[Strakeoom]

Yet again I find myself in quite the pickle. Corvette-pickle, that is. In order to move the car inside my garage, I inserted the keys into the ignition, turned it and put the transmission in Neutral. I then closed the door. When I tried to open the door again, it was locked. I have read the user manual, and it seems the door locks if one depresses the handle/latch while closing the door. I must have done this. The keys are one key with a square head for the ignition, and one key with a round head for the doors. Both keys were together on a keyring. The car only came with one set of keys. Meaning the car is locked, and the only keys I own are inside the vehicle.

Now, I have searched hours upon hours on the internet trying to figure out what to do. Many say you can contact GM and/or Chevrolet, and by giving the vehicle number (VIN#), they can make a copy of the original keys. Provided the cylinders/locks have not been changed since the car was new in 1982, the copies will work. I have tried finding the e-mail address to GM and Chevrolet on their web pages, but they seem to have removed it. Only phone and paper mail now. I found a GM dealer here in Norway, and after a week of mailing and explaining, sending them a copy of my documents, they confirmed they could get copies from GM in the USA. The cost? $200. I agreed to this.

They just sent me an e-mail telling me GM in the USA had changed their answer. The car is too old for making copies of the original keys. Seems I am out of luck.
Do you have any advise other than breaking the window...?

 

[rdslon01]

In the USA, often firefighters and/or tow truck drivers have tools and expertise to unlock car doors. People who are proficient unlocking them can do so in seconds, especially on older vehicles.

 

[rdslon01]

 

[Fireguy]

Yet again I find myself in quite the pickle. Corvette-pickle, that is. In order to move the car inside my garage, I inserted the keys into the ignition, turned it and put the transmission in Neutral. I then closed the door. When I tried to open the door again, it was locked. I have read the user manual, and it seems the door locks if one depresses the handle/latch while closing the door. I must have done this. The keys are one key with a square head for the ignition, and one key with a round head for the doors. Both keys were together on a keyring. The car only came with one set of keys. Meaning the car is locked, and the only keys I own are inside the vehicle.

Now, I have searched hours upon hours on the internet trying to figure out what to do. Many say you can contact GM and/or Chevrolet, and by giving the vehicle number (VIN#), they can make a copy of the original keys. Provided the cylinders/locks have not been changed since the car was new in 1982, the copies will work. I have tried finding the e-mail address to GM and Chevrolet on their web pages, but they seem to have removed it. Only phone and paper mail now. I found a GM dealer here in Norway, and after a week of mailing and explaining, sending them a copy of my documents, they confirmed they could get copies from GM in the USA. The cost? $200. I agreed to this.

They just sent me an e-mail telling me GM in the USA had changed their answer. The car is too old for making copies of the original keys. Seems I am out of luck.
Do you have any advise other than breaking the window...?

Break the frigid window. Cheaper than a new window I had to do it many moons ago on the side of freeway. 73 vett. 11 new vetts later and haven't made that mistake again. 🙂

 

[Fireguy]

In the USA, often firefighters and/or tow truck drivers have tools and expertise to unlock car doors. People who are proficient unlocking them can do so in seconds, especially on older vehicles.

This is true. If he has towing service they should come to house and problem over. If his local FD is big enough they should also come to house and do it. I am a retired FF with 36 yrs service. I have unlocked 100's of cars.

 

[kgrant (Kyle)]

Do you have the MyChevrolet app / Onstar app? Generally as I am speaking for my GMC app, I don't subscribe to onstar but I can remote start and unlock my car through the GMC app. On the menu page mine shows "Remote Commands" and "Key Fob" at the top that allows you to lock/unlock and sound/stop the horn That page also shows other features like Wifi Hotspot, Navigation, etc. if your OnStar subscription has expired some of the features are not available, but my understanding is that the Key Fob function is available for five years after the car is purchased new and my 2018 it still works and It is a useful feature that can get you out of a bad spot at times.

 

[Bigelspence]

The OnStar app will only work if he got the Onstar update kit for 1982. I think they are still behind shipping out the sunset kits for the 3G / 2G cars made in the 2000s. ;-)

 

[banjo]

I called CAA/AAA. They came out and unlocked the car in less than three minutes.