[Craig 72]

Morning all.What a great morning I'm having.I bought an Astravan on Saturday,reasonably old,it's a V reg.I left it round my parents last night and in case they needed to move it left the key in the dropdown sun visor inside.I've come to pick it up this morning and found that somehow it's managed to lock itself.Faulty electrics maybe?Anyway,needless to say I need to get inside a bit sharpish.Any ideas?Would a locksmith have to drill the lock or would somebody have some kind of skeleton key?Obviously I'm looking to do it in the cheapest way poss.Thanks in advance.

[Gleaming windows]

Try the rear door first.

I had a vauxhall do exactly that, shook the back door a good few times by the handle and it all opened up.

[jonnyald]

if u disconnect the battery ,reconnect the battery the central locking opens .  if u are lucky the battery terminals will be loosish and twist off with your hands .

 naturally u gotta lay under ur van to do it but its not too hard

[eclipse]

cant you try a coathanger down the door or i once heard if you cut a tennisball in half and placed it over the lock and pushed it (forcing air thru the keyhole) it would open

never tried it but just what i been told

[Gleaming windows]

cant you try a coathanger down the door or i once heard if you cut a tennisball in half and placed it over the lock and pushed it (forcing air thru the keyhole) it would open

never tried it but just what i been told

I heard this and I heard that   

Yea yea yea!!

[Craig 72]

Just managed to open it with the old thin plastic strip through the window seal technique.Never thought it would work but after much arseing about  managed it.Thanks for the replies anyway.As it happens it's a bit worryingly easy to break into with a bit of know how.

[Paul_Rolfe]

Half a housebrick would have been quicker.

[gerard mcmanus]

u r lucky the van was still there if you left it open with keys in it, you wouldn't be that lucky here.

[eclipse]

cant you try a coathanger down the door or i once heard if you cut a tennisball in half and placed it over the lock and pushed it (forcing air thru the keyhole) it would open

never tried it but just what i been told

I heard this and I heard that   

Yea yea yea!!

honest to god guvnor my ex cellmate told me this 

[rz]

if this happens again get yourself a pi key   

[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

ok somebody ask him....what is a pi key?

[elite mike]

i think its another name for thieving travellers 

[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

ah a pikey...how slow am i....i thought it some kind of key that private investigators used to get into peoples cars. ....i am just off out to get that blonde dye for my hair...wont be long.

[elite mike]

ah a pikey...how slow am i....i thought it some kind of key that private investigators used to get into peoples cars. ....i am just off out to get that blonde dye for my hair...wont be long.

if you want to see something disturbing, type bump key into youtube

[HIGH LEVEL WINDOW CLEANERS (scrimmy)]

wow thats scary.......and i thought the private eyes only used credit cards to get in the door