![]() The lug wrench is never hidden or found in peculiar places, but it’s easy to overlook the wheel lock key attached to it. ![]() For the most part, that includes domestic models, but some Japanese cars store the jack in the same location. This is a common location for bigger vehicles like family SUVs, minivans, and crossovers. In some vehicles, the car jack is stored under the passenger seat to save space in the trunk, and together with the jack is the wheel lock key. To find it, look into the glove box because the wheel lock key can be clipped onto the plastic lining deep inside, stored in a bag, or in a separate compartment right next to the main glove box opening. Storing the wheel lock in the glove box is an extremely popular practice for Japanese manufacturers, including Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Subaru, although it can be in the spare tire well too. The cubbies can also be on the trunk floor or on the side linings behind a door. ![]() That’s a common location in BMW models, and next to the wheel lock key is the tow hook making it easier to locate. In this case, the wheel lock key will be inside a bag or clipped into plastic trim. Those cubbies store the first aid kit, spare light bulbs, and even the battery, along with the wheel lock key. Most cars have small trunk cubbies on each side of the trunk. That’s common practice in VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat, and Porsche vehicles. In some modern cars, the spare tire sits in a Styrofoam mold, and you might find the wheel lock plugged into that mold together with other tools. In that case, the wheel lock key can be in a small bag, a plastic box, or the car jack bag, depending on the model. In most cars, the wheel lock key will be near the spare wheel and all the other tools you need to replace a flat tire. 8 Possible Locations for the Wheel Lock Key 1. Less commonly, the key can be in the center console or on the back side of the rear seats. The possible places where a wheel lock key is located include the glove compartment, side cubbies in the trunk, in the spare tire well, under the passenger seat, tied to the tire iron, or the front trunk if you have an electric or a rear-engine car. But the wheel locks are a safety feature which is why manufacturers find creative ways to make them inaccessible to anyone who isn’t the owner, and even try and make the location secret in some cases. They will be replaced tomorrow with just 14,000 miles.Removing the wheels without a wheel lock key is pretty difficult and nearly even impossible if you are stranded by the side of the road. My Rav 4 Hybrid has been great other then the Yokohama tires. My concern was If I'd been stuck with a flat in a remote area I had no way with the wrong key of getting that wheel off. ![]() My mechanic neighbor said you can buy the wheel lock keys online so someone determined to steel your wheels can do so with or without wheel locks. Manager agreed realizing I guess that was a cheap way out of losing my wheel lock key. I'll take it back to the tire repair shop. Take off the wheel locks and give me 4 new lugs nuts. I said no, If you can't fix the tire properly with a patch then forget it. The manager said, We can plug the tire for 35 dollars and place the order for a new key for the wheel locks. I said no, you guys were the last to rotate the tires so either way the key I got is used, doesn't fit, and you own it. So I would have to order a replacement key. Toyota service said when they previously rotated tires they used their master key to remove tire locks, not mine. The wheel lock key used to remove lug nut did not fit the wheel locks.Mechanic had to re-install the other lug nuts, inflate tire, then I was off to Toyota Dealership. Had an eye opening experience today when tire shop tried to fix a flat.
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