ShoeDg1

Yes, I have done the unthinkable. My keys are locked inside my Firebird. It's an 89 Formula. Does anyone know how to get this door open???? Any help is greatly appreciated.

RED82TA5.7L

just ask any police officer. i think they can, or call a lock smith. or you can get a wire hanger and work at it.

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karstenkurtz

Yup I can tell you how to do this.. One thing you can do is if you have t-tops just pull the window a bit and use a coat hanger to pull on the t-top thing unless your t-tops are locked.. You can also use the coat hanger down the side of the door and open the lock that way... Also you can use the coat hanger (streched out of course) to poke the button in the middle of the two power window switches on the console which pops the hatch... Then just climb through the hatch to get in.. If you can't get any of these going you can always call a locksmith to pick the lock.. And no I am not a car theif but having locked my keys in my iroc many times I have figured out quite a few tricks..

Drew

iTrader: (58)

use a yard stick... slide it between the weatherstripping and the glass at the back of the window and push the lock **** forward. The wood won't scratch your paint and it takes less than a minute.

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The lone Thirdgenner of the Apocalypse
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87 Iroc
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91 RS Convertible
91 Firebird V6
92 S10
98 Grand Am GT

Josh 91RS

Nice tip drew...howd you get your camaro again???

gregz28

Man, Ive done that so many times. Its nice being in the military, the MP's use the slimjim for free, but theyre not responsible for damage. I finally got a keyless entry so It will not happen again... $50 well spent.


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ShoeDg1

Okay, thanks a lot for the ideas guys. We tried using a coat hanger, but we couldn't reach the locks. The rear hatch is also located above the radio, so it's kind of difficult to reach too. I'm liking the yard stick idea, we might have to try that tomorrow. If anyone else has any ideas, keep 'em coming, I really appreciate it.

oldblueZ

man what the heck!!

I have locked my keys in my car a lot of times at work. I worked at a car wash in high school and the guys there could get into every car except for three. That includes using a door unlocking kit made for many types of different cars and a slim jim.

they never did get doors open, so I had my mom bring my SPARE keys to work. how embarrassing. oh well.

when you get the doors unlocked, go and get another full set of keys, and another door key for your wallet. it'll usually cost $1 per key.

I am sooooo glad that I have a spare set because I locked my keys in my car about 2 hours from home and all I had to do is call the people that I was staying with me bring me my keys.(my parents had the door key that goes in my wallet)

1st moral of the story: don't lock your keys in your car

2nd moral: get spare keys

Later,
Jesse

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85 Z28, 305 TPI A4
pretty stock with MSD and a few other toys
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Dellz

ifyou have powe locks you can use the hanger oR your intenner off your owne caar the lil ball at the end works as a trick weight and hit unlock ive dont this with my car a few times just pulled out the window a lil allso if i forgot to lock the t top pusehd it open wiht my antenner this allso worked on my friends explorer i moved it to anothe rparking lot for not beliving me that i coudl get in gave him a quick suprise b4 i let him know where it was thats what you get for doubting me ! - also luckaly my anntena never bent and i never had to get a new one .... ok guys i locked my keys in my car how do i hot wire it ? jk i know how allready :X

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Drew

iTrader: (58)

When I got my 91 V6 we didn't have a door key and had to go out of town. I didn't want to leave $500 worth of leather seats in it while it sat in my driveway for a week so I locked it up and figured I'd get in one way or another when I got back a week later. The yard stick was my solution.

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The lone Thirdgenner of the Apocalypse
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87 Iroc
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91 Firebird V6
92 S10
98 Grand Am GT

Drew

iTrader: (58)

One other suggestion, look around under the car. I had my 83 for about 3 years and had suffered many a "can you bring me a spare set of keys" and low and behold there was a spare set of keys twisttied to the radiator support under the car.

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My Website
87 Iroc
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91 RS Convertible
91 Firebird V6
92 S10
98 Grand Am GT

Jza

Ha! I know that one. I had taken apart by old 84 and been working on it for six months before I noticed the magnetic box in the fenderwell with another set in it.

