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How to open a locked car door without the keys

Model: (Various brands) Various - Years 2006-2015
Part: Lock

In the event that the car keys have been lost or remained inside the passenger compartment and the safety devices are closed, there are opening techniques with dexterity and therefore without breaking in which, to be clear, are the same ones used by good guys. coachbuilders but unfortunately also thieves; the aim is to be able to reach the safety or the internal opening handle through the door without damaging anything: you must therefore try to access by making space between the door and its pillar. The first method involves the use of a special cushion to be inserted through the gasket to then inflate it and move the door away enough to insert a shaped rigid iron and open the safety device. The second consists in making a loop on a nylon thread and reaching the safety in order to hook and open it. The last technique consists in using a tennis ball in which to make a small hole with a hot screwdriver: this hole must be aligned with the lock and then press on the ball so that the pressure generated in the lock itself can unlock the safety.


Posted on 31 August 2023 by ScegliAuto

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