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Hi , i did try a search but nothing specific found.

My passenger front door has decided not to open from outside or inside - not ideal at all but MOT looming which means a fail!

Any help greatly appreciated - can i get the door card off in closed position? Likely cause a snapped cable or broken fixing?

Handles ok inside and out - lock button still popping up and down ok and can be operated from internal handle.

Sorry for posting this twice but looking for as much help as possible!

Damn thats a bummer.

Not the handle casting thing as you can still open from the inside, sorry cant help but good luck

this is a common problem on the E53, what typically tends to happen is the 'cradle' of the outer door handle which is inside gives way. search this forum there are ppl who have done this DIY.

As said though not opening from inside so how do i get door card off!?

Not having got mine anymore to check what the seals and seats block, but does this procedure from the TIS offer any help at all?

I don't know how much is possible with the door closed but this might give some clues that could at least enable you to get far enough to be able to open the door and then do the rest.

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Good luck , pm me your phone no if you are struggling will talk you through it.

Cheers
Steve

Cheers Steve - just what i was hoping for, a good confident answer i will give that a go when i get a chance over the next couple of days.

I did not want to butcher things when not required!

Cheers for offer of talk through, I may take you up on that 

We had exactly the same problem when we were away with the caravan so had no tools or anything. Ended up having to get an indie to do it, needed to replace the whole lock assembly. Only 25 quid from a breakers tho.
Hope u get it sorted.
Gareth

Sorted now  thanks for comments and help.

I managed to get door card off ok with a bit of care and brute force. One broken push clip and two bent were only casualties! All back together no problem.

As Steve suggested there was no damaged parts or real issues with mechanism, just needed a good bit of lubrication and all fine now.

Just a point to note - this happened when I tried to open the car via passenger door while locked, internal mechanism must have opened up and got jammed as car locked. When it was then unlocked the levers were not doing their job as all jammed open although door clicked shut around pillar peg! Does that make sense?

Cheers
Dougie

I have had the same problem but with both my rear doors. I was able to remove the door card on the passenger side rear and discovered that the lock/unlock mechanism is not picking. When it was connected on a diagonosis computer the problem said to be the relay but the relay is far to reach and it is connected on a circuit board with other relays. The car is an 06 3.0D Sport

could this just be false reporting or is there anything i should try ?
Any help will be much appreciated.