Hi all,

I hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the holiday season. Yesterday, I went to my E53 2003 BMW X5 3.0i and tried to open the driver's door, but from the outside, it would not let me open it. It was also 8 degrees outside (absolutely freezing).

However, I was able to get the front door to eventually open by going into the car through the passenger door and pushing the driver's door inner knob outward, which opened the front driver's door. But, what's strange is that the front driver's door exterior knob itself goes outward too when trying to open the door from the outside, but something is causing the front driver's door to still not open at all from the outside ultimately.

I tried spraying WD-40 as well as De-Icer on the front door's handle, but I still have not had any luck. Oddly enough, all other 3 doors + the trunk, despite it being freezing outside, were eventually able to open from both the inside and outside of the car. The car was turned on too when trying to open the front driver's door from the outside.

Does anyone have any other tips as to how I can essentially get my frozen front driver's door to open from the outside of the car?

Thanks in advance!