Where is there a good place to hide a spare car key?
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Where is there a good place to hide a spare car key?
I know the key opens the hatch only. But if you locked your remote in a beach bag etc., that key would come in handy. Where can I hide it and how?
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Buy a "Hide-a-Key" and attach it to the inside of one of the steel frame rails. It cannot easily be seen and I've found that the unit will stay where it is placed, even if the car is driven hard.
They are available at any auto parts store.
They are available at any auto parts store.
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Get a key made as thin as possible. Attach a piece of thin wire to it. I tape the key under the car and then have a bodyshop paint over it enough times so that you can't see the key and the paint looks like it is supposed to be there with a bit of the wire sticking out.
The one time you need the key you pull on the wire and the key comes off and you are in. Been doing this for 25 years and only had to use it once.
The one time you need the key you pull on the wire and the key comes off and you are in. Been doing this for 25 years and only had to use it once.
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My technique:
Got a spare fob with new battery (2006 fob works for our 2009, not sure if the reverse is true), programmed and tested it. Wrapped in aluminum foil to make it temporarily "dead", hidden deep inside the car.
If the fob battery goes dead, it will still work in the glove box slot after removing the foil.
Got a spare key, tested it, and hidden outside the car someplace hard to find but able to get to it without a jack.
Now, I can lose everything but still get the key, open the trunk, find the fob, unwrap and drive home.
Because I've got it, I'll never need it.
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Went to the hardware store and got one with a secure sliding lid, and two magnets that will almost pick up the car. Much better.
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BTW, you can save lots of money for a spare key by getting the local locksmith to cut you a duplicate using a blank, I think its a B106 from a Saturn.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
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BTW, you can save lots of money for a spare key by getting the local locksmith to cut you a duplicate using a blank, I think its a B106 from a Saturn.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
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BTW, you can save lots of money for a spare key by getting the local locksmith to cut you a duplicate using a blank, I think its a B106 from a Saturn.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
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I always doubted how well thee things would stay on over time, until my daughter rear ended another car and the body shop returned the Hide-a -key to me. It hung onto the front support through the crash!
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BTW, you can save lots of money for a spare key by getting the local locksmith to cut you a duplicate using a blank, I think its a B106 from a Saturn.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
I tried that and the key was hopeless, wouldn't even fit the lock properly.
Lost my patience, ordered a blank from Fichtner Chevrolet, local dealer cut it free.
Don't know what went wrong with your key. I was one of the first ones to get the B-106 Saturn key blank(at a locksmith shop) cut a couple of years ago, and mine works fine. I have one in my wallet and another hidden on the car. I had my dealer also cut a P-106(plastic head) blank that they carry in stock and it works fine in my 09.
The "Official" key from Fichtner Chevrolet was more than a hardware store blank, but a lot less than list price and I knew it would work.
Congrats to you who have had good luck with it!