Easy Ways to Unlock Your Car Without a Key During an Emergency
Locking keys in a car isn’t something strange nor you can predict when it will happen. In most cases when it happens, you will go for a spare key or call for a tow truck or get roadside assistance. Circumstances won’t be the same if you lock the keys inside and you have an emergency like rushing someone to the hospital or the baby is inside the locked car and it’s a warm day. If there is an emergency, you should know how to open the car without a key with these ways.
Pass Through the Trunk
In most cases, manual locks for many cars lock the doors but the truck remains open. If you are lucky, you can open it by pushing the rear seats forward to create space for passage. Then once inside the car, you can manually unlock the doors.
Unlock with a Slim Jim
It’s a thin strip metal strip used for unlocking car doors. You need to practice to open doors with this tool. If not handled carefully, you can tear the door’s wires from the inside and the weather stripping. The passage door will be a better option since it got fewer wires compared to the driver’s. Slowly push it through the weather stripping and use its hook-like end to grab the locking mechanism located under the locking pin. Pull to disengage the lock once the hook grips firmly on the lock.
Use a Wedge Tool for Automatic Locks
There is an effective way to unlock the doors with automatic locks if you don’t have the keys. With the use of a wedge tool, carefully create a space between the door and the body of the car.
Usually, the auto lock for most cars is on the driver’s armrest; merely pressing it with the thin metal rod can activate it.
Unlock a Manual Lock with a Locksmith Wedge
You will be required to pick the right one that can handle the job since they are made of plastic, metal and vinyl. Carefully use it to create space by pulling the car door. Get a long thin metal to help you reach and pull the locked door pin. A clothes hanger will be of help as you can use it to grab the locking pin and pull. However, with the use of this tool you need to be careful to avoid damaging the doors weather stripping.…