broken key in door lock

[gucciman]

hi everyone

we have a 97 r reg daihatsu fourtrak 2.8 tdx. we bought it second hand and were only given 2 keys with it. one key has a slim black hexaganol end and it opens the doors and petrol cap but will not start the engine.
the other key has a bulbous grey end with the daihatsu logo on, it wont open the doors or petrol cap but it will start the engine.

now the missus has snapped the thin black ended key in half in the drivers side door lock. she thinks that the end of the key is not in the lock but i think it has to be.

this has never happened to me before and i dont know what the hell to do to be honest!

ive just rang a diahatsu dealer in swansea and he said they can get copies of the ignition key if i give him the chassis and reg no. but they cant get copies of the key that opens the doors. he said my only bet is to try and find both halfs of the key and then go and try to get a copy cut. he said if the keys in the door lock and it wont come out and i cant get a copy cut then i would need a complete set of new locks i.e. door, ignition, key and decoder box and id be looking at around �800.

one question arises, is the original bulbous grey key that starts the ignition meant to open the doors as well? i ask because i have a horrible feeling someone at sometime has had either the door locks or igniton changed which is going to complicate things.

Can anyone offer advice on what to do?

[TWR]

Hi, you may have to remove the drivers door panel and remove the barrel, At one time the drivers door + the boot lock had the serial Nos on but it is the time to remove the lock, are you Mech minded? if so I would remove the front doos card as I have advised and take it from there, as you say you think the other part of the key is in the drivers door so you or someone will have to remove it to get the bit out it is no use trying a magnet as the key is not metal. there is another way that was used years ago get a tennis ball cut a hole in it the size of a 50p put the hole over the barrel of the lock and smack it with the palm of your hand this way the barrel will be blown out. Good Luck.

[BillyBB]

If the ignition key is the correct profile to enter the door locks but not turn, then an auto locksmith could rekey the door locks to fit.
I know Keith at DKB, good man.

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[gucciman]

billy your a diamond, i'll try him first thing monday morning

thanks mate

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