Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My brilliant girlfriend here, locked the keys in the car. I am poor and cant afford a locksmith, my dad is out of town w/ my spare key. So i am down to a coat hanger, where is the lock mechanism at? How hard is it??
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This is why you pay AAA...check with some towing companies, I am not sure of the cost, but it will be less than a locksmith. As far as I know, the tension is too great for a hanger anyway.
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Yeah, it's a PITA to slim Jim
If you have your registration (or Copy of) or write down your Serial #, and you have a good relationship with your dealer, they will cut you a new key from a key code.
It's like $10
That is, if you have a spare car
If you have your registration (or Copy of) or write down your Serial #, and you have a good relationship with your dealer, they will cut you a new key from a key code.
It's like $10
That is, if you have a spare car
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I've locked my keys in the Tib about 3 times now.... hehe The first time I was lucky and worked with a guy who did repo work on the side and he easily popped the lock with a coat hanger (so it can be done, I've tried it and had no luck), but the other two times I had to call a tow service to get it opened. Don't call the locksmith they'll just steal a whole lot of your money.
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locksmiths can be very expensive..that happend to me (in my BMW) and they had to drill the old lock ...it sucked and was very expensive as I had to pay for a new lock and new set of keys..plus installation..
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The only time I have been successful with a hanger was with my gf's 99 neon and it still nearly bent the hanger out of shape before I pulled it open. To flip the lock on my Tib takes a little more work than you would expect, and it may make things difficult with a wire hanger.