Tip for getting in locked car w/o a locksmith

[dmulca]

Just a tip for getting in a locked camry...

My son locked both sets of keys in his 1991. I was trying to figure out how to break into it by searching this forum and couldn't. I didn't want to pay a locksmith to come out. Also, locksmiths can damage your car.

Anyway, I called the dealer and they can make a key using the vin #. Since mine was older than 10 years I had to call Toyota headquarters at 1-800-331-4331 and have them "release" the "key code" to my local dealer. The call took 5 minutes.
I went to the dealer and they made me a key for $4 after I showed proof of ownership (title or insurance card) and a drivers license.

Anyway, hope this helps someone sometime...

[rusty9]

alternately, you could have just wedged the door/window open just enough to slide a hooked coat hanger in there.

[drunken_panda]

Thats how AAA get into my 93. Inserted a wedge into the door frame and pumped it up. He then stucked a long stick in and unlocked the knob.

[gLok]

If you are too scared to pry open the window, you can cut a hook into the end of a long metal ruler and use it to jimmy the lock.

[nodrogkam]

haha wow all these car theifs on this site...

[RICO8458]

Originally Posted by nodrogkam

haha wow all these car theifs on this site...

yeah, on the surface it would seem that way, but when you consider that what is mentioned here is now akin to smoking pot for better eye vision, this is child's play, in light of the fact that real thieves will just take your whole car....lol...

[Fresco Bob]

its a 91, so you could probly try almost any other car key and see if it works, gen2s are notoriously easy to steal

[fredk]

most any old toyota key would have worked, i start cars and work the locks on junkyard camrys all the time

[skewe]

$4 is cheap man!!!

i paid $60 to somebody cos somebody locked my keys in my 1993 LE

[CCCP]

yes older cars can be started with alot of keys that look similar to the original. For example i can start this guys old mazda 323 with my house key

[fredk]

mazda

[Grayguy]

Lol, funny. I've gotten in to cars all these ways posted. The funniest was my friends ranger that you could just lift and pull on the door and it would pop open, then after that, just turn the bolt with nothing in the ignition and she'd fire right up...it was basically a communtiy truck, everybody drove it. lol

[drunken_panda]

We had a GM truck that we had no door key or ignition key for. The door was never locked, so we hot wired it by using a screw driver on the starter. Ghetto.

[Tommy]

yep, i could start my camry with my house key too. door locks not so much, but yea youve got like a 1/5 chance of getting a key for a gen2 to match another one.

[SKYravefever]

Had mine locked in downtown. Called AAA, locksmith showed up in 5 min. Sorry to hijack the thread, but had to share the blazing response time w/someone.