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Old 08-26-2023, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Bdc101 View Post
The incredible complexity of the door locking system just makes its total unreliability that much more unforgivable

They must have learned their lesson the e70 lost features of e53. Sadly that makes e70 ∞ more susceptible to smash and grab.

I have most of my items that wont fit through a window and you can't open e53 door from inside when alarm is set. As far as I can tell e70 doesn't have the double lock system.

It's possible It does and just outsmarted me by not disabling the inner door handles if a person is on the ass detector.

My door latches failed ≈ 140,000 miles after 16 yr or so. That's really not "total unreliable". They do have a design flaw in two places:

1) the self cleaning hinges on the DHC has a weak spot that will fatigue fail eventually.

2) the DLA has two metal parts that touch each other and capillary action will suck 1/20 of a ml of water between them and freeze them together.

If you don't realize the handle is frozen and try to tug, refer to 1).
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