It turns out that the buttery-soft bolts, despite me being unable to remove them with any of a dozen hex or Torx bits, or a flathead, or anything else I tried, are loose enough that I could easily turn them out by grabbing them with vice grips.



Now that I have the new DLA in... nothing works. All my other door-lock actuators worked with the old DLA and when the new DLA was unplugged... and now nothing works no matter what I do. The door lock rod on top doesn't move whether I try to push it in by hand or electronically. (Note that nothing works whether my brand new BMW DLA is plugged in or unplugged.) I am afraid to shut the driver's door, because I don't want it to get locked closed without being able to reopen it.

I logged on with PA soft and cleared the code. Do I need to do anything to make the new DLA work? Pelican's write-up doesn't say anything about coding.

What am I missing here guys? (Besides the obvious that I should have walked or ran away from this car instead of buying it)

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2003 3.0 5MT Topasblau
Purchased in 2016 and sold in 2024
2012 35d Platingrau