So if a penny or coin were thick enough to unlatch the door handle you d receive a door ajar dashboard alert.
Coin in my car door.
Also most cars with central locking systems have car door sensors that signal when all four or five doors are opened or closed.
Then they wait for the car owner to show up and follow the owner home.
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.
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.
It involves putting a penny or another coin in the car door handle just like this.
Last updated on january 11th 2016.
The thief jams a coin into the door handle on the car s passenger side.
The thief doesn t even have to follow you anywhere.
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.
The thief wouldn t even have to follow you anywhere.
Then when you re ready to lock your car the coin will keep the latch from locking properly leaving it open for thieves.
Thus crafty thieves place a coin then lay in wait to follow the victim to wherever they are going.
Here s how it works.