Locked out of your car in Scarborough?
Locked out in your own driveway with the house keys on the same ring? One job fixes both. Once the car door is open, the house keys are back in your hand.
From $95. You hear the full price on the call and nobody sets out until you agree. Open daily, 7am to 10:30pm.
What if the house keys are in the car too?
Say so on the call. It changes nothing about how the car is opened, but it tells the dispatcher you have nowhere warm to wait, and in January that matters. If the lock or the door is iced shut, read frozen car lock first.
If a neighbour or a relative has a spare house key, getting inside to wait is still worth it; the technician rings your phone on arrival. And if that gets you to a spare car key, call back and cancel. Nobody minds.
Driveway, plaza, garage or commuter lot
In a driveway
The house number is enough. If two cars are parked nose to tail, say which one. Engine left running to warm the car up? See keys locked in a running car.
In a plaza lot
Name the store you parked nearest and which side of the lot. Big lots look alike from the road.
In an apartment building garage
The building address, the level and the spot number. Ask the superintendent or security to open the gate, and tell them a locksmith is coming.
At a station or a commuter lot
The lot entrance and the row. Stay with the car, or say exactly where you will be.
Minivans open at a front door
A minivan is opened at a front door, not at a sliding door, because the front doors give a better gap to work in. The technician sets an air wedge at the top of the driver's or the passenger's door and reaches the unlock switch with a long-reach tool. That unlocks the sliders and the liftgate as well, so keys left in the cargo area need nothing extra.
How long will I wait?
Usually 20 to 30 minutes from the call. Scarborough covers a lot of ground, so on the phone you get an estimate for your address before you agree to anything. Opening the door takes a few minutes.
On a one-way street closer to the lake? See The Beaches.
What else do people ask from a driveway?
Do I need ID if the car is in my own driveway?
Yes. Photo ID and the ownership or insurance slip, the same as anywhere. A car in a driveway is not proof of whose it is.
Can you open the house as well?
No. This line is for cars only. If the house keys are not in the car, you need a residential locksmith for the door.
Car locked in the driveway or at the plaza?
Call with the house number or the store you parked by.
Open daily, 7am to 10:30pm