Quarter Stuck In Door Handle

The thief jams a coin into the door handle on the car s passenger side.

Quarter stuck in door handle.

Here s how it works. More force is needed to turn the knob and unstick the latch. The knob will not turn to retract the stuck door latch. The door latch is not extended before rotating the knob.

Take note of the type of resistance. Then they wait for the car owner to show up and follow the owner home. To fix this you need to move the bottom of the opposite side the hinge side out in the same direction as the door is sticking out. This video will show you how to get your closed door open because of a latch failure.

Spray a quick spurt of spray lubricant into the key hole just above the key while you jiggle the lock with the other hand. Check your door as they may shove a quarter or penny into the gap like this. More often than not this is all you need to do to free the key. When the owner tries to lock the car the mechanism fails because the passenger door handle is jammed which gives the thief the ability to enter the car through the unlocked door.

Now wiggle the key up and down not side to side to work it out of the lock. Troubleshooting a stuck door latch. With the hinge side brackets attached using a block of wood placed against the outside the side opposite the hinges slightly hammer the door in the proper direction. You can use graphite in place of spray lubricant.

This is for when the door lock button is stuck in as this is often the most common type of door button sticking. The latch will not retract even when the knob is turned. The kicker is when you come home at night. If you see a coin in your car door handle run and call the police.

This will push the top of the door inward. If you miss it in the morning and drive away nothing really happens.