Trunk Lockout Service

It’s not uncommon to shut your trunk door and suddenly realize that you’ve left your keys in there. It’s too easy to be absent-minded and lose track of where you put down your keys before realizing, with horror, that you have no way to access them.

Maybe you know exactly where your keys are, but there’s something wrong with your trunk lock. It won’t unlock, no matter how much you try. You know you’re using the right keys and everything, but for whatever reason, it’s just not working.

Key Man Locksmith can help you with your DC trunk lockout situation. We perform many different locksmith services, and we can determine what’s wrong with your trunk lock and pick it open. You don’t need to deal with this trunk lockout for long – give us a call today, and we’ll be at your vehicle in no time.

Car Trunk Locks

So what goes on inside trunk locks? How do they work?

If there’s a physical lock, it’ll be a wafer lock. These are like the pin tumblers on your front door locks but with square-shaped wafers. These wafers sit inside the lock cylinder, blocking it from rotating. Each wafer must lift to a different height before allowing the cylinder to turn. The key’s teeth correspond to the height that the wafers must raise.

Many cars are built without physical locks. This means they’ll be trickier to open if you don’t have access to your keys or if there’s some other problem. Don’t worry, these lockouts are still solvable – you only need to call a reliable locksmith.

You can undo trunk locks from the inside for safety reasons. But, of course, if you’ve just trapped your keys inside, this doesn’t matter.

Try going inside your car and checking if you can use an automatic release. If you can, you won’t need to call a locksmith for your Washington DC trunk lockout, as you can open the trunk from the front.

How DC Trunk Lockouts Are Solved

Opening a trunk lock is tricky, so it’s best left up to a trained professional.

Locksmiths have the tools to pick each wafer inside a physical lock, lifting them to the correct height so they can turn the lock.

If there’s a physical lock, it’ll be a wafer lock. These are like the pin tumblers on your front door locks but with square-shaped wafers. These wafers sit inside the lock cylinder, blocking it from rotating. Each wafer must lift to a different height before allowing the cylinder to turn. The key’s teeth correspond to the height that the wafers must raise.

The locksmith can also duplicate your car key if there’s something wrong with your key. And if you’ve lost your key permanently, the locksmith can still cut a new spare key by measuring the wafers inside the lock using a decoder tool.

That’s the basics of how our locksmiths will solve your Washington DC trunk lockout.

Potential Causes Of DC Trunk Lockouts

Sometimes it’s unclear what’s wrong with your trunk lock. It may have simply stopped opening one day. Or maybe you suspect it’s starting to wear out and will have trouble soon. Here are things that can potentially go wrong and put you in a Washington DC trunk lockout situation.

Sometimes dirt and other debris have gotten caught inside the lock. This incident can happen pretty often while you’re driving. It can also result from inserting a dirty key. If this happens, moving your key in and out should be difficult or impossible.

You may have even gotten your car key stuck inside the trunk lock and need to have it extracted.

Parts within may have gotten corroded or worn down, meaning your lock isn’t moving as smoothly as it should. This problem will only worsen until you get a lock repair.

If it’s been cold, your lock may have also frozen, and you’ll need to de-ice it.

If your key turns forever or you feel no resistance when inserting the key, then something inside has broken completely. If you want your trunk lock to work again, call a locksmith.

FAQs

How can I get into my trunk without a key?

If you can still access the front of your car, there should be a trunk release switch. If you’ve gotten locked out of your vehicle, you should call a locksmith to solve your Washington DC trunk lockout.

Why does my car trunk not lock?

One of the mechanisms inside is likely broken. Call a locksmith to determine what the problem is and fix your locks.

Can I unlock my car with my phone?

Some cars come with smart locks that allow you to unlock your car with your phone in place of your key fob.

How do you open the trunk of a dead car battery?

With a dead car battery, the trunk release handle should still work. If you can’t get into your vehicle, call a locksmith.

What cars do auto jigglers work on?

Auto jigglers, or try-out keys, work with most car models.