Car Lockout Service in San Jose, CA
Keys locked in the car? The door opened where it stands, anywhere in San Jose and the surrounding cities, in 45 minutes or less. You get the quote on the call.
A car lockout is the one roadside job where nothing has gone wrong with the vehicle at all. The car is fine. The keys are fine. They are simply on the driver's seat behind a door that closed itself, and there is no way in from where you are standing.
Guerra Towing opens cars, trucks and vans across San Jose and the surrounding cities, 24 hours a day. The door is opened where the vehicle is parked, with tools made for the job rather than anything that goes through a window. What we are not is a locksmith: we do not cut, copy or replace keys, and we do not open motorcycles. When that is what you need, you are told on the phone so you can ring the right trade first time.
Locked Out of Your Car in San Jose?
A lockout is one call on a list of roadside jobs. If the car will not start once you are back in it, the right truck is already on its way.
What a Roadside Lockout Actually Is
Our Fleet & Towing Equipment
Our fleet includes the right truck for the job, plus the gear to secure your vehicle without marking it up.
Flatbed Tow Trucks
All four wheels off the road. The safe choice for low clearance, all-wheel drive and badly damaged vehicles.
Wheel-Lift Tow Trucks
Quick, tight-access recovery. Ideal for parking structures, tight streets and short moves.
Hook and Chain Tow Trucks
For heavier recovery work and vehicles already beyond repair, where a chain lift is the right tool.
The tools we bring
Auto Lockout Service Near You
Guerra Towing is your family-owned towing and roadside company in the San Jose, CA area, and a locked door is one of the quickest calls we take. Dispatch runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, holidays included, and the job is quoted on the phone before the driver sets off.
Emergency Car Lockout, 24 Hours a Day
Doors lock themselves at every hour there is. In a work parking lot at the end of a shift, outside a store with the engine still running, and on a driveway at midnight with the house keys on the same ring. Dispatch is answered at all of those hours, weekends and holidays included, and across San Jose and the surrounding cities we get to you in 45 minutes or less. The call is quoted before anyone sets off.
How a Lockout Call Works
Four steps from your call to your keys back in your hand.
Call or Schedule A Tow
Reach dispatch on (408) 828-6533 or send the request form. Tell us where you are, what happened, and whether you are in a live lane.
Approve Quote
You get a free quote before anything touches your vehicle. Nothing starts until you approve it.
Certified Team Rescue
A licensed, insured operator arrives with the right truck and secures your vehicle for the move.
Easy Payments
Settle up once you are safe. The car goes where you want it: your shop, your mechanic, a dealership or your home.
āExcellent service, arrived quickly, was very professional and friendly. Helped check my battery then determined it was pretty dead. Quickly changed it...ā
āAs a single woman who had no idea how to change a tire...Guerra towing came out, in the rain and helped out when three other two companies refused...ā
What We Open, and When You Need a Locksmith
Guerra is a towing and roadside company, not a locksmith. Knowing the difference before you ring saves you a call.
Cars, trucks and vans, opened at the roadside
Wherever the vehicle is standing: a driveway, a work parking lot, a curb, a parking structure. The tools are made for opening a door, and the driver uses them rather than anything that involves breaking something.
Motorcycles need a locksmith, not a tow truck
A bike is not a door and it is not a job we take. If you are locked out of a motorcycle, an automotive locksmith is the right trade and calling one first will get you moving sooner than calling us will.
Lost, broken or dead keys are a locksmith job
Guerra does not cut keys, copy keys, replace keys or extract a broken one, and does not program fobs. Opening a door gets you to keys that exist. If the keys themselves are gone or broken, a locksmith is who you want, and you are told that on the phone instead of after a call-out.
When People Lock Themselves Out
Five ways it happens, and one of them is not a call to us first.
Keys on the seat, door already shut
The commonest lockout there is, and it takes seconds to happen. Nothing is broken, nothing is lost, and the keys are in plain sight through the glass.
Keys went in with the shopping
The trunk closes, the keys are under a bag, and the doors locked themselves on the way. Getting a door open is still the way in.
Locked out at work or in a parking lot
End of a shift, level three of a parking garage, and nobody around with a spare. Tell dispatch the level and the height limit when you call, the same as you would for a tow.
A child or a pet is shut in the car
Call 911 first, every time, before you call us. On a warm day the inside of a car climbs faster than people expect, and the fire department can be there in minutes and will not wait for anything.
Locked out late, away from home
Midnight in a part of town you do not know, with the house keys on the same ring as the car keys. Dispatch answers at that hour the same as any other.
What Affects Your Lockout Price
Every lockout is quoted free, before the driver sets off. These are the things that move the number.
Distance of the tow
Where we pick up and where it is going. A cross-town tow and a two-block tow are not the same job.
Where the vehicle is standing
A driveway is a short job. Level four of a parking structure, or a curb on a busy road, takes longer to reach.
How the vehicle is built
Some doors give up a lot faster than others. An older van and a new sedan are not the same job.
Time and access
Overnight calls, freeway shoulders, underground garages and tight streets all change what the job takes.
Car Lockout FAQs
The questions San Jose drivers ask dispatch most often.
Will opening the door damage my car?
The tools are made for the job and the method is chosen to avoid marking the vehicle, which is the whole reason for calling someone rather than improvising with what is in the trunk. Nobody sensible promises a perfect outcome on every car ever built, so if the driver thinks a particular vehicle is a risk, you are told before anything is touched.
Do you cut or replace car keys?
No. Guerra does not cut, copy, replace or program keys, and does not extract a broken one. That is locksmith work and a locksmith is who you should call. What we do is open a door to keys that already exist.
Can you unlock a motorcycle?
No. A bike lockout is a locksmith job rather than a tow truck one. Call an automotive locksmith and you will be moving sooner than if you call us first.
My child or my pet is locked in the car. What do I do?
Call 911 before you call anyone else. A car heats up far faster than most people expect and the fire department treats it as an emergency, which is exactly what it is. Call us afterwards if the car still needs opening.
My keys are locked in the trunk. Can you help?
Normally yes, because getting a door open gets you to the release inside the cabin. Say on the phone that the keys are in the trunk rather than the cabin, because it changes what the driver expects to find.
Do I have to prove the car is mine?
Yes. Expect to show identification and something tying you to the vehicle before a door is opened. Anyone who opens cars without asking that question is not someone you want opening yours either.
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One call, and a truck is on the way.
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Guerra Towing is a family owned towing service covering San Jose and the surrounding cities. If your vehicle broke down on the freeway or street, or you just need it towed to a nearby location, we got you covered.
Locked Out Right Now?
Call us immediately today to reserve your tow truck. Please contact us or make an appointment for yourself. We are here to assist you.
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