Locked Out of Your Car in Leicester, Leicestershire?

Your keys are inside the car and the doors will not open. Phone 07988 388514, say where the car stands in Leicester, Leicestershire, and stay beside it. The locksmith is fully mobile, answers 24 hours, and travels to the car to open it for you.

• 24 hours
• Fully mobile — we travel to the locked car
• Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands (LE1)
• Call 07988 388514

Child locked in the car

Dial 999 at once if a child is shut inside the car. Stay beside the vehicle and ask the emergency operator for help straight away. Do not wait, and do not leave the child alone in the locked car while you decide what to do. After the 999 call, phone Auto Locksmith Leicester on 07988 388514, give the car's location, and describe what has happened. If the emergency services have not sorted it, the locksmith travels to the car and opens it for you. Stay with the car and keep talking to the child through the window if you can, so they know help is on the way. A locked car can turn unsafe for a child, which is why the emergency services come first and the locksmith is the second call.

Pet locked in the car

Dial 999 at once if a pet is shut inside the car. Stay beside the vehicle and ask the emergency operator for help straight away. The RSPCA is another route you can contact about an animal in a locked car, and you can also call them for advice. After the 999 call, phone Auto Locksmith Leicester on 07988 388514, give the car's location, and describe what has happened. If the emergency services have not sorted it, the locksmith travels to the car and opens it for you. Do not leave a pet alone in a locked car while you wait, and stay where you can see the car. A locked car can turn unsafe for a pet, which is why the emergency services come first and the locksmith is the second call.

What happens at the car

On the call we ask for the car's location and a short account of what has happened, so the locksmith knows what to expect on arrival. The locksmith travels to the car wherever it stands — outside your home, at your workplace, or in a public car park across Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands (LE1). There is no shop to visit and no street address to find. Once we are with you, we open the car so you can get your keys back and get going again. We keep you posted in plain words while we work. If the keys are inside the car, the job is to get you back in and hand the keys over. If the keys are in the boot, the same visit covers the boot as part of opening the car. If the car will not open in the usual way, we explain what we can do at the car and what the next step is, before we do anything else.

What to have ready

Stay with the car, and bring something that shows the car belongs to you, ready to show when we arrive. Knowing the exact parking spot helps — street, car park, or place of work — so we can find you without a long search. Tell us on the call if the keys are in the car, in the boot, or somewhere else, and tell us if the engine is running or if a child or a pet is inside, because that changes what happens first. If the car belongs to someone else, mention it on the call and keep the owner reachable in case we need to speak to them. On the call we will run through what we need from you at the car.

When this service applies

This service applies when you are locked out of your car and the keys are inside it. That covers the keys left on the seat, the keys dropped in the footwell, the keys locked in the boot, and the keys left in the car while the doors have locked behind you. It also applies when the engine is running and the doors have locked, and when the car has locked itself with the keys inside. It does not apply when you have lost the keys altogether and there is no key to get back into the car — that is a key replacement job, not a lockout, and we will say so on the call. It does not apply to a broken key, a key that has snapped in the lock, or a key that turns but does not unlock the car, because those need a different service at the car. If you are not sure this is a lockout, phone 07988 388514, describe what has happened, and we will name the service that fits.

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Areas and makes

Our area is Leicester, Leicestershire, East Midlands (LE1) — the areas we cover page gives the complete picture. A lockout can happen to any car, so the makes page lists the makes whose keys are covered, with a page for each one. If your make is not listed there, call 07988 388514 and tell us what car it is. You can also read the guide on what to do when locked out of your car before you call.