The vapor barrier was missing so obvs somebody was in there before me. I'll pull the panel off again when I get home from this month+ road trip. I unbolted the airbag but did not disconnect the wiring as I did not disconnect the battery because I needed to raise/lower the window to get the door latch cable connected.

If I push the lock button down it pops right back up. But now that I think about it maybe it hasn't really worked in the first place, because more than once I forgot to unlock the car and was able to open the driver door which triggered the alarm.

The rear door DLA doesn't work either; I can hear the actuator clunking, but no locking. Been like that since I got it, grabbed one off a junked E53 but odds of it working are not great. I know you posted awhile back about tearing it apart and replacing the little motors, but I haven't pursued that yet.

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