Someone stole my wheel locks!

The OP said the locks are missing, why would she need the key?

 

But if the picture is from her car then nothing has been stolen. And she just needs to have the key to get the wheel off when it’s needed.

 

This seems the most likely scenario. Someone commenced to steal your wheels, by dealing with the toughest part first: removal of the locking nuts. Either they were interrupted, or they changed their minds, or they got winded, lol.

Seriously, they might be back. Since the locking nuts don't seem to be much deterrence, maybe get four replacement regular nuts in the interim, AND be cognizant, keep a phone very handy, consider alternate parking for a while, leave lights on, whatever you can do.

<Sorry, typo above changed, from "lug" to "locking", in red>

 

that screws onto the jack. then you hook the end of the handle (bottom item in pic) through it and crank up the jack. it acts as a hinge. if you plan to change your own flat if needed, you should do it once, in the comfort of your own garage, or other flat area. middle item is lug wrench, loosen them before jacking the tyre off the ground. you may need a breaker bar for leverage. 2 feet of steel pipe that will slip over the lug wrench.

 

What you're missing is a locking lug nut cap, and it need not have been stolen.
It may very well have just come off on its own since the car is seven years old.
People that live in high crime areas use them to dissuade the stupid and lazy from stealing their rims.
You can probably go to the nearest auto parts store and get a replacement - but this isn't your biggest problem right now.

Judging from your post, you live in a city and you haven't had your car for very long.
That's OK, but you need to find the key that goes to your lug nuts and make sure that it's in your car. Otherwise you're likely to have a little trouble getting the wheel off of your car when your car suffers from a flat tire.

Goof Luck!

 

good point. maybe they just wanted them for their own car.

 

If you're missing the locking nut socket, and the thieves removed your locking nuts, they've done you a big favour.

 

It's debatable. Locking nuts ARE an extra hassle (albeit not much of one) for owners too. They're more expensive. And as your case points out, didn't slow the thieves down by much.

When buying replacement nuts, either locking or regular, I'd go through the dealership parts department if at all possible. There are different "seat" styles on different nuts, not to mention threads, diameters. If gen 2 nuts are similar to 3, the nuts are kinda special, with a captured washer that seats on a flat surface on the alloy. AND it has a "seat" style suitable for use with the temporary spare.

In short, better get them from Toyota.

 

When I lived in a larger town, I had on-street parking, so the driver's side of my car was always clearly visible to the street, and the passenger side could be a bit hidden. One morning I came down to the car to leave for work and thought the passenger side key slot was just a shade wider than I remembered. I made a mental note.

A week or two later, I came down in the morning and the same key slot seemed even just a little bit wider than before. Hmm, I thought.

I never let myself in by the passenger side key slot anyway, so I stopped at an electrical supply house, and then just took the passenger side lock cylinder right out of the door and replaced it with one of these:

It looked perfectly nice on the car, and the one thing I regret is that I wasn't nearby in the shrubbery to see when my very patient car burglar came back the third time.

The top one is your towing eye. If you look at your front bumper (maybe the rear one too), there should be a small panel a bit larger than a postage stamp somewhere, that is the same color plastic but can be popped out. Behind it there will be a threaded hole that fits that towing eye, and is located in a structurally strong part of the car. It is not made for regular down-the-road towing, but more for if your car has gone in a ditch and you need a convenient place to attach a strap to pull you out. You should see a mention of it in your owner's manual.

It works better if you also have one of those upside-down bumper stickers saying "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, FLIP ME OVER".

-Chap

 

The OP's picture shows the wheel lock. Need key to remove.

 

OP should answer to the question. Is the picture from her car or not? If it is nothing is stolen. She just needs the key for those locknuts. Which is probably somewhere in the car.

For some weird reason everybody seems to think that the lock nut itself is stolen.

 

Well, there's the thread title, lol.

I think that's the case, she's having troubles posting pics. Except, she posted a pic.

 

geeeez so much debate over nothing
the locking nuts are GONE...so theres no need to worry about the key lug nut.

the missing nuts can be replaced with a new set of locks that will come with a new key OR a standard set of lug nuts best bought from a Toyota dealer..

and with that Im going to hope in the shower and clean the lint from my belly button then take a nap by the pool

 

Once here was a topic where OP was asking why the door doesn’t open from the inside. I (and many others) told that check that child safety isn’t on. OP told it’s not. But in the end it still was.

In the pick she posted the lock nut is in its place.

 

Read her initial post right through. She points with an arrow at the lock nut in "the" picture and says "this is what they stole". I'm not clear either, but my take is that's a stock photo, not her car, and she's just trying to clarify it's the lock nut that's gone missing.

 

I also got the impression that the pic posted wasn't from her car.

I'll say again, it's highly unlikely that someone would steal just 4 wheel locks. They are pretty difficult to remove without the key after all.

At this point, we don't even know if the car ever had wheel locks installed. The OP can't find any key for them etc.

 

this thread is a test of willpower and determination.

 

The wheel locks linked are the correct type, with the proper thread pitch and flat, mag type seat with the captive washer.

I have similar sets from the same manufacturer on both of my cars.