Wpoll long time no hear, all ok? Ok thanks, and darn, sifting through all these posts seems job is a mission, so door card off, the door lock cylinder out or the actual lock needs to be removed? so either way car non driver unless tape up door to stop it opening ? this will be biggest issue.

I think gonna try live with it as is, find a used actuator (hope its ok) , gonna also look at these posts see how painless it is to remove and open and then close the actual actuator and source replacement motors that i can gut and use in the existing shot one unit......jeez it is giving me pain this car....just reaaaal odd how soon after i did the dhc that this showed up got 111,000 miles on it, BUT believe it or not for a good 4 years car was always unlocked and drive mostly weekends so the usage of those little motors was limited i guess....ok thanks again to all for feedback

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E53 X5 3.0d SUV prod.date 11/2004 eng.variant M57N Europe Right hand drive N