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Originally Posted by ctedja
All,
I am trying to help a friend. She tried to open her car (driver side) and she broke her key. She broke about 1/4 of her key. So now the lock is not accessible since there is a little piece of key inside the lock. Any idea how to fix this without replacing the whole lock assembly? I can not see the broken piece.
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If the little protective door is still open, take a paperclip and put a very very small hook at the end of it, work it past the key on either the top or the bottom, turn the hook and pull the key out.
If it's not, you will need either another paperclip, or a small screwdriver to wedge the door open while you work with the paper clip.
Even if you cannot hook the key completely out, if you can get the end of it to the edge of the lock opening, you can put a dab of superglue on the end of a stick or something, touch it to the back of the key, and pull it the rest of the way out.
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