Coin In My Car Door

You probably wouldn t notice it on the passenger side or one of the rear doors but when you go to lock your car the coin will keep that door from locking properly leaving the door open for thieves.

Coin in my car door. The thief jams a coin into the door handle on the car s passenger side. Then when you re ready to lock your car the coin will keep the latch from locking properly leaving it open for thieves. Rumours are spreading across the internet that claim a new trending crime amongst carjackers is to insert a small coin into the handle of the passenger door when the owner is not with car which according to the rumour will prevent the central locking of the car to function correctly the next time the owner uses it. Here s how it works.

Then they wait for the car owner to show up and follow the owner home. Thus crafty thieves place a coin then lay in wait to follow the victim to wherever they are going. 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. The original article claims that car thieves have discovered that wedging a penny or nickel in the passenger door handle will prevent the car from being locked.

They can just wait until you come home from work blissfully unaware that the coin is still lodged in the car door and steal your car when you go inside for the night. It involves putting a penny or another coin in the car door handle just like this. So if a penny or coin were thick enough to unlatch the door handle you d receive a door ajar dashboard alert. Also most cars with central locking systems have car door sensors that signal when all four or five doors are opened or closed.

The thief wouldn t even have to follow you anywhere.