Typically, just one lug nut on a wheel will be locking, and the rest will be standard. Each set of locking nuts usually comes with a key, or a socket, to fit its specific pattern.

There are universal DIY tools available to remove locking wheel nuts without a key, but using a locking wheel nut remover requires a certain amount of confidence and they don’t always work.

I bought a used Volvo for my wife. I didn’t know it had locking lug nuts on it. The car did not come with a key to remove them. None of the tire dealers in my small town had keys or could get ...

There are ways to remove locking nuts without the key, but they will be damaged beyond repair.

Where I can a get a locking wheel nut key from? Do you know where I can get a security alloy wheel nut to undo the locking nut on an Audi A3? The dealer damaged my car by over-tightening the wheel ...