Twice I ended up locking my old 96 Contour while the engine was running.
The first tow truck guy was using the tool with the 2 Us in it to go under the window and push the power locks. If I had seen him start, I would have let him know the power locks didn't work. He got a good idea and lowered one of the rear windows from the driver's door.
The 2nd tow truck did what Steeda said (except was a plastic wedge) and used a long tool to lower the window.
After the 2nd time I went to the locksmith to get one of the flat, old style Ford keys made for my wallet.
BUT this has got to be the most embarassing time:
I was at the motor pool's wash rack... guess I hit the lock with my arm as I got out. The dude with me was our shop vehicle dude, so he went to get the spare key from fleet management... turns out someone already checked it out like 2 months ago! So trans came by and brought a slim jim and a modified slim jim (was round). Ended up getting the passenger door open with the round tool.
Let's just say there was quite a few unhappy people behind me (a bus and 4 or 5 trucks!)
