X5 E53 Rear door wont open
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:12 pm
On My E53 X5, for some reason, BOTH rear doors refused to open at exactly the same time from either the inside or outside door handle.
I have had this trouble with both my front doors and I used the following trick to get the front doors open with a piece of wire rod.
https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/x5- ... -pics.html
(different forum I know)
When I got the front doors opened, I trickled 3 in 1 oil down my wire rod to lubricate the mechanism inside the door and then all was ok.
This trick don't seem to work on the rear doors as everything regarding the mechanism is in a different place to the front door.
I have managed to get one of the rear doors now opened by "banging" down on the door frame above the rear door handle just as I was operating the outer door handle / catch.
However, this wont work with the other rear door.
Any ideas please? preferably on a similar line to this :
https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/x5- ... -pics.html
Which does work every time with the front doors.
Thanks.
I have had this trouble with both my front doors and I used the following trick to get the front doors open with a piece of wire rod.
https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/x5- ... -pics.html
(different forum I know)
When I got the front doors opened, I trickled 3 in 1 oil down my wire rod to lubricate the mechanism inside the door and then all was ok.
This trick don't seem to work on the rear doors as everything regarding the mechanism is in a different place to the front door.
I have managed to get one of the rear doors now opened by "banging" down on the door frame above the rear door handle just as I was operating the outer door handle / catch.
However, this wont work with the other rear door.
Any ideas please? preferably on a similar line to this :
https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/x5- ... -pics.html
Which does work every time with the front doors.
Thanks.