Neesie

A long, heavy flashlight would serve double duty, in a car. It would knock out a window and/or provide light.

Greenheron

There are tools we should have with us--a rescue hammer or a little one you can carry on your keychain to break safety glass called Res-Q-Me. I'm sure there are more. I'd have been inclined to break a window in that kind of heat--it's deadly. Thank you for calling our attention to this problem. I think my car locks as soon as I take it out of park but I'm not sure about the rest......I bet we'll all be checking.

buslady

WOW!! that heat could of got you! They make a little tool that you should have in your glove box. It has a pointed pc that hits the window, as they are hard to break. They also are designed to minimize the glass from going all over. We had an old car, years back, that the doors would freeze and not want to open. I got in the car one day and got to the end of the driveway and decided the road was impassable, so I backed up, parked and went to get out. Couldn't. Electric windos were also frozen. The car was running, and I knew it would eventually thaw out, but I am a little claustraphobic and I was VERY uncomfortable. No cell phones back then! I can't imagine how terrified you must have been. Glad you had the cell phone and got someone to come. I think you need to report this incident to someone. If it is a defect in that model car or something, they need to fix it before the outcome is not so good.

b.zang

Even though my car has these flat mini "panels" by everything electronic that can be removed with the key to give access to manual overrides, I doubt I would have thought about them if I found myself in your situation.

Sometimes auto door locks can be useful, though. Not too long ago, a guy nearby was charging the battery on his Corvette. He had started the car and was putting things away when a man came running up, jumped in the Corvette and slammed the door. But - he stalled the car when trying to reverse out of the driveway. With the battery not yet fully charged, the car would not re-start but the auto door locks had the would-be thief stuck in the car. Luckily for him, it wasn't hot like your situation because he had to just sit there until the police arrived. He tried breaking out the windows, but couldn't; it isn't as easy as it seems.

chips88

glad your alright. that is scary.

IdahoSandy

Yes, that was scary and this happened to friends of mine that are also elderly. Think that car manufacturers should put a button or switch some place that is not depended on batteries to open doors.

nativetexan

i have to say, my battery died and i called for help. I didn't want to get out of the car because if i locked the door, how would I get back in if the locks didn't work?? duh!!! I have a key and the door has a lock on the outside to slip the key in!!! i was so used to punching my automatic key that I didn't remember that. I felt so dumb.
i worry about leaving the door open to start first if you are out somewhere. too many idiots out there waiting to steal your car or purse. just be watchful!

NanaCsews2

When we bought our new car a year ago, the salesman asked us if we wanted this disengaged for us before we left the lot. Of course we said yes! Our previous van automatically locked and we never thought to disengage the mechanism. Just hated having the knob automatically go down when my DH would put the van in gear. I had a habit of putting my arm up on the 'ledge' by the window and that dang knob squeeeezes and pinches your upper arm 'flab'. The bruises I used to have were very suspicious. Looked like fingerprints dug into my upper arm. The ledge was so much more comfortable resting my arm than using the arm rest low on the door. Slow learner I guess.

Latrinka

OMG! I'da done passed out by then! I'm bout to pass out from the heat, and I'm inside in the AC! lol! Glad you're OK!

Yooper32

Wow! Talk about scary. Who would have thought that such a thing could or would happen? Not me. I will be out there checking mine out, as I have only had it for a month now and still have problems with wipers and such.