Unlock your car with a string

[Metspitzer]

This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String


I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield. The driver of a
new Camaro had locked his keys in the car. The guy was trying to
break the windshield with a large rock to get the keys. Lucky for him
the windshield wouldn't break. He went around to the driver side and
broke the drivers' window.

 

[Stormin Mormon]

The Camaro guy ought have called a locksmith.

The web page does have a video of a guy doing just exactly
this. Must work in some cases.

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This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone
ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String


I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield. The
driver of a
new Camaro had locked his keys in the car. The guy was
trying to
break the windshield with a large rock to get the keys.
Lucky for him
the windshield wouldn't break. He went around to the driver
side and
broke the drivers' window.

 

[Bob F]

This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String

I've never failed to open that type of lock with a coat hanger and a couple
chunks of wood for wedges to spring the door a bit to allow access.

 

[Tony Miklos]

The Camaro guy ought have called a locksmith.

The web page does have a video of a guy doing just exactly
this. Must work in some cases.

In the video the lock button is clearly made with a groove around it for
the string to grab it so easily. I don't recall last time I saw a lock
like that, that's why they stopped using the old type lock buttons with
a larger top in the first place. It may work at times, but not all the
time.

One time at an old train station my boss was renting part of the
building and someone parked in our clearly marked parking spot. The
plastic lock "buttons" were very smooth and more narrow towards the top.
I got a hanger, bent a small hook in it, and ground it to make a sharp
barb. The barb stuck in the plastic and allowed me to unlock it. Stick
shift, locked steering, I rolled it out into the middle of the parking
lot almost blocking a lot of cars. Too bad I didn't get to see the guys
expression when he got off the train and saw his car. ;-)

 

[Bob F]

I worked for about ten years on the Las Vegas Strip as a parking
attendant. We had lots of people locking their keys in the cars. We'd give
them the spiel of, "Well, we can give the locksmith a call,
but it will cost you $100 or more, but we MIGHT be able to get it
open........................ Mind if we try?" Except for Mercedes,
RR, and Corvettes, I didn't have a problem with most of them, and a
lot were very very easy. Governor Miller was the worst. He'd say,
"I did it again.........", and we'd just wave him on. "Don't worry,
we'll take care of it." Lincolns take about five seconds to get into
the back door. Most are surprisingly easy with a slim Jim, or a
piece of precisely bent SS filler rods. If you don't panic, and use
logic, it takes a real doofus to use a rock to enter a lockout. A
couple of wood shims are the most valuable items.

But a few different sized twigs will do the job if needed.

 

[clare]

This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String


I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield. The driver of a
new Camaro had locked his keys in the car. The guy was trying to
break the windshield with a large rock to get the keys. Lucky for him
the windshield wouldn't break. He went around to the driver side and
broke the drivers' window.

It worked fine on the old "knob" style doorlocks up until the early
seventies but does NOT work on today's "pick proof" tapered buttons as
shown on the website. Butcher cord has been used to steal a LOT of
cars over the years.

 

[Tony Hwang]

This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String


I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield. The driver of a
new Camaro had locked his keys in the car. The guy was trying to
break the windshield with a large rock to get the keys. Lucky for him
the windshield wouldn't break. He went around to the driver side and
broke the drivers' window.

Hi,
Many new cars does not have that knob to pull.
We have family menbership for AMA(AAA counter part up here)
One phone call does it all. Jump boosting. unlocking a door, changing a
flat tire, towing,etc. Family rate is 92.00 per year. I think it is
wortth money. I works out of province too thru an affiliates.

 

[Ron]

This seems to have a very low probably of working.  Anyone ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String

I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield.  The driver of a
new Camaro had locked his keys in the car.  The guy was trying to
break the windshield with a large rock to get the keys.  Lucky for him
the windshield wouldn't break.  He went around to the driver side and
broke the drivers' window.

If that is a true story, that is one of the biggest morons I've ever
heard of of. And what do you mean by "lucky for him the windshield
wouldn't break"?

 

[jw]

I've never failed to open that type of lock with a coat hanger and a couple
chunks of wood for wedges to spring the door a bit to allow access.

Just carry a cordless drill with a 1 inck bit, and a stick of dynamite
in your wallet. Drill a hole in any door, inset the dynamite, light
it, and the door will come off in seconds.

Seriously, carry a spare key in your wallet....

 

[Stormin Mormon]

I've been asked, many times, to sell people lock picks. "in
case they get locked out of thier car". I used to spend a
lot of time explaining. Now, I reccomend a spare key to be
ground, and put in the wallet or coat pocket.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
..



Just carry a cordless drill with a 1 inck bit, and a stick
of dynamite
in your wallet. Drill a hole in any door, inset the
dynamite, light
it, and the door will come off in seconds.

Seriously, carry a spare key in your wallet....

 

[Stormin Mormon]

http://www.wikihow.com/Open-a-Locked-Car-With-a-Mobile

This one was debunked, on a couple of web sites. Doesn't
pass the common sense test. So, a car remote (that puts out
low power radio frequency electro magnetic waves) is
expected to open a car, by going through a cell phone (that
transmits sound waves, not RF).

 

[micky]

This seems to have a very low probably of working. Anyone ever done
it?

http://www.wikihow.com/Unlock-Your-Car-with-String

Very clever.

I was at Atlanta raceway one weekend in the infield. The driver of a
new Camaro had locked his keys in the car. The guy was trying to
break the windshield with a large rock to get the keys. Lucky for him
the windshield wouldn't break. He went around to the driver side and
broke the drivers' window.

