I just bought a car (Oldsmobile Aurora '01) and I got a flat! The key to the spare that's in the trunk is nowhere to be found. Today is Sunday and the dealership where i GOT THE CAR IS CLOSED. It's a scummy non-reputable dealer, so I don't really plan on getting to far with them anyway. Is there any way to buy a key, or get the spare out of trunk without a key?How can I change a flat tire if the key to the spare is lost?A GM new-car dealer may be able to help you. Your car shared platforms with the Buick Rivera, if that helps. Maybe they both have locking spare tire storage, or use a similar design or something.
If they can't help you, a good locksmith may be able to make a key or find some other solution.How can I change a flat tire if the key to the spare is lost?Only if you can remove rear seat cushion and backrest! Once you have them out, you can possibly push the %26quot;divider%26quot; (which is just a thick piece of cardboard)-- out of the way, and you can then see back to trunk latch-- There are a couple bolts that you can screw out, -- may need a real long bunch of socket extensions to reach from seat area to trunk - when these bolts removed trunk with lock (still locked)_ and all will go up with trunklid! I haven't %26quot;broken in%26quot; to one this new, - so I don't know if there is a %26quot;slot%26quot; that something can be put in to release it or not!
Just what made tire go flat? An alternative would be a can of %26quot;fix a flat%26quot;, - or maybe you colld pump it up with one of the little %26quot;portable compressors%26quot; that plug into cigarette lighter socket! Possibly you can find somebody with one (if you don't have one already)--- just pump it up and see how long it takes to go back down-- If it takes 10 minurtes to get really flat, - just stop every 5 and pump it up till you can get somewhere to have tire fixed! If it is blown out, - of course there is no hope, -- but if it is just a puncture, -- it will have a %26quot;time lag%26quot; before air drops low enough to harm tire while driving! If it has a puncture, - and you can hear, or see it, -- you might try putting a nail, or %26quot;self tapping%26quot; screw in hole (block off as much of leak as possible), - this will make leak slower and increase %26quot;time before flat%26quot;.
If you can get by with this and have it repaired or replaced somewhere, - it allows you more time to hunt for lost key%26quot;, - or to get rear seat out and do whatever you have to to get it open! Now here is another alternative, -- once you get trunk open and play with mechanism till it releases, -- you can remove the lock. It is just held in with a %26quot;horseshoe%26quot; shaped flat spring clip! Once clip is removed the lock should fall free (unless it has a connector link pinned or held by a nut)! Now you have a trunklid that you can open %26quot;with a long screwdriver),-you can take lock to a locksmith and have a key made to fit it (or wait till you find key!) You can buy a new lock, or possibly find a used one with key that works (salvage yard)!- In fact you can check while there and see if you can find a %26quot;electric%26quot; trunk release, and install it (just fits in area and allows key or electric to work!) If you put it in and run a wire under the carpet to front, - you can install a switch under dash somewhere-- where it is hard to see, - (or just leave end bare, and tuck out of sight) -- just apply power to that wire, and trunk will release! --- No key needed! Now you have two ways to get in trunk if you need to!
Last comment, - you remove rear seat by getting in rear (behind front seat) on floor - facing rear of car, put knees against front of bottom cushion, - and push to rear of vehicle, - -- while also pushing down on cushion with hands (usually best if you are in middle and make pressures equal on both sides), -- now still holding cushion ( foreward with your knees), - lift cushion upwards at front, -- if the %26quot;clips underneath%26quot; ar unhooked, - it is now easily removed form car, -- if not you will need to experiment tili you get the %26quot;combination right! ... Rear cushion (backerest) is held in place at bottom woth a couple long %26quot;u%26quot; shaped heavy wire %26quot;bails%26quot; which are used to bolt it to floor, remove these bolts, - and lift upward slghtly at bottom, and then lift! When backrest gets to about a inch to an inch and a half, - the %26quot;tabs at top will lift out of their slots, and the cushion can be removed from car too, -- now all that is left is the cardboard divider, -- (and %26quot;web%26quot; in shape of an %26quot;X%26quot;--for %26quot;structural sterngth%26quot;!) This is going to be probably too small to crawl through, (unless ou are a rereally small person)-- so you will have to do everything %26quot;long distance%26quot;! If possible I would try to find somebody with same vintage car, - and look inside the trunk and see how everything works -- as you will be laying on your side on floor, - looking into trunk (praboaly with a flashlight),-- and it is easier to see what has to be done before you start job, -- you will get job done quicker, (and be uncomfortable a shorter periond of time!
If you take to a dealer, probably they will drill the lock out, - and sell you a new one, as it is less labor to do it this way than to work through rear of car to release!How can I change a flat tire if the key to the spare is lost?ya call a lock smith its sunday slip 20 and a case of bearHow can I change a flat tire if the key to the spare is lost?Mac, Snap On, Matco, Cornwell, all these companies make master key sets for rims. You could probably contact one of them to get the right key.How can I change a flat tire if the key to the spare is lost?Assuming that you are talking about the trunk key being lost go to any gm dealer with your registration and driver license they usually have a key on hand or may have to order one in. Otherwise call a lock smith but it will not be cheap.
