Can't open front passenger door

[wailerwoo]

I have a 1990 525i. All the doors work fine except for the front passenger door. It is stuck locked. I have resynchronized the locks multiple times and everything else works fine, except for that one door. Any thoughts? I am a new BMW owner with a car that is a project and I can't claim to be to mechanically inclined but I am a quick learner.

[Interceptor]

I have a 1990 525i. All the doors work fine except for the front passenger door. It is stuck locked. I have resynchronized the locks multiple times and everything else works fine, except for that one door. Any thoughts? I am a new BMW owner with a car that is a project and I can't claim to be to mechanically inclined but I am a quick learner.

Can you open the passenger door from the inside? How does the catch feel? Do you feel any tension when pulling it?

[wailerwoo]

I can't open the door at all. Lock is stuck in the locked position and door won't open from either the inside or the outside.

[Interceptor]

I can't open the door at all. Lock is stuck in the locked position and door won't open from either the inside or the outside.

I guess pulling up the lock-pin manually doesn't help? You should remove the door panel and fiddle with the lock mechanism - if something is stuck, you should be able to troubleshoot it once the door panel is off.

For information on removing the door panels, see: http://www.bmwe34.net

[632 Regal]

umm...dont you need the door open to remove the panel?

[Interceptor]

umm...dont you need the door open to remove the panel?

Umm, interesting point of view How do you open the doors that are stuck locked if you cannot access the door panel? This seems like the chicken and the egg situation

[Paul in NZ]

have you tried the emergency unlock procedure???

[Interceptor]

have you tried the emergency unlock procedure???

How do you do that?

[SharkmanBMW]

rip the door apart and get another panel later!
you may have no alternative.

[ve39]

I had the same problem what i did is opened a window and started pulling a pin (can't pull it out with the hands) it will take couple of tries wile you pull HARD trying moving a handle, after you'll get it out you'll be able to open your door but there still would be some problems with the lock so what you'll have to do is put that grease for locks put it in and play around with the pin the lock will work it self out on it's on.
make sure to put that grease on all of the lock after so it wont happened to the other doors

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