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. :woot:

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.

best pictures i've seen yet
 

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!

Locked out!
 

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?
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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.

ok, so there's my answer. thanks

i got the exactly same problem help please!
 

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