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    How to open a Toyota Corolla without a key?

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    How to open a Toyota Corolla without a key?

    Answered by CarsGuide
    20 March 2018
    Iain Kelly

    Locking your keys in a car, or just flat-out losing them altogether, is a horrible experience. While the movies make it look easy to break into a car, the reality is quite different. Even a humble Toyota Corolla is difficult to break into without smashing the door glass with a hammer. If you have locked your keys in the car, the first port of call should be a locksmith, who can come unlock it for you for a fee. If it is an emergency, you can normally access the hatch or boot (otherwise known as the trunk in the USA) by punching the lock out using a large flat-headed screwdriver and a hammer. You will have to get a new lock fitted, though this is often cheaper and less hazardous than breaking a window and replacing that glass. Vehicles built in the last 30 years are next to impossible to hotwire in the conventional sense, so don't even fantasise about that - call a towtruck and get it taken to your local mechanic!

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