How to Unlock Your Car with a Shoelace
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Yumi Sakugawa
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Published 3 months ago
Last edited 3 months ago

Locked out of your car and need to break in ASAP? Unlace a shoelace from one of your shoes and you've got yourself the only tool you need to open your car door from the outside.

Simply make a slipknot in the middle of the shoelace and pull the slipknot into the inside of the car through the corner crack between the car door and the car frame. Pulling the shoelace from side to side, bring the slipknot down until it loops around the lock's pull knob. Pull tightly, pull upwards, and voilà—an unlocked car in less than a minute.

Note: This method does not work for all vehicle makes and models.

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How to Unlock Your Car with a Shoelace


Comments

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Masood Gardizi 2/15/12 7:13 PM
Perfect. I like this trick...........Thank you all
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Yumi Sakugawa (35) 2/17/12 9:36 AM
Thanks for looking!
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Jon Chui 2/16/12 7:43 AM
Anyone try this on a honda civic circa 2000 ish era?
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Justin Meyers (190) 2/16/12 8:52 AM
Hmm… I thought most older Civics around that era either had the "pull-out" knobs by the arm rest or the "push-up" knobs on the top that lay flush, only able to pushed up, not pulled, making it impossible for this shoelace trick. You need the "pull-up"… the one sticking up out of the panel when locked. If you do have the pull-up one, than you should be golden. But there's only one real way to see if this method would work...
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Yumi Sakugawa (35) 2/17/12 9:36 AM
Couldn't have explained it better myself. Thanks Justin!
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Xavier Sime Severino 2/17/12 5:00 AM
Most likely wont be able to on a civic. The lock is by the window switch all the way by the arm rest on the door panel.
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Gihan Fernando 2/17/12 6:33 AM
there's a easy way than this ;)
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Yumi Sakugawa (35) 2/17/12 9:37 AM
Care to elaborate?
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Chris Hatchett (1) 2/17/12 5:38 PM
I don't see how you could do this without the slipknot tightening before it was over the latch. Maybe I am an ogre, though!
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Yumi Sakugawa (35) 2/18/12 9:54 AM
It's definitely possible. Here's a video of someone doing it
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-unlock-your-car-door-with-shoelace-10-seconds-342852/
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Kailash Pandey 2/20/12 7:08 AM
nice one..
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Jeanne Russell Beffrey 3/1/12 2:07 PM
I like how it using something on your person like a shoestring. Very handy idea! And, another good reason to leave flip flops for the pool & beach.
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Yumi Sakugawa (35) 3/1/12 3:03 PM
Thanks!
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