Fortunately, that doesn’t mean you’ll need to waste time looking for a key.

After meeting either of these requirements,you’re able to hotwire a vehicle by climbing inside.

Some vehicles are already open, allowing you to get inside without a struggle.

Project Zomboid character walking towards a zombie outside of a fire station. Lots of dead zombies behind him

These are the best cars to hotwire, as you might do it relatively quietly without attracting zombies.

Keys usually spawn on nearby zombies or in the nearest house.

Of course, if you do find a key, you wont need to hotwire the car.

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This will place you in immediate danger and make it much harder to survive.

Once youve managed to get inside a car, you gotta initiate the vehicle interaction menu.

This menu is set to the V key by default.

it’s possible for you to then pick the hotwire option and attempt to hotwire the car.

After hotwiring the car, you should be able to drive off and start your road trip.

Thats everything you better know to hotwire a vehicle in Project Zomboid.