Locked my keys in the car :(
Mikedmc
I have an old Mondeo '96 N plate, automatic. Gearbox is knackered & as thus
it has just been sitting there for a while. Anyway yesterday I went to move
(push it to another position outside my house), opened the car put key in
the ignition to take the lock off. The Central locking didn't work when I
opened the car, battery dead I assumed. Anyway I had to pop back in the
house, I left the key in the ignition, shut the door. When I came out went
to open door, and its locked with my keys in the ignition :). My mate who
was there to help me move the car, swears he never touched the car :). I
have no spare key (or more to the point I can't find it), so short of
smashing the window is there anyway I get into my car and retrieve my key?
I was told to get a metal ruler or similar, down the side of the window and
it should (somehow) operate the lock, surely it can't be this simple (not
that i've tried yet as I don't have a metal ruler)?
Best Regards.
Mikedmc.
Jon
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opened this way. Try getting two wedges and stick them between the glass
and the rubber strip about 20 inches apart and shine a torch through the gap
to see whats down there. Have you tried all the other doors to see if they
are locked?
Jon
Scott M
> I have an old Mondeo '96 N plate, automatic. Gearbox is knackered & as thus
> it has just been sitting there for a while. I
> have no spare key (or more to the point I can't find it), so short of
> smashing the window is there anyway I get into my car and retrieve my key?
Knackered g'box, eh? Phone up the scrappy, have him take it away and
when sufficient parts have been stripped away, you'll be able to get the
key back... :-)
--
Scott
Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?
Steev
"Mikedmc" <miked...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Using a plastic wedge,wedge the drivers door and with a long bit of stiffish
wire pull the interior door handle,that should get you in...
HTH
Steve
Jon
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> Mikedmc wrote:
>
> > I have an old Mondeo '96 N plate, automatic. Gearbox is knackered & as
thus
> > it has just been sitting there for a while. I
> > have no spare key (or more to the point I can't find it), so short of
> > smashing the window is there anyway I get into my car and retrieve my
key?
>
> Knackered g'box, eh? Phone up the scrappy, have him take it away and
> when sufficient parts have been stripped away, you'll be able to get the
> key back... :-)
>
> --
> Scott
>
glass from the front seats before I remove them......
Jon - 1996 Mondeo Auto (In need of some bits - not just seats)
Doki
Steev wrote:
> Using a plastic wedge,wedge the drivers door and with a long bit of
> stiffish wire pull the interior door handle,that should get you in...
> HTH
Seconded. You'd be surprised how much the door bends and how easy it is.
Mikedmc
"Doki" <do...@spamtroNspidar.com> wrote in message
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Ok thank you, I will try that later. The car has been sitting there now for
2 nights and not one little toe rag has tried breaking in. Im v. surprised
:). Thank you for all the replies.
Best Regards.
Mikedmc.
MrCheerful
Who on earth would want to take a mondeo away?
mrcheerful
Steve Walker
I managed to lock my father's keys in his Sierra once (while abroad and in
the middle of nowhere). We had nothing that would reach down to the lock
mechanism, so I crawled under the front, popped the bonnet and then
unlocked the central locking by shorting the alarm locking connections with
two house keys.
Steve W
MrCheerful
"Neil Barker" <Ne...@nemesis.nu> wrote in message
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> In article: <1v41euld1ko5n.o...@40tude.net> Steve Walker
> <st...@dropthis.theend.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> > I managed to lock my father's keys in his Sierra once (while abroad and
> > in the middle of nowhere). We had nothing that would reach down to the
> > lock mechanism, so I crawled under the front, popped the bonnet and then
> > unlocked the central locking by shorting the alarm locking connections
> > with two house keys.
>
> had fitted many years back had fuse protection against that sort of thing.
>
> --
> Neil Barker
>
some central locking will unlock if you disconnect then reconnect the
battery, definitely works on older fords.
mrcheerful
Z
<miked...@yahoo.com> writes
pump.
I somehow locked the keys in the back of a hire van which my company had
hired and I had to put back an hour later when I had a week off booked.
I don't know exactly how. I think it was maybe I opened the lock opened
the door with the keys still in while reaching into the van and the
resultant twist put the lock in the locked position with the door still
open. I took the key out and put it down in the back of the van when I
had unloaded the door blew shut (it was a really windy day).
Worse, this was in the middle of a notorious council estate, not
overlooked, the keys were on full display and the keys to the unlocked
flat I was working in were in the front of the van and my plant and
tools were still in the flat.
At that time on a Friday there was no-one around the estate from my
company or our client- the council who could keep an eye on the van or
radio in for assistance. There was no RAC/AA cover.
I couldn't remember the van hire company's or my company's number so I
had to call directory enquiries and this was just after the number
change. Of the GBP 1.50 I had in the top of my toolbox it took 90 pence
to get the numbers. I called the van hire company which left 18p credit.
I then tried to phone my company and the telephone flashed up "minimum
20p"
When I had previously been pressure washing the vehicle I noted the
windscreen seals lifted. Stoopid me thought if I remove the seals I'll
be able to pull off the windscreen and get in the van and fish out the
keys through the dividing guard.
Bad idea!
As I started to prise the screen off a little hairline crack appeared -
uh-oh! I tried putting the seal back and as I was tapping the seal in
c-rrr-aa-cc-kk! The screen split right across.
So I plodded off to the council depot which was closing, telephoned my
boss and 'fessed up and got a pole and hook. He told me to go back to
the vehicle and he would get something organised.
When I got back the garage recovery van arrived within a few minutes.
They put a pad thingy in the door, pumped up the bad from an air buld
and were in.
Fifteen seconds at most.
Three minutes with the brush pole and hook to fish the keys out.
I offered and insisted on paying up for the damages and call-out but
they wouldn't accept.
Oddly enough I got the van home this holiday.
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Z
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simonpentecost
get one of those rubber wedge things that keep doors open, and jam it
in the window above the lock to create enough room, then straighten
out a wire coat hanger and bend the end (about an inch) back on
itself.
slide it in the gap about 4-8 inches and try to hook something. it is
a bit fiddley but will work. has for me previously. good luck there!