Embarrasing experience. The driver side door won't open.
 

I was at the gas station, and tried to get out of the car to fill the gas, and I couldn't. I was trapped in the car and got out of the car through the passenger side door. WTF.. A guy at the pump was looking at me and giggling...
It was so embarrasing... lol

It happened before and BMW fixed it a couple of weeks ago, but the issue just came back.

S***!

This has been a recurring problem since the very first X5s. The fancy electrical locking system hangs and won't unlock the doors. I only had it happen a few times in the 8+ years we had our 2001 X5. In ALL cases I was able to get the door to unlock by using the key fob or the central locking button to lock and then unlock the doors. YMMV

Funf Dreisig

that happened to me once the door handel from inside just became loose and could go out they said it was the spring or somthing just to fix it they ruined the trim of the door and they had to order a whole door trim on the warranty

man.... that really blows!

def a safety issue!

you guys are right. It's absolutely a safety issue..
you know like in the movie, you get into an accident, there's a fire around the car but the door doesn't (NEVER) open...you can't get out.. and car explodes and you die...lol
I'm gonna call BMW customer service. I didn't like service quality when they fixed the door last time, either. A front cupholder was FULL of COFFEE when I was picking up the car. They cleaned that up before I left the service center, but still I don't really feel great.. Now the car makes me even crazier!!

Like one person mentioned try the central locking button. Next try the remote on the key. If that doesn't work put down the windows and use the outside handle.

This is not just a BMW/X5 thing.

Nothing worked out. I tried the outside handle, the remote control, and central locking button.... None of it works..
Even though the the locking button(you know the little thing on the door - when you lock/unlock the door, it goes down/up accordingly) is at up-positon, the door won't open.
So weird...
Thanks for advices anyway.

Wow. That's not right :( How embarrassing.

This happened to me today, outside handle, key FOB nothing worked. The lock pin pops up and that's it. I had to jump over through the passenger seat. I don't know if this has anything to the fact this is the coldest day of the year.

Hopefully it will open when I get back into it later today, otherwise, I will have to figure out how to fix this.....any ideas?