Love the instructions and I hope its awhile before I have to do this on my 2003 X5 3.0. What i have been doing however is only using the outside handle to unlock the door and using my other hand and the door frame up by the window to open the door. Theory is that the carrier is breaking due to the weight of the door and if I don't subject it to all the weight than maybe it will last longer. Trick is asking my guests to do the same and you know how that goes... But my friends all know now and I always remind them. They think I am nuts but I have been in aircraft maintenance for 28 years now and sometimes we just have to operate differently to prevent failures. I will probably be posting tomorrow that the darn thing broke but at at least I feel like I have a plan...