Keys locked in car

[WillCO]

Yes, I was surprisingly able to lock my keys in my car the other day. I used the OnStar app - I don't think you need a subscription for the keyfob commands to work. I let my subscription lapse and those commands still work for me. I tried them just now.

 

[chicagofan00]

Correct, you get the bare bones features free for the first five years which includes using the fob commands on the app and the monthly status report on the truck.

 

[dbbd1]

For those of us that don't have/ don't want onstar...

I keep my ignition key on a separate little quick-disconnect key ring from my fob and other keys. Then, I just leave the key in the ignition, grab the others, lock the doors and do my thing. I have had older cars with alarms that would automatically lock the doors once the ignition was on. This mostly happened in the driveway but was still a pain. It was also great for warming things up without the risk someone else driving away with my vehicle.

 

[TxChevyz71]

Once when I locked my keys in my truck. I was stuck in the middle of BFE hunting. I'm talking a pretty remote place. It would have been miles walking distance from the nearest town. It would take someone a long time to find me, if they could.... I do not have AAA. (AAA would have been useless in this situation) And my subscription with Onstar was long gone.

I actually called Onstar and they were nice enough to help me. They unlocked my truck as a courtesy.

 

[PG01]

Once when I locked my keys in my truck. I was stuck in the middle of BFE hunting. I'm talking a pretty remote place. It would have been miles walking distance from the nearest town. It would take someone a long time to find me, if they could.... I do not have AAA. (AAA would have been useless in this situation) And my subscription with Onstar was long gone.

I actually called Onstar and they were nice enough to help me. They unlocked my truck as a courtesy.

Funny, i was thinking same, my wifes cousins came up to ny from tx and locked keys in their suburban, i called onstar because my truck still had it and they took the vin of the suburban and unlocked it.

 

[PWMac]

I keep a magnetic box hidden under my truck with a spare in case i get locked out or lose the key.

 

[PG01]

I keep a magnetic box hidden under my truck with a spare in case i get locked out or lose the key.

Where do you live again?

 

[PWMac]

Where do you live again?

 

[fozzi58]

I keep a magnetic box hidden under my truck with a spare in case i get locked out or lose the key.

I did that with one of my older Firebirds and the magnet box rusted...key fell out.

 

[rjrdomer]

On all my cars, I hide a magnetic key somewhere. Tougher to do on newer unibody cars, but I find a way. I haven't done it on the new Tahoe as they only gave me 2 of those fancy keyless keys.

Does anyone know if I can take out the metal emergency key part and have a basic key cut out of it? Or is that just impossible? On my wife's last car, I hid the valet key. The new Tahoe didn't even come with one of those.