Festiva Key Question

[Stowchicky]

Thought you might enjoy this one, so....my Dad bought my hubby a Festiva to drive back and forth to school in! Well, today Jared (my hubby) was in class...went to his car to come home and his key, the only key was missing from his pocket!!!!!! He had to leave it there, it's still there. Got any ideas how he can get another key? Lol, otherwise....Akron University just got a new piece of artwork

[Chobobulous]

mine starts with a flat head screwdriver

[hotfordcat]

Vin # to Ford Dealer. Pull a door lock and take to locksmith. Slidehammer in the switch and use a screwdriver. Jumper the switch. Have everyone on the Forum send you a spare key and see if one works.

[TominMO]

Have Hamburglar send you a key from Casper. That key would open and start the most Festys ever.

[Hot_Wheels]

try other festiva keys! usually the cylinders are so warn most of the same keys work. My 3 festiva can use any of the door keys from either one. As for the ignition key it has to be specific to that car.

[TominMO]

try other festiva keys! usually the cylinders are so warn most of the same keys work. My 3 festiva can use any of the door keys from either one. As for the ignition key it has to be specific to that car.

Not necessarily true on the ignition key. Many Festy keys will operate my Festy's ignition lock, because it is so worn.

I use a key from a 92 Capri as my backup if I lock my Festy key in the car. (I think it's from that car, which I found in a JY, because the key was in it.) It will open the doors, so I can get to the Festy key. Also, Festys are very easy to break into; you just need to fish a coat-hanger with a 90-degree bend down to the bottom of the door lock button, and pop it up.

[Occhty]

As long as it hasn't been changed, the passenger door lock has the number on it that locksmiths need to make a new ignition key.

[FestYboy]

As long as it hasn't been changed, the passenger door lock has the number on it that locksmiths need to make a new ignition key.

^^^^^^ bingo!!!!!! (this is the legitimate answer)

[neanderpaul]

^^^^^^ bingo!!!!!! (this is the legitimate answer)

Exactly! Take the number to a locksmith. They are legally supposed to make you produce the title too.

[Stowchicky]

Okie dokie...thanks guys!

[AlaskaFestivaGuy]

After some Bozo broke into my house and stole the keys to 7 of my Festies, I started getting new keys made from the 4-digit code on the passenger side door. I've not once been asked for title info.

[Christ]

Exactly! Take the number to a locksmith. They are legally supposed to make you produce the title too.

Is this a local/state law, or federal? Granted, I haven't searched for anything of the kind specifically, but I don't remember coming across anything federally that refers to the need to produce proof of ownership for a keysmith.

[mannyd]

I only had one key and it would only open drivers side door and start the car but you could pull it out of the ignition while it was on. I did'nt like that so I took the cylinder from the hatchback to my locksmith so he could see if it was a different keyed cylinder. It turned out he went by the year of the car and with a code card made me two new keys that work on the whole car and don't come out of the ignition. All for twenty bucks. Good luck!

[25Horseplay]

I have a bunch of keys we can try.