Locked out of your car in Etobicoke?
A work van or a pickup with the keys locked in the cab is opened at a front door, the same as a car. Say what you drive when you call, because a full-size van or truck sits higher and takes longer reach tools than a compact car.
From $95. You hear the full price on the call and nobody sets out until you agree. Open daily, 7am to 10:30pm.
What are you driving?
- A car or an SUV
- Make, model and year, and whether it is push-start. That tells the technician which doors and switches to go for. Push-start with the fob inside? See fob locked inside.
- A cargo van
- Say whether the keys are in the cab or in the back. A van with a bulkhead behind the seats cannot be reached through from the cab, so the cargo doors are a separate lock.
- A pickup
- Regular, extended or crew cab. On an extended cab the small rear doors only open after the front ones, so a front door is always the one opened.
Are the tools locked in the back of a van?
If the cab is open but the cargo area is locked with the keys inside it, say so. Factory cargo doors usually unlock from the switch in the cab once a front door is open. Aftermarket slam locks and deadlocks, fitted to stop tool theft, do not, and opening those takes longer. Say which locks the van has when you call, so the quote covers them.
Job site, driveway or garage
At a plaza or a job site
The store or the site entrance, and which side of the lot. Stay with the vehicle or say which unit you are working in.
In a driveway
The house number.
In an apartment or condo garage
The building, the level and how the gate opens. A high-roof van is more likely in the outdoor or visitor lot; say which.
In a big mall lot? Yorkdale covers finding one vehicle among the rows. A key that snapped in the ignition of a work vehicle is a different job: key broken in the ignition.
What counts as proof for a company vehicle?
Once the door is open, your photo ID and the ownership or insurance slip from the glovebox are usually enough, since the slip names the company. If your name appears on nothing, have your manager or the owner ready to confirm by phone.
Work vans and job sites
Can you open a van with no side windows?
Yes. The work is done at the top of a front door, and every van has those.
How fast can someone get to a job site?
Usually 20 to 30 minutes from the call. Give the entrance the van should use, and you get an arrival time on the phone.
Keys in the cab, doors locked?
Call and say what you drive and where it is parked.
Open daily, 7am to 10:30pm