Went to tire shop to change a flat and told ‘em they couldn’t due to a missing socket (?). I understand it’s a wheel lock and I looked near my jack and glove box and couldn’t find anything. Do I need to order a whole new set at this point or is there another option? Thanks in advance!
Harbor freight has a master set. It called a set of nut extractors. Lol!
Call toyota and give them your Vin . Number pay the 36$ and call it a day!
I’d just like to point out you said vehicle identification number number
they’re port installed. they don’t attach the specific wheel lock number to the vin unfortunately.
If you can find a 12 point socket that will go over it. Hammer it on and that will come right off 👍. Saves ordering a new key socket. And like someone else suggested, throw it away and put a regular lug nut.
I bought a spare from autozone for $12.
Sound like incompetence shop.
Could be with the jack, could be in the glove box, could be in the doors, could be hiding with the spare… Every time I’ve had to look for one of those they’re in a different spot.
Assuming you’re completely out of luck and your key is completely gone, any mechanic (Maybe not a tire shop) should have a box of turbo sockets that’ll take those right off.Everyone’s already said it. These do nothing to stop anyone. Tire shops don’t wanna “ruin” them on you and a lot of times refuse to work on them.
Imagine you blew a tire and are stuck trying to put your spare one and can’t find this lock… your paying a massive tow bill now.
Just take the 4 of them off and replace as others have said. If someone wants your OEM rims they are gunna get them I promise this one shitty wheel lock is not stopping them
As someone else has already said, just hammer on a 12 point socket and take them off yourself.
I did this on a 2013 Lexus RX450h last weekend, so it’s pretty likely that the lug nuts on yours are the same size. In my case they were 19mm, so I’m willing to bet it will work for you as well. This is what I bought:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078Z23KZB
I’d just buy 4 of them, one for each lug nut, so you don’t have to try to hammer them back off and re-use them. Total cost is like 16 bucks and it will take about 20 minutes.
Honestly hammer on a 12 point and rip. Worse case scenario they round the already round nut.
they are either idiots or inexperienced if they can’t figure out how to get that off. You simply hammer a socket onto it and get it off. Also, check your glove box and center console, I have seen locking Lugnut keys in those places as well.
my shop has sockets specifically for people with lock lugs. That shop isn’t professional if they won’t remove it either because they don’t want to or don’t have the tools.
This just happened to me. They cut each one off per tire in 20 seconds and charged me $2.50 each for 4 new ones. Go to the tire shop that also does mechanical work, they’ll do it.
Air Hammer with a chisel tip will knock them off… Sounds crazy, but go to a “carmax” store and they have a package deal for removing wheel locks.
Check around in your boot(under carpet, in side compartments) and in your glovebox. Sometimes the attachment is there or with your carjack.
A tire lock wont prevent your wheels from getting stolen they just make it slightly more difficult, because 9 times out of 10 a thief is going to just have a tire iron and if they see a tire lock they wont waste there time going to get one and come back they will just choose another car without one.
Wait, is this scenario of yours the tire lock definitely prevented the wheels from being stolen. So if the tire lock makes it inconvenient enough for your car to get passed, then that’s a win.