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Help! Locked out! :(

  • 21-12-2012 10:39am
    #1
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭


    Hi all, Im locked out of my 1997 Toyota corolla hatchback and was wondering whats the best way to get back in?


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  • #2
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    Can you get a straightened out coathanger in past the door to pull up the button?


  • #3
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Yeah i'm going to try that, just have to locate a hanger now :p


  • #4
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,546 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    brembo26 wrote: »
    Hi all, Im locked out of my 1997 Toyota corolla hatchback and was wondering whats the best way to get back in?
    Thtas one of the easiest cars to get open. Get a metal coat hanger and open it out except for the hook at the end. Use a flat blunt object to prize open the top of the door slightly and the coat hanger will slip in. Then just hook around the boot catch and get in that way.

    I learned this when working in a garage and a Corrolla van that was modified so had no door handles and we were constantly locking the key, including the fob to open the door in the car,


  • #5
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    brembo26 wrote: »
    Yeah i'm going to try that, just have to locate a hanger now :p
    You'll get one off a dry cleaner if you're stuck


  • #6
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Only thing is its this kind of a lock, would I manage this with a hanger?


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  • #7
    Quazzie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,546 ✭✭✭✭Quazzie


    brembo26 wrote: »
    Only thing is its this kind of a lock, would I manage this with a hanger?
    Pull the boot.


  • #8
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Goin to try what quazzie said, cheers :-)


  • #9
    the_ferreter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 ✭the_ferreter


    Where abouts are you......if in the city area can come and get you in


  • #10
    Mar4ix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,359 ✭✭✭Mar4ix


    make that - tool :D


  • #11
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Coat hanger wasnt long enough to reach the boot catch?


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  • #12
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,207 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    brembo26 wrote: »
    Coat hanger wasnt long enough to reach the boot catch?

    Do the door thing its long enough to reach the door handle opener. Ive dont it several times.

    Wedge door slightly with small triangle timber (door stop for instance) or plastic or if stuck screw driver wrapped in a cloth (so not to scratch) then stick your hanger in the top in the open gap.


  • #13
    MrDerp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 999 ✭✭✭MrDerp


    Good to know there's so many geezers on boards :D


  • #14
    dr strangelove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 816 ✭✭✭dr strangelove


    cool - now i know how to break into cars.


  • #15
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,207 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    dr strangelove wrote: »
    cool - now i know how to break into cars.

    Too late all the people in the need to know.... already know.


  • #16
    TGi666
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭TGi666


    If all else fails you may bite the bullet and call a locksmith but a new window would probably be cheaper


  • #17
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    I got it! Happy days! now just to take apart the door, take out the barrell and get a new key... :(


  • #18
    brembo26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,339 ✭✭✭brembo26


    Any idea on how much a new key will cost me? Im 99% sure its not chipped or anything.


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