heard it on the radio earlier in the year. TRUE STORY.

I didn't mean you - I meant the guys on the radio!
Still I suppose trolling is the wrong word

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

opinion guy wrote: »

I didn't mean you - I meant the guys on the radio!
Still I suppose trolling is the wrong word

Sorry

Maybe he was lying but I'd try it before I took a hammer to my window

biko

opinion guy wrote: »

Quality, quality real life trolling there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_YdJeXouE

However some people claims it works and there are vids.
Have a go if you can OP and let us know

I dont know

Does your spare key have the central locking button on it too?

I remember hearing a thing on the radio a while back that said you can send the signal from them down the phone. So if your house mate was to hold the spare key to his phone and you point yours at the car that it would open.
They did a demonstration on the radio and it seemed to work, but of course it was on the radio so they may have been lying. Worth a try though.

This definitely works for some cars. My mate has done it on his fiat punto and my brother on his VW Passat.

opinion guy

biko wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC_YdJeXouE

However some people claims it works and there are vids.
Have a go if you can OP and let us know

Redhead is hoooottt!!

Glenman

Thanks for all the posts guys. I called my housemate and we tried the unlock over the phone but it didn't work. Gonna borrow my dads car and go up for the key.

padair

Glenman wrote: »

My central locking has a mind of its own. The car locked with the keys in the ignition. All door locked, keys in the ignition. She is a VW golf 03. Any tips on getting it open without access to my spare key?

Get you mate in Galway to go to Bus Eireann and he can either give the bus driver a tenner to bring up the keys or (b) throw the keys in a bag and place the bag in the hold. I have done both in the past. Cheap and effective.

Max_Damage

I assume the coat hanger method doesn't work on new cars ?