2000 chevy locks me out!

2x4 · Oct 8, 2016

yr.2000 chevy 2500 Silverado. Locked me out once with a weak battery dying on me. Assumed when the battery lost enough power the locks closed. But today the same thing happened with a good battery. Any ideas? Got it open only because the windows were down 1 1/2 inches & used half inch ground rod to reach across the seat & flick the button forward. Going to be a problem when the weather turns & windows have to be kept up.

jeffcat · Oct 8, 2016

Now don't every one go crazy. My older ford Explore did that once had a TRW control box for all of the remote entry stuff. Junk yard and got another used box. Fixed. Don't you have a couple of key fob remotes?? like it might be time to buy a couple. Another tip. Go find a REALLY go lock shop that has the suitcase size computer to do remotes and keyless entry programing. They can work wonders if the guy has the knowledge!

sms · Oct 8, 2016

I hate the automatic locks on my new truck (3 years old) once you turn the key you have 3 seconds before the doors lock. You accidentally shut the door or the wind blows it shut while you are out your out (if the key is in the ignition a remote wont open the door). I had a valet key made for cheap, just keep it on a separate key ring with other keys so it is in my pocket, always.

MarkB_MI · Oct 8, 2016

It's hard to get locked out of a vehicle if you pull the key and stick it in your pocket every time you get out.

More than likely you're triggering the power locks somehow as you get out. I've never heard of power locks activating because of a low battery. But my wife has locked herself out of her car on numerous occasions, even though it's very difficult to do on a newer car.

I don't know if on that year you can set the "lock/unlock policy" through the Driver Information Center. Usually they're set to lock when you get up to speed and unlock when you shift into park, but that could have been changed.

FBH44 · Oct 8, 2016

There oughts be a special farmer's version of pick-ups, not just for the optomologists in town who want to drive a truck. The farmer's version would not have all the glitzy safety door locks, would not have a seat belt that beeped until the end of time until it was clicked, could be driven with the driver's door hanging open and the farmer leaning out, would be wired so it could be FIXED by the farmer late at night in the rain, would have wipers that did not just spread things around, would have trouble codes that read directly what was wrong, and had a wire sticking up that read "DO Not Cut This Wire OR That D#@# Buzzer Will Immediately Stop!"

Sprint 6 · Oct 8, 2016

One of the door lock switches is likely shorted with corrosion from years of rain exposure.

Russ from MN · Oct 8, 2016

I always have a spare key hidden somewhere on the outside of our vehicles. Wife used it yesterday, we were out hunting and she got back to the truck first.

notjustair · Oct 8, 2016

Amen!! I am not buckling a seatbelt to go through the pasture. I also don't need it beeping and warning me that I am on a steep hill. If there's a cow there I'm going to need to go!

Tx Jim · Oct 8, 2016

I haven't been locked out of my vehicle in many yrs. I always have an extra key in my pocket. I also hate auto locking doors so I have auto locking disabled on my '08 GMC.

RBoots · Oct 8, 2016

I had a 2000 Chevy Lumina as a drive to work vehicle. It was a good car, but you NEVER got out without taking the keys with you, as that stupid thing would lock the doors by itself when it felt like it. It might be fine for 2 months and not lock, and then it would lock you out 2 or 3 times over a couple of weeks. You never knew.

Adirondack case guy · Oct 8, 2016

I had a Ford ranger, when I was a contractor, and everytime I went to a local lumber yard the doors would lock. It became a joke with the counter guys. Even had to barrow one of their personal cars one day to go home and get a spare key. Ended up keeping a spare key in the back of the thing. Not sure but think the two-way radios that the counter and yard guys used, triggered my locks.
Loren

rustyfarmall · Oct 8, 2016

Kind of makes a guy wish we could go back to carburetors, kettering ignition, and no on-board electronics. I do not need all those bells and whistles, nor do I want them, but I have no choice.

Leroy · Oct 8, 2016

I also hate those automatic locking doors, think they are dangerous. The seat beltsaround home I just hook it up and set on it. I have no idea if you have keyless entry or not. I always carry a second set of keys in my pocket. My van that got wrecked last year was supposed to be able to keep the doors from being locked if key was in ignition but what about if you droped key on floor while getting out? And the truck last year 2000 Dakota when car did not slow for stop sign and wraped me around power pole. It busted the battery when hit but it unlocked the doors after the battery was disabled.

Goose · Oct 8, 2016

I have a 2000 Chevy 1500 4X4. I NEVER exit it without having the key in my hand. I only drive it when I actually need a pickup, so it's no big deal.

I have a Dodge Grand Caravan now for my daily driver. When I was on the road doing real estate inspections I had a spare key cut and put it on my key ring in my pocket. It doesn't have the remote on it, but it would open the driver's door if I happened to get locked out.

Blackhole49 · Oct 8, 2016

I have a key in a magnetic box on the frame rail in front for my 08. It has come in handy a couple of times. My biggest problem is remembering where it is.

David G · Oct 8, 2016

Daughter's 2011 chevy locked my wife in car when battery died.

36F30 · Oct 8, 2016

I have a 2500HD, has all the options in it, electric everything. It will lock its doors on a whim, so much so that you NEVER get out of it without the keys in your hand( like i can remember that ). I inherited this thing from my father in law, He had a spare key made and put it in a magnetic key keeper on the frame because he got tired of getting locked out, I'm glad he did because its locked me out so many times I can't count. Pull up to something, jump out to check, go to get back in, locked doors!

Mark-Ia · Oct 8, 2016

I have an extra key in the fuel tank door.

2x4 · Oct 8, 2016

it's manuel transmission

Steve@Advance · Oct 8, 2016

Does it have an aftermarket alarm system? If so, find it and cut it loose!

My '01 Silverado would not let you lock the doors manually with the key in the ignition. The one time I got locked out was my fault, laid the keys on the console, locked the doors on the way out.

Ray · Oct 8, 2016

My 2014 locked me out a few weeks ago.I just had to walk home across the road to get my extra keys.I take the keys out every time now,unless the window is down.

MarkB_MI · Oct 8, 2016

>it's manuel transmission

Hmm. Maybe you should give Manuel back his transmission if it's giving you problems.

JMS/.MN · Oct 8, 2016

My extra key is tied inside the diesel filler door, with a plastic wire tie. I used to keep a key in the air cleaner of vehicles, back when the hood could be opened without an inside release lever.

2x4 · Oct 8, 2016

no aftermarket system. Got an extra set of keys but danged if I can find'em when I need'em.

GeneMO · Oct 8, 2016

Before I left the dealers lot I had them make two of what I have seen others call Vallet keys I guess. These dont have the chip in them required to start the vehicle, but will open the doors.

One stays hanging on a nail by my desk, the other is zip tied under the bumper, encased in duct tape, with the shank of the key coated in grease.

Plus, if you give your pet beagle rides like I do, you are use to them locking the doors when they put their feet on everything.

So I dont stop the vechile without the key in my hand or the window half rolled down.

Gene

racsan · Oct 8, 2016

i pull the relay out that controls the power locks. And the chime box for the seat belt crap I unplug. I've rigged a couple of older vehicles that didn't have chipped keys, cut off the key ring head and slid the teeth in the key cylinder. Just twist the switch and go, no more looking for the correct key. And it didn't look like it had a key in it. Only thing annoying is when I go to drive something else that needs a key.

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