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Originally Posted by OSSGuy
The glove box lock is just meant give you some privacy when you leave your car with a valet or shop or something. Basically just to "keep honest people honest," not stop anyone determined. The "valet key" will unlock the doors and start the engine, but doesn't work on the glove box.
...and that's why I have no idea how well my key works in the glove box - I park my 275k mile 4runner myself and don't keep anything so valuable in it that I have to lock it up.
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I agree with what you say, but valet parking or not, I don't think it's wise to put anything of value in there. Those locks are probably easy to open and the valet key can be filed to allow entry. I asked a locksmith about it and he said it's one extra notch on the key that you can file off. I don't know if it's the same one for every key, but he said it wasn't difficult. Many years ago I had someone pry open a glove box and took my camera; lesson learned.
