Hi,
I threw my house keys on the dash board when I got in the car today and they fell down the windscreen vents and disappeared.
They're student accommodation keys so I cant just get a new set cut its £70 which I don't have but I do have tools . My question is whats the best plan of attack?
Thanks in advance,
Dan

£70, get the spares and get them cut yourself much cheaper.

However plan of attack wise, have you tried a magnetic pickup tool down the vent?

If you know where it has gone, you might be able to get a telescopic magnet and get it out. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will have to be dashboard out to get to it

high powered magnet superglued to some string is the best option

like these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20-x-Supe...824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3f1ef697b8

other sellers are availabubble

:yeahthat:

Or....

If they fell down the passenger side maybe they're caught on some wiring up behind the glovebox, in which case, get upside down in the seat and have a nosey up there with a torch.

Worst case scenario you'll have to take the whole dash out.
If this is the case then I'd just get a new set cut just to avoid taking out the dash

wire coat hanger . straighten it out and make a small hook
fish around and pull it out

I don't know how they can fall down but it's not the first time

ziggy

Hi thanks for the replies I have tried fishing around for them with a magnet etc but could seem to find anything but today as I moved one of the heater controls possibly from windscreen to foot well heater but I cant remember, I heard them fall deeper into the dash.
Any suggestions as to where they've ended up? I'm presuming that they've gone into the heater box but I don't really know the vent ducts so I don'y know where to start.
Thanks again,
Dan

oh dear.....
Sounds like its gonna be a dash out then possibly.....

I dont know what the heater matrix is like as i've never taken one out.... so it maybe dangerous where it is - or where it isn't i cant say

Ziggy

I had a similar problem the day after I posted on this thread.
Chip coin for multi-storey car park. Put it on an anti-slip mat in the dip above the head unit.

After I parked up I went to put the coin in my pocket and it had gone . I assumed it had gone down the vents.

Had to pay £8.50 for a piece of plastic the size of a £1 coin.

Anyways, Haynes manual will show you how to remove the dash.
Best of luck

jmckee4 said:

Anyways, Haynes manual will show you how to remove the dash.
Best of luck

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Alternatively, factory manual in classified 1/5th of the price..................