KJ-BOL wrote:
and main question is....

what happened here?
I got out of the jeep to look at the trail. Somehow... my door got locked with the key in the jeep and the engine running. I must have hit the lock as I got out or there was some discussion the KJ has an anti-theft setting that will autolock the truck if left running for several minutes. Either way I was in a pickle. We tried all the other jeep keys with the off chance one might work. No go. We began looking at options. We then thought about removing the back window hinges. As a few began working on that, Ricky Bobby (AKA "the cowboy", Dodger) pulled a small, flexiable, grab it tool from his truck. We were able to use small wooded shims to open the door wide enough to get it inside to open the door. This took about 30 mins and I was saved. Honestly, I must have some major angels on my side or banked karma to get off that easy. Next option was to say good-bye to a window.
Lesson learned and I have already scouted a few spots on the frame I can hide a spare key. I am going to order at least one spare key and put it under the jeep so I will never have to go though that again. I have seen small magnet boxes that can hold a key and will put it inside one of the holes under the KJ. I left my window open the rest of the day

I am just happy I can laugh about it now. At the time, I was

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