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Old 10-05-2010, 07:49 PM
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I keep hearing about the door panel write up is on the home page but can't seem to find it. Anyone got a direct link to it?
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here you go

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...andle-fix.html
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I repaired my door today, which took around 2 hours, following the brilliant instructions on the posts One thing though. I disconnected the earth lead prior to carrying out the work as suggested. Unfortunately, when I reconnected the battery terminal the air bag and ABS lights came on and would not go out. Did I do something wrong? BMW want £70 including vat. However, I have found a local guy who is going to do it for £24. Just driven the car down the road and the lights have all gone out. How weird.

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I repaired my door today, which took around 2 hours, following the brilliant instructions on the posts One thing though. I disconnected the earth lead prior to carrying out the work as suggested. Unfortunately, when I reconnected the battery terminal the air bag and ABS lights came on and would not go out. Did I do something wrong? BMW want £70 including vat. However, I have found a local guy who is going to do it for £24. Just driven the car down the road and the lights have all gone out. How weird.
I'm not sure the exact reason why, but i think to clear those codes after disconnecting the battery, you need to drive it down the road. AS long as they are off, and stay off, then i would not be worried at all. Everytime you start the car, it sends a signal through all the functions to make sure they work correctly. You should be fine!
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ya the lights should go off after you drive a few feet. mine did
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Yep...That happens when you disconnect and reconnect the battery. Just drive it around and they should go off.
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How 2 make warning abs lights go away

Yeah! just like Naz24 and other folks says: Usually those warning lights should automatically goes off after you take-off ahead. And I'm pretty sure that they probably already off on your dashboard. Well, normally after those warning lights comes on in my dashboard, I just moved forward and before i can even reach 6 feet ahead, all lights disappeared.
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Here the write up I made when my driver side carrier broke!

Had same problem...seemed complicated at first but is actually very easy!

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WOW!!! Can I say Thank You x5world!!! I managed to fix my door handle and the problem was exactly with part #15. The actual metal structure that held one of the parts fatigued and broke off making the handle inopperable. I bought my part from the dealership..$112 but $89 with CCA


For future reference these are the steps I followed:

1) Remove door panal using instructions on main page. I disconnected my battery. You have to unbolt the airbag, but do not have to disconnect it. I just taped it to the door so it does not hang by the cable.

2) Pop off the painted trim piece that is around the key hole on the exterior of the door.

3) Pop off the black plastic oval on the side of the door. (2 pieces)

4) The hex screw (#17) that holds the carrier is located inside this hole. You will NOT see the screw by looking directly into the hole towards the front of the car. You must look into the hole as if you were looking at the side of the door (It took me a while to find this screw, just don't look into the hole directly because the screw is off to the side). The hex screw that holds the carrier screws into the lock assembly, you could see the hole from the outside. Once you find the screw remove it.

5. After removing the hex screw, the lock assembly (key hole) is lose. Gently pry out the entire assembly (the end of the shaft has a star shaped structure that presses into another piece when putting everything back together)

6. Now you could see the bolt and nut that holds the handle to part of the door carrier. The bolt has a square head. Remove this bolt.

7. Now the handle could be removed by pulling the handle up and twisting. The handle will pivot on the left side, then pull it out of the carrier.

8. Once the handle is removed, remove the rubber seal and the philips head screw (#16) holding the carrier is exposed underneath.

9. Disconnect the cable on the inside of the door. Unsnap the white plastic piece, and the metal cable with ball.

10. The old carrier could now be removed, and the install the new one using the same idea.

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I'm currently in the throws of replacing the driver door carrier as well. As described by others, the outside handle was popped out a bit and the door would not open from outside. From the inside everything worked fine.

One addition to gregwx5 step by step is on #7.

- Once the nut was removed from the handle, I needed to slightly pry out that edge because there is a detent holding the end of the handle to the carrier and preventing the handle from rotating. Once that was done it twisted as described.

Once removed, the carrier showed a break on the side with the spring. This is weak spot in the design of this part it seems. They must sell alot of these.

Thanks the information posted by others on this thread. It kept another X5 owner from opening their wallet to a stealer.
mine just broke!

gonna be doing this this weekend!
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gregwx5.... since you actually replaced the carrier, maybe you can answer my question? Maybe? I changed my carrier last night, thanks to your post, but after pretty much getting it all back together..... I ended up with one extra torx screw! I took everything apart twice but could not find where it went. Do you remember how many torx screws you had.... I think four (4) directly hold the door panel on? I only worked on the drivers door & removed the spare tire to disconnect the negative terminal on the battery. Thanks for any help and from any body else that may know or have a repair manual showing where TORX screws go.
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Is it one of those black torx screws? The door has 4 of them. Near the inner door lever, under the long trim, under the airbag logo and right above the left-side storage compartment.
If not, it probably is one of the old screws, as the carrier comes with both screws holding it, brand new.
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