wicked_gk

my car alarm automatically locks the doors when the key is on the on position and i got out and closed the door on accident. i was working under the hood and now i cant open the doors for ****. The hood is still up dunno if that makes it easier to open. i have power doors/windows, how can i open? please help!

Papa_Dios

sounds like you need a locksmith

redpreludesi

get your vin number and go to your local dealer and get a key made cheaper than a lock smith

cbaber

OR, get a wire hanger and squeeze it through the top of the door through the seals. Make a hook or L shape at the end that you squeeze through. Now try to hook your lock button with that end. It takes time and a lot of effort to get it. You can try to open the lock or pull the door handle.

It does work though, I have done it at least 5 times with my Del Sol lol.

95-db6-719

amen, i used a tig welding rod, and yes this works..

__oversea

sadly its easy.

i'd say it was wrong design.lol

seanbev24

It was disturbing how easy it was to get into my car when I locked myself out.

90_EX_Civic

use another honda key.

RICKSAUTOMOTIVE

man i hated doing this at the dealer LOL. i would pull into my bay and get out while being careful not to hit the lift with the door, and i would shut the door and realize the doors locked!! LOL so there i am giving the car back with an extra key LOL. now 10 years later i have a habit of rolling down the window before i get out of a car to work on it LOL

seanbev24

The first thing I do when getting into a customer's car is roll the window down.

WDG_729_ITR

Just make sure that you disconnect you battery before you do this, if your alarm is activated...lol

madblkscientist

clothes hanger FTW

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

I don't get it - how can you get out of your car and have the door locked when you close it? You have to unlock the door to get out. Are you locking it again before you shut it?

My alarm also locks my doors 3 seconds after starting the car, and unlocks them when I shut the car off. I ALWAYS drive with the doors locked, so it's very convenient for me. But my alarm is also smart enough to know when one door is open when the car is started, it won't lock the doors. If I have to get out while the engine is running, I unlock the door, and then lock it again when I get back in. It certainly does not lock itself after I unlock it.

cbaber

On my 96 GSR if you have the key in the ignition and unlock the door from the inside while the door is open, it automatically locks both doors after a second. I assume his situation was similar.

GagnarTheUnruly

iTrader: (3)

It is disturbingly easy to unlock the door from the outside.

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

wow what a retarded design.

On my 94, if I hold the door plunger closed on the door jamb so that the car thinks the door is closed, then start my car and the alarm tries to lock the doors (door still open) it will try to lock but then immediately unlock.

92teginsc

i always keep a spare in my wallet for times like these. op should do the same after this.

9600baud

youtube is your friend

PatrickGSR94

iTrader: (1)

EXACTLY! I've kept a spare car key in my wallet since I got my first car in 1996. Parents suggested I do so, and I listened.

Only time it was a fail was when I was a freshman in college, living in the dorms. One Saturday morning I went out to piddle around with the car, ended up locking my keys in my car, with wallet locked in my dorm room. Luckily I lived on the ground floor and could open the window from outside and just barely squeeze through.

madblkscientist

not all alarms work like that for instance when i turn o the igntion it will lock the doors after i start driven, but if i turn the ignition engine off but kep acc on it wil lock the doors after sometime even if the key is in the igniton, bt if i turn the car off completeit will lock the doors after 5 secs when bot doors are closed so the best way is to kee a spare keep cause these arlarms are designed to lock ppl out including u

wicked_gk

tried for two hours straight with a slim jim... might have to call a lock smith

mouab18c1

iTrader: (5)

Haha I think we've all locked ourselves out of our cars before. So when it happened to me luckily I was in my garage but the dumb thing was I didnt have a spare key. I know stupid me. So I had to use a hanger, slid it through my window and pushed down on the unlock switch. Luckily there was no damage.

Blahblah718293

which is the reason i will NEVER drive a later model gm, or most fords, if i want the doors locked then ill lock them myself. i always roll down the window of any car im working on.

ive also kept a spare key to my car in my wallet for the past few years.

DumaDA

the worst was in my lexus, i locked the key in the trunk with no spare and the doors locked, locksmith came and opened the door, which set the alarm off, causing all levels to automatically lock so i couldnt get to the trunk, had to have ANOTHER person come to remove the door panel and trip the door in order to unlock the trunk lol

boarding2008

If its a sedan its super simple to get a hanger in there. Never had to do it to my sedan. Good luck op