From: CSiano@banyan.com@INTERNET on Mon, Mar 4, 1996 4:10 PM
>On the topic of theft, it has always been a game with one of my friends to
>break into a new car or truck. He works as a tow truck driver, and has to
>open roughly 10-15 cars a week because of people locking their keys in it.
>The Dakota actually made him swear. He did get it open in about a minute
>and a half, but set off the alarm before the door was open. I won't e-mail
>how he did it, but suffice it to say it was the longest I've ever seen him
>take, and he says it was on par with some of the worst european cars.
My door locks froze (seems to be a CC trait, both of my Daytonas had the same
problem) on the Dakota a couple of weeks ago and it took me about 5 seconds to
pop the lock with a coat hanger. I suggest if you have not done it replace the
door lock plungers with ones that do not have a knob on top.
Dave Clement
ps: Mine's an 89 and has door lock plungers near the back of the door on the
window line. I do not know if the design has changed on the newer trucks.
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