TUTORIAL: BMW E39 Door will not open from outside or inside - how to take off door panel 

man you are a genius, the newer e46s have only one single cord and if it stretch or breaks you can't use the interior nor the exterior handle!! it's insane, in my coupe I had to pop the door card from the inside breaking all the clips off and then with a long screwdriver I had to force the actuator to unlock my god

Very well presented. I just got done removing the front passenger door panel on a 2001 E38 that won't open from the inside or outside. More of a brute force then finesse thing but there is more room to play at the front. Same thing though as I started from the top after removing door handle. The air bag was right in the way so I moved it but no joy playing with the various moving pieces yet. The door did become stuck open first before I got it to close and then it has been closed ever since.

Thank you for the tips and tricks. I removed the door panel to replace the widow motor and assembly. I cannot open the door from inside my Bimmer or from the outside. I believe the same steps apply (for the most part) for the front passenger door. LOL I also had to order a seat belt for the front passenger because my dog ate the belt. I took my mom's dog for a ride, before reaching my destination, I had stopped at Dunkin Donuts. I got out of the car and then used the fob to lock the doors but I forgot to disable the motion sensor. What I mean by disabling the motion sensor, having to click the lock button a second time within 30 seconds of activating the alarm. By doing so, it will disable the Bimmer's tilt sensors and cabin motion sensors. But, sure enough about 30 seconds later of locking the doors, the alarm was set off by my mom's dog. The alarm is every loud, and I am glad, but my mom's dog isn't as the sound scared him and he became nervous and then he Chewed right through the front passenger seat belt.

Thank you for the amazing video. I am currently working on BMW335i with the same problem. Though, I already have idea how to do it ,your video teaches me the steps to do first before going deeply to the problem. God bless😇

Glad I found this... let's hoping mine works out. My passenger front door doesn't open. Lol

Now for those of us with the shades, the shade unit has 2 screws, 1 screw on the left and 2nd screw on the right of the door. To access the screws you must carefully remove the wood trim of the sill. Now for the front doors, there is a screw inside the ven of the door. You MUST OPEN THE DOOR look into the vent and you'll well a Philps screw.

thank you for the tips on how to get the door to open, now I’ll have to improvize a bit as none of my doors open :/

Thank you for this video ! ! !

good video nice explenation :)

Was removing everything necessary in the end or could I do the same without pulling all apart, like could I just pull the door handle out the inside and spray down?

Thank you!

great video indeed yet my front driver door will not open !!! would you suggest anything please?

Thanks! I have the same issue with my 99 528i wagon.

Same problem in my Bmw E34 525i on the same door you worked on And on the other side of the rear passenger area the door wont open from the inside

Thanks

Hello. I’m having a very similar problem on my e39 except it’s my front passenger. If you can at can you please contact me if you can talk and help me with it tomorrow

I'm having the same issue but it's with my front door

Great. Video

Will this method work on 2011 F10 535i ? My rear driver and passenger both can't open from inside and outside 😞

i have the same problem with my E46 passenger door and it wont open from insíde and outside and i just cant fix it

7:38 i reached that part. I push with a screwdriver and door doesn't open. Any help? How can i open my door in order to change the actuator?? Any ideas? I am stucked here.

I have the same problem BUT its my front door how would I do that for the front door ?

Having same issue with my driver door on e46 I'm rebuilding.. locking mechanism locks and unlocks, but acuator appears stuck. Panel was already off. Any suggestions from any and all viewing..

How to fix it when the front passenger door gets stucked?

Is this work if the child safety lock is on ?

Watching the video i though i would fix it but I couldn't do anything. So i pulled on the door and friend pushed from the inside and boom we opened

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Now that Im educated wish me lack with my astra j diamond hands boys

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This is gonna be a bit*h to do, I see you have war scars and hella bandages

Bullshit front doors panel cant be removed once stuck without complete destroying it