When the correct key is inserted the pins are aligned to allow the barrel to turn and the lock to be opened. With standard locks the pins within pin-tumbler locks are of a set length. Meaning that ...

Apparently the DC barrel jack on the outside of the lock serves as a one-wire protocol ... To make matters worse, you can even read out master key and skeleton key codes. These codes facilitate ...

I don’t notice the number of thefts going down because of our keys either. If keys and locks were the answer to dishonesty, we would have a theft- free country. The drawers in which everyone ...

That’s usually a result of using the wrong key, or of wear of the key or the lock barrel. As your car is relatively new it shouldn’t be wear, but I would suspect that the key is not mating perfectly ...