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The day I locked myself out of the truck in July heat near Phoenix
Last summer I stopped at a rest area off I-10 outside Phoenix to use the bathroom. I left my keys on the passenger seat while I ran in for two minutes. When I came out, the doors were locked. Automatic locks, no spare in reach. I spent 45 minutes waiting for a locksmith who charged me $120. The worst part was standing in that heat with no water, watching my phone die at 3 percent. Has anyone else had a simple pit stop turn into an expensive mess?
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alex3071mo ago
Figured this one out the hard way myself a few years back. Those automatic locks have a mind of their own, and the heat just makes everything worse. One thing I learned later, you can usually pop the door with a wedge and a long wire if you can get a gap in the weather stripping, but it's tricky and easy to scratch the paint. Also, your phone dying at 3 percent is the real kicker, that's when you realize how much you rely on it for everything. My advice, keep a spare key hidden in a magnetic box under the bumper, costs like five bucks and saves you a hundred next time.
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