Locked out

[JExpedition07]

Long story both sets of keys ended up locked in the truck along with my wallet with card code. Is there a way to search code with vin? I’ll call a locksmith but if they can’t do anything I’m just going to break drivers window.

 

[JExpedition07]

nevermind I improvised with a rock to the window

 

[Trainmaster]

For next time, you can pry the top of the door out and get a rod in to hit the unlock button.

 

[JExpedition07]

Thanks, new window from ford is ordered. Overnight shipping was more than the glass itself.

 

[JExpedition07]

Friend owns cheater rod but he was prying on top of door and said my doors were too tight and they’d have to damage paint to get rod in. Locksmith also said he might damage door along with emergency rates.

Breaking window seemed to be the only option to not damage door. Glass cost $150 from Tasca Ford.....what killed me is the amount in shipping I payed but that’s air freight for you. Large unit.

 

[Yupster Dog]

For the future you can program additional codes. The original lock code will always be the same but you can program additional number lock codes that you will remember or ones you can give to someone else as a temporary code and delete it when they are done.

 

[JExpedition07]

Here’s a pic of the carnage. It sounds like my Thurs/Fri afternoons are gonna be a pain. I’ve been told this is a b*tch of a job if it’s anything like an F-150. We will see and I will post progress. Where there is a will there is a way....

 

[TobyU]

Often try other ford keys in the door and wiggle them as you turn them. I have two of three fords that multiple keys I own will unlock the drivers door. Less likely on newer ones that haven't had a key inserted into them very much, if ever.
You can also google the ford keyless entry code tryout list and have someone call them off as you type the code in. Took me only 18 minutes on the last vehicle I bought to find its code.

A shop cloth and a rubber coated pair of pliers or wire cutters will hols the door out a little at the top rear edge to get a rod in there. The best I have used other than a pro set (they can be a little thick too) is a stainless whip from a cb antenna. I use one from a Wilson 1000. Much stronger than a coat hanger and you can reach right in and push the unlock button or put slight loop in end and pull the door handle.
I have had to push through the weather stripping on a few instead of bending around it but you can put a dab or black rtv on it later and good as new.
I am quite the master of getting into vehicles.

A friend was borrowing another friends Mercedes 180E back around 1995 or so. We were at a hotel Wendy's next to a hotel ans he locked the keys in it. He called AAA and we got desert.
The tow truck driver got there and started trying this tool and that form his set on the drivers door. I literally walked into the hotel and asked for a real old school coat hanger which the girl at the desk got for me.
I went outside and had the passenger door open while the tow guy was still fiddling with the driver side.

Not a car thief, just MacGyver.

 

[TobyU]

Forgot to mention... for the future put a note in your phone with the codes for each car.
You can make a note and put all cars in it or use a notepad function and set one up for each car and use for maintenance and repairs miles and date and put the code at the top with name of car and date of purchase.
Most of us rarely do not have phone in hand.
Even if I were to lock up my wallet I would probably still have phone even in accidental lock ups. I'm usually talking on it so no chance of locking it in car.

 

[bobmbx]

Pro tip: Break a rear door window, not the front. You can plastic it up and fix it later, while your front windows provide needed visibility and functionality while driving.

Pro tip: Write the door code on the inside of the gas flap. Use your ZIP code as the door code.

 

[chuck s]

What's so hard about remembering a 5 digit door code? I've used the same code on all my Fords for the past nearly 20 years. First thing I do when I get a new one is set The Code.

Also it's easy to get a 3d key. My wife carries one when we travel in case I somehow lose mine.

-- Chuck

 

[cmiles97]

I've got AAA with towing if it comes to that, if their locksmith can't open it.

I locked my keys in my truck in 1990 in a do it yourself car wash. Got a ride from a friend to the chevy dealership and got a spare key made based on the vin and proof of ownership. I see that was not an option for you because of the time unless you went the next day.

Since then I have a magnetic lock with spare key hidden on every vehicle.

https://www.grainger.com/product/25...s_kwcid=AL!2966!3!50916687357!!!g!82166728797!

 

[Trainmaster]

Keep a key behind the rear license plate, or the door code.

 

[Mean_Dean]

I just memorize my door code...

 

[chuck s]

Breaking into a locked F150 takes as little as 42 seconds for an expert with the right tools. Tow truck drivers excel at this when towing illegally parked vehicles.

Beware this series of videos is addicting. There are over a dozen signs warning of towing if parked at this facility in Dallas. Some folks read the signs and decide they don't apply to them...


-- Chuck

 

[Plati]

Sorry you have to smash your new truck. Must have been difficult & unpleasant.

I added a <standard, known to me> 5 digit code to my remote entry so I don't have to try to remember the OEM code. I also got a scribe and scratched the OEM code in the rubber on the outside, with extra digits on both ends. I keep an extra set of key/fob hidden inside the vehickel. I have the code in my wallet. This is all in case I lose my keys and wallet while on vacation far away from home. I've tested the procedure to make sure it works. I'm not sure what I'd do if that happened and the battery died but I guess I would use the rock method and that not real likely.

I was thinking about a key underneath but if you lock with fob and open with key, the security feature wont let you start vehicle.

 

[JExpedition07]

It was interesting, an uneasy feeling to smash my own window. I sat there contemplating for a while before I did the deed.

 

[Plati]

In hindsight/afterthought … the far rear side window would be the one to break.
Easier and cheaper to replace. Would be a pain to crawl in but can be done.

I locked myself out of a Dodge Van years ago. Figured out a screwdriver would open the vent window in about 3 seconds. That was back when front windows had those triangular vents. Those were great for (breaking in) and smoking a cig.

 

[richs fishes]

What's so hard about remembering a 5 digit door code? I've used the same code on all my Fords for the past nearly 20 years. First thing I do when I get a new one is set The Code.

Also it's easy to get a 3d key. My wife carries one when we travel in case I somehow lose mine.

-- Chuck

Sometimes it's not that easy. I recently acquired a new to me expedition to replace my old mountaineer. Took less than a week to remember the code for the new car....but now I can no longer remember the code for the old car I've had for the past 8 years! The two are very similar which is messing me up completely....and I had the majority of the interior of my old mountaineer stripped for a long time which left the tag with the code visible so I removed it from the car and dont think there is any other spot where its visible! oh well.....at least its my old one!

Glad the OP got into his car....too bad about that driver's window though.

 

[JExpedition07]

Well Tasca canceled my order and said they cannot ship glass in the continental United States. They said they’d need to make custom box for an additional $500 charge. I told them to take all the glass off their website right?? If you can’t sell it don’t list it!