Bmw x5 not unlocking and door won t open hi people iv had a problem where my passenger door don t open from the inside or outside.
02 bmw x5 outside door handle won t open.
Froze up in ice storm and appeared to break when tried to open door.
I went through passenger side and unlocked the driver side by pulling the handle.
Is diy repair feasible.
All other doors work fine.
2005 x5 driver side door handel will not open the door.
Inside handle still works.
Took door panel off looks like the cable has slack in it so that when the handle is pulled the latch is not engaged enough to open door.
Exterior door handel is slightly cocked outward.
Posted on feb 12 2010.
Driver outside door handle will not open door.
Come on along as we show the steps for replacing the x5 inner door handle mechanism on a 2004 x5 3 0i.
All e53 x5 models 00 06 will be as shown in this video.
Was hoping this would be the zip tie fix but i don t.
2001 bmw x5 unlocked driver door wont open from inside or outside the lock wouldn t pop up when i tried using the key fob but the other doors did unlock.
The handle seems to be raised about an 1 8th inch compared to other door handles.
Bmw x5 2001 driver outside door handle will not open door.
Then bmw said it would cost me 400 to get the door open and change the whole lock.
I tried removing the interior handle and manually pulling on the cable however that didn t.
Sure this has happened to a lot of you if you have owned a bmw for a long time when one of you doors doesn t open up well here s a picture of a door carrier they are just about all the same through out the years this on comes off a x5 2002 this one was the left rear door this one was lucky i was able to remove the door panel with the door closed.
Note that you may wish to order a few new inner door trim panel securing clips.
I can open from the interior latch.
Pulling the exterior door handle does not pull cable high.
It is very common that some of the clips will break or already be broken from a prior door panel removal.
The central locking was making a nose but wasn t unlocking.
I have a 1999 e39 528.
I have gained access to the inside of the door and i can make the lock release by manually pushing up on the cabel arm ball end of the cable.