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Cant believe it, door wont open from the outside!  Seen Sanj's "How To" guide but i dont have the Time.  Also hard to differentiate my Archy from my elbow!  Garage it is!

So the door handle's not really gone is it - it is still there, but perhaps inoperative. Or are you alerting us to a door handle theft .......?

Smee

Yeah "gone" as in broken / not working.....

Be interested to see how much it costs you to get fixed. Mine feels like its going whenever I open the door - that's "going" as in starting to play up / may be broken soon, not packing its bags and leaving me.....

Its a common fault on E53's and there is a fix guide on here but for me personally, I could just as well be reading a washing machine manual in Arabic in terms of being able to follow it or do it myself.

Ro.

Mine occasionally feels like it is going but I've sprayed some lube in/around the handle area and that seems to ease it off for a few months

dont go for aftermarket part off fleabay, spend the extra £30 odd and get oem, it worth it, be careful as my cable had stretched a bit too

Ha ha ha, gone, yes.  It's still there, but it no worky anymore, was thinking of going to BMW at swap it for a E70.

Not just because the door handle is broken, it's. 2006 Le Mans Blue, lovely car but I just get the feeling it's the start of a downhill spiral.  I'll do some research but what things do I reply need on the E70.

My car has heated steering wheel, love it on those cold mornings!

Gone indeed

Smee, be sensible, I know I need a steering wheel, tyres.......and the usual stuff that makes the wheels go round  )