Driver side door not opening

[JayShipway]

Hiya all, i own a 320ci, and the driver side door has recently failed to open from the outside. I was wondering what part had failed? Or at least the common parts to fail.

[Greydog]

Afternoon Jay

Welcome to the Forum

You say the door failed to open is that Failed to unlock or Failed to open at the handle? If it is unlocking but the handle doesn't open the door the it could be the Bowen Cable (23) on the drawing or the Carrier (15) on the drawing. If it is not unlocking it is probably the actuator (1) on the drawing

Have a look at www.realoem.com put the last 7 digits of your Vin in the search box and it will bring up your model then look in Bodywork.

You can also try www.newtis.info a BMW Technical site used by the Dealer network

Take a look at the attached hope it helps

Dave

[JayShipway]

4 minutes ago, Greydog said:

Afternoon Jay

Welcome to the Forum

You say the door failed to open is that Failed to unlock or Failed to open at the handle? If it is unlocking but the handle doesn't open the door the it could be the Bowen Cable (23) on the drawing or the Carrier (15) on the drawing. If it is not unlocking it is probably the actuator (1) on the drawing

Have a look at www.realoem.com put the last 7 digits of your Vin in the search box and it will bring up your model then look in Bodywork.

You can also try www.newtis.info a BMW Technical site used by the Dealer network

Take a look at the attached hope it helps

Dave

Hiya Dave, 

Thanks for this! I thought that it might be the Bowen cable, but I just wanted to see other causes! Thanks! 

[JayShipway]

It fails to open, it is able to be unlocked but just won’t open from the outside.

[Greydog]

Hi Jay

On the X5 the door carrier breaks while there are copies on Ebay the OEM part apparently isn't horrendous cost. Most of the reports are buy cheap buy twice

Dave