I'm locked Out...help!!!

[davintosh]

Originally Posted by DrRick

Problem was the key cylinder was broke. Was able to activate the unlock mech. with long semiflex rod inserted between door and frame. Thinking about installing a hidden microswitch. However, i've owned the car 10 years and this is the first time it has happened. I had just replaced the battery in the key fob I was using, and it worked for about a week...............it was just dumb luck that the key cylinder broke at the same time.

Sounds like what happened to me last fall; dumb luck. The even dumber part of mine is that while trying to use the rod to hit the unlock button, I accidentally hit the unlock button on the key and it worked.

Fixing the cylinder isn't difficult; here's a thread that has some good info on the repair: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...inder-fix.html I sourced the repair parts through eBay for not a lot of money, but ended up with a malformed part in the kit. Thankfully I was able to reuse the original in place of the bad part.

[DrRick]

Key door lock cylinder repair W/ Pics - E46Fanatics


Here are some great pics and discussion about the kits and the nuances of replacing that f***ing spring!

[fizzx]

Looks like my cylinder is jacked up. Keyfob has been dead a while and I can't manually unlock. Are there still admins that know the secret unlock "procedure" I read about at the start of this thread?
02 X5

[Clockwork]

I always wondered if the old school "glass scoring and tap to break the line" technique would work on a non laminated side glass? Then no shattered pieces...

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[upallnight]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

I always wondered if the old school "glass scoring and tap to break the line" technique would work on a non laminated side glass? Then no shattered pieces...

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The side glasses are not laminated, but they are tempered, so any score on the glass will just cause the glass to break into a million tiny pieces.

[Clockwork]

ok, so there's my answer. thanks

[lostindirt]

Originally Posted by UCrewX5

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same problem here, key fobs don't work (one was long dead), lock doesn't work either...don't want to break a window or pry the door