Mo

if you know anybody at a shop near you, they'll probably have a lock picker you could borrow for a minute...a guy i know at a chevron station opened his sisters 89 IROC with one real quick when i was there one day trying to look at her car to find out why my cc didn't work

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COUGAR

Do you have t-tops that are unlocked. all you have to do is slide a thin rigid pice of plastic or metal between the window and the seal and shove the handle open. not even a minutes worth of work. this is a handy one for all you t-top guys out there. Good luck getting in

ShoeDg1

Well, this morning we got the door unlocked. We wedged the window forward and used a rod to push the t-tops open. I've already got two extra keys ordered. Thanks to everyone for your ideas and help, I appreciate it.

admrlam

lol...

if it makes you feel any better, i nought my car almost two years ago, and i dont HAVE any door keys. Previous owner never had them either, apparently only the original owner had keys. I have an ignition key, and an alarm system that locks and unlocks the doors when i arm it. Its quite the pain in the butt when im wiring the stereo and reset the battery. I make it a point now, whenever im under the hood, to keep a door open, lol. I know, i know... i could replace the lock cylinders very cheap, but im so lazy its not funny. Plus, most of the year it sits at home while i drive the loser crusier Pont. 6000 safari wagon, lol.

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Christos

Hah! i remember i locked my keys in my car once. it was in my chevy sprint (the cool 1 liter 3 cylinder version)

Stuck at a radio station in hawaii, which was closed, in the middle of the night.

One of the rear flap windows was wired shut with a coat-hanger thickness copper wire on the drivers side (who ever owned it before me) had done. so i whipped out my pocket knife, and but single strands, and kept doing it untill i was able to pry the reat window all the way open.

then i grabbed a 15' metal pole that was lying next to a construstion site a bit down the road, and backed way away from the rear of my car, and slit it in, snapped on the dome light with it, then unlocked the passenger door. let me tell you, that pole got heavy real quick!

after i got my camaro, i knew i couldn't ever get it open again, so i made a set of keys, and shoved them in my wallet, which i keep in there just in case. havn't locked my keys in the car yat, but i know that next time if i do, im prepaired. VERY worth the dollar or two it cost me for some new keys.

good luck!

jason86/2.8

I got a spare set made for my Camaro not long after I got it and I've never had to use them. One of the first days I drove a different car to work I locked the keys in the car. Me, my dad, and I guy I worked w/ tryed for hours to get the door unlocked w/ a slim jim b4 we gave up and called the police to help us. I had spares made the next day.

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RARE-ROC-Z

thats ok. i locked my keys in the ignition. and i called the girlfriends uncle since he has a SLIM JIM. and he worked for a while to get the door opened. and as soon as he got it opened i realized that i had a set of spare keys under the front fender well. but i kept quiet i didnt want to release this to him after he worked so hard. and i thanked him and went on my marry way laughing all the way home.. but thanks to him i now know that i have a spare set of keys and i will always remember that..

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oldblueZ

I locked my keys in my car yesterday. MAN do I love spare keys in my wallet! If I didn't have those, my parents would have had to mail their set from Colorado to New Mexico, just so I could open my car.

Later,
Jesse

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85 Z28, 305 TPI A4
pretty stock with MSD and a few other toys
15.2@91mph
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86FyrBrd

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86 firebird I locked my keys in one night. There was a cop I knew at the other end of the parkin lot so we got him to come over...no matter how hard he tried he could not get it open, he said camaros and firebirds are the hardest cars to break into. .....
the funny thing was the window was down like an inch or two and my girlfriend weighs like 100 pounds so the cop asked her to try to put her arm in...she couldnt get it. so once desprite 10 minutes after the cop left I tried my arm..somehow mine worked and we sat there the whole time for no reason.

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kizz

iTrader: (1)

85 firebird / no T-tops, no power locks..

i was once at a k-mart or something w/ my friend, and we were like the last ones out so the parking lot was totally empty and dark and i realized i locked the keys in.. we tried to get to the inner door panel lock switch with a long piece of wire through the glass which we had pulled back a bit, but no luck after over an hour.. cops would go by every 15 minutes or so, and not one of them stopped to investigate.. if we were stealing a car, we would have had all that time to be all cool & relaxed and steal it easy..

anyway, long story short i had to call home about 90 minutes away towake up my mom and ask her to set the spare keys outside and i'd come get 'em.. then my friend drove me to my house, 90 min away, then drove me back, and i got in with that spare set..

on my 82 t/a however, it has non-locking t-tops which are very easy to break into, unfortunately.. i hope i never get into that situation.

