Quarter Stuck In Door Handle

Hold the application straw right above your stuck key aiming it into the hole.

Quarter stuck in door handle.

Take note of the type of resistance. If the door lock button is stuck out keeping you from pressing it in jiggling the handle and moving the door is likely to shake the jammed parts together. This is for when the door lock button is stuck in as this is often the most common type of door button sticking. The knob will not turn to retract the stuck door latch.

Troubleshooting a stuck door latch. You can use graphite in place of spray lubricant. Try to open the door while it is shut. More often than not this is all you need to do to free the key.

The thief jams a coin into the door handle on the car s passenger side. Then they wait for the car owner to show up and follow the owner home. Here s how it works. The door latch is not extended before rotating the knob.

If you miss it in the morning and drive away nothing really happens. Now wiggle the key up and down not side to side to work it out of the lock. 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. The kicker is when you come home at night.

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. Check your door as they may shove a quarter or penny into the gap like this. This will push the top of the door inward. More force is needed to turn the knob and unstick the latch.

If you see a coin in your car door handle run and call the police. 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.