[chris14155]

my passenger door will not lock or unlock from the fob or central locking system. is this a actuator problem or something else? i want to know before i take the door panel off. thanks

[ctuna]

There are fuses for each door I believe.
Can you still open it manually?
Fuse Chart behind glove compartment rear wall.
Or in first link first two refernces.

primary links
https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/at...9&d=1539905743
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1681573

[chris14155]

Originally Posted by ctuna

There are fuses for each door I believe.
Can you still open it manually?
Fuse Chart behind glove compartment rear wall.
Or in first link first two refernces.

primary links
https://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/at...8;d=1539905743
https://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1681573

i can still open manually and manually operate the lock. i have to pull the inside hand to unlock the door. so should i check fuses first?

[cparke]

Originally Posted by chris14155

i can still open manually and manually operate the lock. i have to pull the inside hand to unlock the door. so should i check fuses first?

Exact same thing happened to me recently. Especially weird in that I still could hear a click inside the door when I used the key fob. Nevertheless, it is the door lock actuator that needs to be changed.

It's not too expensive or difficult to do, though I had some difficulties because the M4 cap-head torx screw that holds the door handle carrier had rusted and seized. After stripping the head and extracting it, BMW doesn't sell a replacement for it so I had to find it through a metric hardware specialty firm (it's hex head now and stainless steel).

Opening up the old actuator, nothing is broken inside as is the usual culprit, so I cannot for the life of me understand how it works or why it failed. Nevertheless, it's good to have my door lock working automatically again!

[chris14155]

so i haven't had time to work on the door lock lately but all of a sudden it started working again. not gonna complain about it, i just hope it stays that way. thanks for the help guys

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by chris14155

so i haven't had time to work on the door lock lately but all of a sudden it started working again. not gonna complain about it, i just hope it stays that way. thanks for the help guys

How about that... it healed! LOL

[ro881e]

Ditto, fuse on mine locked me out of the passenger door for a few weeks before I could replace it. Turns out this can happen when the locks put too much strain on the electrics as they sieze or die, potentially from silicone based lubricants I read somewhere. I replaced the fuse and hoped for the best, still working fine 2 years on