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pookey

LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE! I RECENTLY LOCKED MY KEYS ON MY CAR AND DID NOT MAKE A SPARE SET. NOW I HAVE TO GET A NEW DOOR BECAUSE I DESTORYED THE LOCKING MECHANISM AND THE HANDLE AS WELL (actually the door was messed up anyway so I need a another one). MAKE A SPARE SET AND AN EXTRA DOOR KEY AND PUT IT ON YOUR WALLET!

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Jza

Wow, the topic that rises from the dead...

Jiffy

There nothing like the feeling of stupidity when you can see the keys on the dash through the window late at night.



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rizzo

Just go to the board archives and type (stealing a camaro) That article has full intructions for getting into thirdgen without keys

A305TpiBird

I lock my keys in all the time, pull the window back and stick your arm in and unlock it, 3rd-gens are the easiest cars to get into

92 z28

you guys are all ****ing geniuses, its great how your telling secrets about getting into 3rd gens, i hope no body willing to steel a car reads these messages.

Ovrclck350

If anyone needs to read about how to steal a car, then they're going to get caught anyways. Hell, it's common knowledge just to pull the window out.

Tenny

ya everyone knows just to pull the window back... thats what they did on my cavalier, twice, grrr

89bluirocz

i locked my keys in my car before i made spares once so i went and broke a long skinny but stiff limb off my moms tree out front and stuck it through the back of the driver side window and pushed the hatch button and crawled through. my mom got pissed cause i messed up a tree and i got mad cause the tree limb kinda scraped off and got chips in my car but all in all i got my keys went to walmart and now i have extras.

JungleMan

I keep a spare lock key in my wallet.

Cadillac

Hell, I leave my car open all the time. It makes more sense than having someone use a blade on it.



And I hide a key for the door on the car (cuz I is an idgit sometimes).

305q_ta86

iTrader: (1)

Heh I was too afraid to buy a vert for that very reason... But then again, if you're going to think of it that way, why not just leave the windows down with a hard top, because it stops someone from breaking them? :P

kretos

cheaper to replace a window then a convert top

82knightrider

iTrader: (1)

yeah,but once the thieves see the inside of your car theyll want to steal it

redcamaro83

coat hangers and t-tops beautiful thing man i'm tellin ya.

also u can make a holder with hook, fold dow liscence plate and clip on to metal behind plastic trim at bottom. good for spare spare key

hotrod87camaro

holy 4-year old thread revival batman

Cadillac

OMG... I just noticed. Nice!!!

colonboy14

iTrader: (7)

Just call OnStar.

BadBowtie88

Were you in Gone In 60 Seconds somewhere?

82knightrider

iTrader: (1)

I dont think drew can answer that for you right now.His last post was 2 1/2 months ago

Alexcoqui

Dude, I carry a copy of the door key in my wallet.

speedingpenguin

iTrader: (1)

my cars easy to get into......
passenger side lock is completly gone so the only way to get in that side is from inside the car, the drivers side locks from inside and you can unlock it from the outside, but you just need to turn the thing....no key needed (theres nothing of any value whatsoever in the car so meh).......hell, half the time i unlock it with my key to the Cadillac just cause its the first one i grab in my pocket (its the biggest on the keyring)

DeLorean247

AAA Makes free plastic door keys on a card for your wallet.. I use mine all the time when my keys are inside but I have my wallet.... Im just Lazy like that.

sr.bond

"he said camaros and firebirds are the hardest cars to break into. ."
that was funny.i can open one in 30 seconds with a long ruler.insert it above the lock between the wheatherstrip and the glass,push down and voila..

Blkdth87

i just unscrew my antenna, pull the window back alittle and hit the door lock button. works all the time...

orangetang

I have locked my keys in my firebird about 5 times. My driverside window is fairly loose, and I can just pull it out and slide enough of my arm in to flip the lock **** over... Then open the handle with the free hand.

traksta15

antennas, wires and rulers......USE A BRICK!!!way faster than any of those methods.







J/P!!!!

smokefan

quickest way is to break the window last time i locked my keys in i had a locksmith come down to unlock it for me (was my boses friend AND HE DIDNT CHARGE ME) anyway he pulled back on the window and jammed a wooden wedge inbetween and wam...broken window...oh course i had to pay for the window cause the locksmith wasnt charging me to do it....what an ***...