How to Use the Lasso Tool for Car Lockouts

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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

Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 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.

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