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[doodad]

Hi it is the LadyK here again asking for help. My husband has locked the keys in the truck and said he remembered seeing in here how to get in the truck through the rear slider. He is not quite sure how to do it. If anyone knows how please respond. You kind people helped me on one other occasion when I asked for your help. Thanx in advance



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[Big Jon]

Try something like a putty knife, or perhaps a butter knife. Work the it into the middle seam of the window and try to pop the plastic latch open, then slide the windows open and if you're a lot thinner than me, crawl in. If you not a lot thinner then me, fish the keys out with an stick or use the stick to pop up the door locks.



Good luck,



Jon

 

[Blair]

Make a break in tool out of a piece of lumber band and a wedge of wood.

 

[DieselB59]

I use a piece of coat hanger and bend it into a "checkmark" shape, long enough to go under the driver's door window and on to under the lock lever (that which slides up and down upon unlocking and locking). Then remove the rubber insulation at the bottom of the window to gain room to slide it in, turn it 90 degrees and within a few minutes you'll get it where you want it, then you're in. If you miss the lock button, you'll see the end of your hanger poking around the lock button. Just keep trying.

 

[rrausch]

Here is a trick that works on vehicles which have hand-crank door windows. Clean both windows and wash your hands and then place both palms against the glass and press downward mightily toward the ground. The friction of your palms on the glass will exert a lot of pull and work the window down a little, most times just enough to jam a piece of plastic to keep the glass down. (Don't use a screwdirver or other metal or you will break the glass) Then, with the window jammed down a little, use a coat hanger to reach in and pull up the door-lock.



Depending on the wear in the gears I have gotten windows to come down anywhere from 1/2 inch to all the way down. This trick doesn't seem to work so well with power windows though.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Why would we want to clean both windows if we are only opening one??



Matt

 

[rrausch]

Holset are you sure you're not from Arkansas? You clean both so that if one is tight, well maybe the other one might be loose. And you clean both at once so you don't have to go get the darn cleaner and towel and do it again.

 

[illflem]

Dang! And here I was thinking that you climb on top of the cab and hug it, pushing down on both windows at the same time...

 

[barbwire]

When you get your keys, "don't hesitate" drive to your local hardware store, and buy a magnetic key holder, and install a door key in it , and sick it on a metal surface,( hidden from public view ). Guarenteed, you will not have to suffer the same fate again. Saved me a time or two.

POST SCRIPT------ Do not install it under the hood.

Good Luck

 

[HoleshotHolset]

If all else fails...comprehensive insurance covers glass here in MA. If I can't get in the 'traditional' way... . well, you know the rest.



Matt - I don't clean my truck very often..... the mere thought of having to wash two windows just brings to mind aweful thoughts.

 

[redramnc]

Haven't looked at my 96 to see but this worked on a 89 Ford. Little brother and I were on the way to Chattanooga early one morning in older brother's new Ford F150 to pick up something from relatives. At 6 AM we stopped for breakfast in Statesville, NC. Locked the truck when we got out, went in and ate, and realized on the walk out to the truck that all we had was the ignition key - NOT the same key as the door key. At 6AM not too many people were around and we were about 150 miles from home and the door key.



So, at 6AM, in a light drizzle, in the Burger King parking lot I pulled the window seal bead off from around the back window, allowing the window to be pulled out at the bottom enough to reach in and pop the sliding rear window latch.



Got a few stares but no questions from the local constabulary.



If I was on the way home instead of outbound I might have taken a brick to the window just to get it done (brother would have been but he was the one that didn't give me all of the keys).



Of course, if there is an alarm on the truck it makes for alot more attention.....



Has anybody had any luck with a Jimmy bar on these trucks? I haven't heard if they were easy or tough to get into.

 

[fest3er]

I have run a coat hanger in behind the door seals to lift up the lock. I've used a coat hanger behind the slider seal to pop the CC window lock, thus easing access to either the door lock or the slider latch. This on the two times I neglected to ensure the key is in hand when I exit the truck!



Usually, the sliders will be a kind of tongue-n-groove, preventing the use of a putty knife to pop the latch.



Fest3er

 

[HoleshotHolset]

It's plastic tongue and groove..... a good whack on the blunt end of the putty knife should pop it off... . OR you could just end up putting too much pressure on the glass and it will shatter.....



No matter what... you will end up doing some sort of minor damage. Slim Jims, coathangers, etc..... all do much more harm than having the key in hand and using it... ...



When all else fails... . get creative!



Matt

 

[jelvington]

Believe it or not the pop-out windows on the quad cab are a little flexible. I locked the keys to my truck and camper in the truck while up in the mountains and didn't know what to do. I don't have a sliding window so I went for the quad door window. I figured if I break it I'll simply have to replace it. I was able to flex it out far enough that I could unlock the window to open it then took a piece of my outdoor grill and straightened it out to reach the power door lock button and it worked. If you have a quad cab, its a thought. Good luck!

 

[pwknapp]

Hide a key and have one in my front pocket bill fold all the time. Got tired of getting dirty getting the hide a key. Great for leaving it running when paying for fuel at truck stops.

 

[MidwestMotorman]

You can also get into a dodge OEM slider by inserting a screwdriver and twisting. The side force alone will pop open the back slider. Watched my brother do it several times (to his rigs and once on mine) and never a glass broke. You will leave a little mark on the aluminim slider center bar though.



The spare key idea works the best.

 

[EricBu12]

I have my ignition key on a removable clip and the rest stays on my belt loop so if I do lock the keys in the truck, I still have the fob for electric unlocking. plus if you wanted to leave the truck running for a min while going into a store, you can lock the truck with the remote and engine running at the same time.

 

[HC]

So basically, I guess we're all saying that while some brands are no longer "coat hanger accessible", the Fine DC design has provided us with something that can be accessed with relative ease via the door seal, the window (if manual), the quad cab window, or the rear slider window. I guess criminals would just use the "smash and grab" technique no matter how secure it was, but I sure hope DC made the ignition switch a bit harder. (and if you're a mechanic or locksmith and you know the answer, PLEASE, don't share it here in public!) (unless you want to tell us Power Strokes are much easier to steal)

 

[rrausch]

HC, the hands sliding down the glass technique only works on manual-crank windows in which the regulators are worn from useage. I've never been able to do it with a newer model.

 

[HoleshotHolset]

Geeze... . now my truck is gonna get stolen.....

It has a lot of miles on it... AND has manual windows... .



Matt