How to Use the Lasso Tool for Car Lockouts

Nothing is worse than to return to a car and see the keys dangling in the ignition and the car locked. For different types of cars, different tools exist that can gain entrance to a locked vehicle. For older types with the upright locking button by the window or one of the newer ones with similar retro style, a lasso tool can do the trick.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Air wedge
• Lasso tool

1. Stick an air wedge into the side of the car door. This device has a bulb like a blood pressure monitor that you squeeze to air up an inflatable bladder.

2. Open a crack in the door with the air wedge, making the opening large enough for the lasso tool. The lasso tool is a long flexible tube that contains a slim wire or rope with a loop on the end.

3. Slip the lasso tool through the opening and work it past the weather stripping. Slide it down until the loop goes over the locked button.

4. Lasso the button and pull the loop closed by pulling the string or wire through the tube. Some models have a button on the end of the tube.

5. Hold on to the tool, pull the tool up and unlock the car.

Tips & Warnings

• Modern cars are built with extremely tight weatherstripping, making it difficult to get the lasso tool into a locked vehicle. The air wedge is designed to ease the lasso in without scratching the finish on the door.