Bmw X5 Drivers Door Will Not Open Outside Of Protected

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My 2001 BMW X5 has serios issues with its design that BMW Corp refuses to acknowledge or fix. 1st there is a faulty design on the pvc causing the valve to freeze and drain the oil into the engine. This almost caused a fire in my car.

And cost me about $1200 to fix. 2nd there is a design flaw with the front doors whereby the either freeze shut or refuse to lock in temperatures below 17F. This is a hazard waiting to happen.

Please help us ( consumers) since BMW apparently has no interest in adressing these issues.- Madison, WI, USA. My 2001 BMW X5 door locks get stuck when it is very cold, usually below 15 degrees Fahrenheit. The key remote does not work & if I can get the key to manually unlock the door, and get into the vehicle, when I go to shut the door the latch is stuck 'open' and will not close, therefore making the car un-drivable because the door will not latch close. I have discussed this w/ BMW on 8/16/05 & they reviewed it. A BMW district representative said that they have noticed that the current 'latching/locking' system can allow moisture to get into the locks & make them unusable. They offered to replace all 4 locking mechanisms but I would have to pay 1/2 part & labor, cost to me $450 out of pocket. This sounds like an engineering problem that BMW should recall.

I would like to have this investigated.- New Albany, OH, USA. Had car serviced at 60,000 miles, only 3 weeks later the green dashes started appearing again and staying on, as if I needed to have car serviced. Called dealer and they said not to worry, this has been know to happen, just ignore it. Very loud noise from sun roof (closed) while traveling on freeway and leaks during car washes' dealer said they can replace the seal and this should fix the problem. Brake light indicator on dash comes on and off, as if bulb is out, but just replaced bulb, then replaced again, sometimes this brake light works and sometimes it doesn't. Window on front passenger window would not go back up after opened, then a day later, the door would not open or close.

Dealer replaced the window mechanism that controls both the door handle and the window at my cost mind you the rear window and door had been done only a year before. The dealer told me that this happens on all german cars, doesn't matter the age of car or make. How frustrating - spend $45,000 and know windows will eventually quit working?' Front right headlamp gets moisture in it and it takes 3-5 days to clear up. Driver cup holders, what is up with that - can only put one cup in it, when try to put 2 in, they overlap, very frustrating when driving.

Storage in front minimal and a hassle, you have to reach back and sort of behind you to get into compartment - dangerous while driving. Leather seats are very hard, need a plushier leather. Wheels, brake 'dust' gets all over the wheels much much more than any other luxury car I have ever had. Cargo cover in rear needs work, check out the one Lexus uses in RX30. Need more cargo space - compared to RX330 and the Volvo X90, space is extremely small. Disappointed in my car - want to sell it, will not buy another BMW.- Meridian, ID, USA. I have 2001 BMW X5 3.0.

After last week's snow storm and cold weather in boston area, my 2001 X5 doors are frozen. Actually, I opened them from outside yesterday morning (feels like door handle got frozen). But then I could not get them closed. So, I had to push down door lock (little knob) by window and pull hard to get them closed.

Now, I could not open them at all. I am climbing in and out of the trunk door to get inside.

Fortuately, there is no accident. But, I think this is a serious safety issue when an accident does occur (hard to escape). BMW North America is aware of this problem (si 51 51 02), however there is no proper action from them.- Cambridge, MA, USA. I live in upstate NY. Last night the temperatures dropped to a very chilly 0 degrees F. In the morning I attempted to open the front driver's side door of my BMW X5 4.4 (2001).

The latch seemed to work but the door seemed frozen shut, so I pulled harder. The door finally came open - but all latches on that door have ceased to work - from the inside or the outside of the car. The passenger side door seems to be showing similar symptoms but I have not pulled the door open yet for fear of further damage. Fortunately I wasn't driving when this happened but I could have potentially been locked inside my car without any way to exit it! I'll be taking the vehicle to the dealership asap to get it repaired but this seems like a very serious problem that BMW has been unwilling to address!- Ithaca, NY, USA.

Read that the BMW X5 had problems with it's door lock mechanism. I had experienced the locks not opening in the cold myself, and had seen several people at the dealership with the problem. During a ski trip to mountt snow Vermont my door locks were slow to open. The passenger door wouldn't close at first. Then when pushed hard it closed.

Bmw X5 Drivers Door Will Not Open Outside Of Protected Day

The door would not open with my passenger inside. She tried the door handle, from inside and I had tried it from outside. The door was unlocked, but would not open at all. I then tried the driver's door and it wouldn't open. The passenger had to climb out the rear doors. It took about a half hour of the car running before the door would open. In an emergency, the passenger and driver would have been toast.- Staten Island, NY, USA.

Bmw X5 Drivers Door Will Not Open Outside Of Protected Water

If a plastic rod clip is broken and not disconnected, I might add that many parts houses sell packages of clips cheap in the self help racks. Maybe something there will match up and I’m assumng a BMW dealer is not close by.Another option for a broken clip is to use a spring steel carburetor linkage clip; also available in the self help stuff.While I don’t know if you’re guilty of this or not, many times those clips are broken or dislodged because the door handle is yanked firmly while opening a door instead of using a slower, less forceful movement. The guys have it pretty well solved out and since youre about to open up the door panel you already know the things that can go wrong inside the door. HOWEVERin a BMW SpecificallyIf it was ME I would do the following. Yes, I’ve owned and repaired MANY BMW’sTake your key Jeez if it still does have a key and use it in the offending door to lock/unlock the door from the outside.

ALSOusing the keyIF it has one in the rear trunk/door to activate the usual BMW Lock/Unlock ALL doors featureLOLIF BMW still has that on the X5.I just wanted you to do this to weed out a lock rod issue in the door as BMW has slightly different locks than most cars with how they lock and unlock and even deadbolt themselves.If all these tests are possibledo themotherwiseyou knew you were going to go into the door panel anyway looking for damage or a broken clip holding a lock rod of some sort.Blackbird.