If one is going to break in with a slim jim, and probably by breaking
the window, it's better to do so on the passenger side. A friend
locked his keys in the car in Cambridge Md. and the cops there are
nice enough there to break in with a slim jim. But in doing so he
unhooked the rod inside the driver's door, and my friend had to go in
through the passenger side all day. He had passengers during the
day, so we broke even, but when he went home, until he fixed it, it
woudl have been better if the pasenger door lock didn't work and his
door did.

(I fixed the lock before he left. )

 

[Art Todesco]

I was dumb enough to lock myself out of mine 2 days ago. The window was
down about an inch.

Tried the string and it failed. A coat hanger with a loop, allowed me to
roll the window down enough to get my arm in. Yes I don't have power
windows!

Colbyt

I wonder if the string was coated with something that has a little tack,
rosin or maybe bees wax. Or instead of string, use a piece of thin
insulated electrical wire, probably not the Teflon variety.

 

[Harry K]

I've been asked, many times, to sell people lock picks. "in
case they get locked out of thier car". I used to spend a
lot of time explaining. Now, I reccomend a spare key to be
ground, and put in the wallet or coat pocket.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
 www.lds.org
.



Just carry a cordless drill with a 1 inck bit, and a stick
of dynamite
in your wallet.  Drill a hole in any door, inset the
dynamite, light
it, and the door will come off in seconds.

Seriously, carry a spare key in your wallet....

I pulled into the lot where I was cutting wood a few years ago. Guy
sitting at the entrance "can I tryi your key? I locked mine in hte
cab". No go, locksmith showed up finally. I showed him my spare in
the billfold.

Harry K

 

[Bob F]

I pulled into the lot where I was cutting wood a few years ago. Guy
sitting at the entrance "can I tryi your key? I locked mine in hte
cab". No go, locksmith showed up finally. I showed him my spare in
the billfold.

I keep the coat hanger IN the car, for other's benefit. It's been used a few
times. I've also "borrowed" coat hangers in the past for less prepared for
occasions.

 

[N8N]

If that is a true story, that is one of the biggest morons I've ever
heard of of. And what do you mean by "lucky for him the windshield
wouldn't break"?

Well, generally the windshield is the most expensive piece of glass on
any car, and the hardest to replace (at least on a late model car, as
they're typically all glued in now.) On a car with a large glass
hatch, I suppose that might be more expensive, but still. Oh, and how
are you gonna drive home with a bigass hole in the windshield, unless
you happen to have a pair of goggles in the glovebox? seriously.

If you're gonna bust something, bust a door window or quarter window
(assuming the latter is the gasketed type.) Also those will shatter
cleanly and not spiderweb but stay in place like a windshield.

nate

 

[DerbyDad03]

Actually, the rear doors are the easiest way to get in, particularly if the
buttons can be seen.  Bend a piece of stout wire in two L's, making a boxy
looking J.  Put a couple of shims between glass and gasket.  Make oneL
about 3" long, the other 2".  You're trying to go under the bottom partof
the window and come up under the button with the tip of the wire.  You can
also do it with a slim Jim, just feel around in there, and when you see the
door button move, you've hit a component.

Be very careful when pulling or pushing, as a lot of the pieces are held
together with just a plastic keeper.  Lincolns take about two seconds with
this wire.  Stainless steel filler wire is the best, as it doesn't bend
easily, and will stay stiff when you hit the right component.  Slim jims
should have different ends, one with a J, the other with a V.  That way,
whether you have to push or pull, you have the right configuration.

Sometimes the slim Jim has to be repeatedly curved so it gets over to the
mechanism.  It ain't very hard once you've done a couple of hundred of them.
On the front door, you keep your finger on the outside of the lock so you
can feel when you touch the component inside.  After that, it's just
mentally visualizing what's in there, and bending the slim Jim to catch what
you need.  Trips to the local junk yard are a good thing, too, if you're
going to seriously get into this, as you can see the mechanisms exposed.  It
is surprising how very simple some of them actually are.

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The lock "plunger" on my van is rectangular in shape with a small
concave area that an occupant could put a finger tip into to unlock
the door, but doesn't leave much for any kind of hook to grab onto.

However, the lock control that an occupant would normally use to
activate the power locks sticks out of the door panel, perpendicular
to the panel.

AAA opened my van by slipping a hooked instrument down through the
window, hooking it under the lock control and lifting up to activate
the power locks.

 

[Metspitzer]

We do real estate reserve studies, which are a professional analysis of
properties where HOA dues are collected. I have a set of slim Jims,
picklocks, and various specialty wires to evaluate the level of protection
offered by the lock systems. Understandably, it goes from 0-10 on a scale.
I must admit that I need to put a car slim Jim in there so that I can help
out the occasional hapless driver. I can pick a Quickset lock, or some
lower quality locks with two paper clips. At times, they do not provide us
the keys to the pool pump rooms due to incompetence, so we just let
ourselves in, wearing our badge and state issued IDs.

Steve

If real estate gets slow, you can always fall back to cat burglar.

 

[Bob F]

The lock "plunger" on my van is rectangular in shape with a small
concave area that an occupant could put a finger tip into to unlock
the door, but doesn't leave much for any kind of hook to grab onto.

The sharp end of a hanger, maybe even cut with dykes, will easily grab it. Maybe
it takes a few trys, but it works.

 

[Bob F]

SHEESH! WHY would someone break an expensive and hard to replace
windshield instead of the easier and less expensive side window?
Idiots.

Why would someone break a window when a coat hanger will get you in? Idiots.