Someone stole my wheel locks!

Hub caps, wheel covers? Wheel trim rings?


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Well, if they stole them, then they weren't very good were they?

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locking lug nut and they need the "key" to get them off...is yours still in the car?
now they can come back and steal your rims much easier..check your neighborhood for a prius with bad tires, that's your thief

 

Agree, the OP was lucky that's all they stole. At least the car wasn't discovered up on blocks with no wheels/tires.

 

The keys are supposedly matched to the lock set. You have to purchase a new set (wheel locks and key).

Look in your spare tire wheel well. Hopefully, the original 4 lugnuts removed when the locking set was installed is there. If they are, then put them on so you aren't driving around with 4 lugnuts per wheel (very unsafe)!

 

Did they just steal a lug nut and not wheel locking nut? If it was an actual wheel lock, they would need to have the key to do it. I can't remember any 2007 with stock rims having wheel locks on them. Those rims are not all that great, and I actually gave 4 of them away because nobody would buy them lol

If it's just a lug nut you are missing, on each tire, just go out and buy 4 of them at the dealer. They are called "lug nuts"

If you were close to me, I can give you 4 of them, I have plenty of spares.

 

i see you are in the usa, that might be the source of your problems.

 

I guess Sally isn't smiling now.

 

They stole the wheel locks so they most likely had a master key. They are either a Port Installed Option or dealer add on. Whoever put them on my car kept the originals. IMO, they are worthless and I wanted them removed. The dealer compromised by not charging for them.

There should be a socket like tool in the glovebox, under the deck, or with the spare tire.

Just go to the auto parts store & buy 4 regular lug nuts. The store also sells sets of the locking ones.

 

My prius V came with locks, I took them off and put on regular lug nuts. Nobody will steal these prius wheels

 

definitely look through your whole car asap for the original lug nuts, the key to the missing locking lug nuts or the package the locks came in. if the PO didn't lose that stuff they might have stuck it anywhere.

 

don't worry about the key the lug nuts are gone..
when you buy a new set of locking lug nuts they will come with the matching key nut..think of it like a puzzle piece that fits together..

when you get the new set keep the key and original package in the spare tire compartment. If you lose the key nut the serial number on the package will give you the info to order a replacement...

you don't have to use lock nuts you can just go to the Toyota dealer and buy 4 standard lug nut

 

The arrow is pointing at a wheel lock, which replaces the lug nut. As mentioned, there should be a wheel lock key somewhere in the vehicle (typically there is a space for it in the plastic piece just above the spare tire, at least on the Gen III.) The four "missing" lug nuts may also have been placed somewhere in the vehicle.

Nothing is missing - There is one wheel lock on each wheel to prevent wheel theft, which is typically NOT a problem on the Prius. The only thing that MAY be missing is the wheel lock key, used to unlock each wheel for removal (say, for tire rotation or a flat.) Find the key and all will be right with the world.

 

Sally, that is just a regular lug wrench. Someone either stole your locking lugnuts, as originally titled in this thread, or they took one regular lugnut from each of your wheels (more likely).

 

I guess they started by your locking lug nuts then might come back for your wheels

 

You can replace the wheel lock with a lug nut, but you have to find the wheel lock key first...