Locked keys in car. What would you do?

1987, I locked the only set of keys to the car which I'd hired at San Francisco airport, in the pocket of my jeans which I'd put in the suitcase in the boot of the car. I was in Yosemite national Park , several hours drive from San Francisco where I'd stopped to take a picture of El Capitano and change into shorts as I was too hot. Fortunately some climbers appeared and using some tools from their climbing equipment managed to dismantle enough of the back seat for me to get my arm into the boot and into my suitcase to retrieve the keys which fortunately I'd left unzipped. I had a stress migraine for the rest of the day.

well done you.. in the past I've had someone open the car door using a wire coat hanger.. nowadays I would ring the RAC always assuming I hadn't locked my bag in the car..

I wonder whether Ford have a key issue as we had a problem with a company car Mondeo. Dh was about to go to work one morning and had started the engine when he realised he’d forgotten something and dashed back into the house for it. When he went back to the car it had locked itself and nothing we tried opened it again.

It sat on our drive with the engine idling for about six hours, before an engineer arrived to unlock it. Oops!

wire coat hangars via the window or sun roof if there was one - to hook up the lock knobs not so easy these days so its the breakdown people. I once had a policeman use a credit card - not sure how.

Sago

My car has an app so I can remotely lock/unlock my car from my phone.
I recently locked my keys in the car but fortunately had my phone.

Great idea. Never heard of that before

Strapped three year old DGD into car seat after I had put keys on front seat, she pushed the door lock down, all the doors locked.! It was hot day and I was panicking slightly. However, she unstrapped herself, climbed into the front, and picked up the keys and pressed the unlock button!

RAC. My eldest works for them and can gain access to any car in moments. There are ways! Often the security guys at supermarkets are very helpful too.

I would have asked security staff first. Then a shopper second to phone rac.

My daughter was locked out of her car and broke a back window to get back in, the mechanic told her that it’s much cheaper to break a front window as it’s easier to replace. Just in case that’s helpful in future for someone!

Years ago, I had a frantic call from my Mum who had locked her keys in her car in the school car park. Unfortunately she had left the engine running and hers was the only car left so it stood all alone shaking away. She didn't want her husband to find out so she rang me so I could sneak in and get the spare key from her house. He wasn't a nasty man but the week before she had taken his car out because hers was low on fuel. When she ran his out she rang him to bring a gallon of petrol and on the way to rescue her, he ran out of fuel too. He was furious. She just didn't want him to realise how hopeless she was...!

When ii had a car, the keys were on a lanyard, which i wore round my neck at all times... Also, we only had the one car!
sorry, no help.

Jaxjacky

My phone lives in my back pocket, or on the rare occasion when I’m not wearing jeans, chinos or shorts, down my bra.
Tricky for you, if no one had answered then the window I suppose unless you have breakdown cover.

Please don’t keep your phone down your bra. I used to do this all the time when working. I got a huge lump in my breast right where the phone sat. Chemo, 5 ops, longest one 12 hours on the table, including reconstruction, and reduction of the other to attempt to match size. Followed by radiation.

Also read about a footballer who used to call his wife for long calls as he was in UK and she was abroad. He used hands free but had the phone resting in his lap. He got testicular cancer and believes it was due to the phone.

Many years ago when my girls were little, one of them decided she needed a wee. So we pulled in to a layby and I got her out of the car. Then I think the other one decided she needed one too and so my husband got her out as well. I'm unsure as to how it actually happened now, but I suspect somehow DD1 shut the passenger door and locked the keys in with the car running or something. We had to call the rescue services who came eventually with a wire coat hanger and lifted the knobs!

The only upside was it was a beautiful evening and we were on the A303 with a view of Stonehenge, but obviously the girls were getting increasingly distressed, hungry and LOUD!

Does your phone not slip out of your pocket? Mine does

This was meant for cossy

I used to keep my phone down my bra if I had no pocket, but I read about cancer scares and stopped immediately. I hope you and your husband are well now, and thanks for the warning which doesn’t seem to be out there much.

Sorry OldEnough, not your husband, thankfully!

Gentle Hugsss~~~ What a panic at the time, eh~~
You did well!!

This happened to us a couple of months ago. We were both at DDiL's house with DGS and the spare car key was at home, 5 miles away. We had to go knocking on neighbours doors for the AA's number as we don't have smart phones and DDiL didn't have a telephone directory. They wanted an extra £75 before they would come (We're already members). Needless to say all our cards were locked in the car! We had to call DS at work to contact them and pay. Five minutes to open the car but about an hour for all the arrangements!

Similar thing happened to us. We were driving on a dual carriageway when a danger warning came on the dashboard. We pulled over and jumped out. The car automatically locked with our phones inside. We were standing at the side of the road completely baffled as to what to do. Then in the distance two elderly ladies came walking along. I asked them if I could borrow their phone and luckily they had one. They had to wait ages for us to get through to the AA. I felt bad at keeping them waiting and I'm not sure they understood our dilemma. Once we got through the AA said they would come to the rescue. The ladies went on their way and I still wonder why they were walking in such a place. Angels?

This happened to me some months ago. I had my phone so could call a friend who brought me a spare key. I now have one of those pouches that block electronic signals and I take that with me just in case it happens again.

I’d have asked the shop to call me a taxi and retrieved my emergency house key and then my spare car key card. And got the taxi back. And been furious with my car… it did lock me out once when I put my bag on the passenger seat and walked round to the driver’s side and I didn’t exit the “safe” zone. But thankfully was only a 10 minute walk from home.

Zaran

RAC. My eldest works for them and can gain access to any car in moments. There are ways! Often the security guys at supermarkets are very helpful too.

My son managed to lock my car once - his sisters were in a riding lesson and he’d wanted to listen to something on the car radio. When he got out it locked, but it took the riding school owner about 10 seconds to get in with a bit of bent wire 😂

My car key has a button to unlock the boot only. I never use that button. I unlock the whole car even if I'm not getting in to drive away. I was advised to do that by the car salesman so I wouldn't leave my bag in the boot by accident and slam it shut, thereby locking my bag and keys in the car.

I would have found the nearest mechanic and asked if he could help, or failing that the police - they are used to unlocking cars that have been abandoned.