BMW E36 Forum

I really need some help with this. For some reason I cant open my drivers side door from the outside and its giving me trouble opening it from the inside. Does anyone know which part or parts are broken inside the door???

I recall I had the same issue. Solved it by removing the door panel and oiling the mechanical parts behind the door handle. Also, the door latch. This should fix the problem for you hopefully.

before you take anything apart put the nozzle of a can of wd40 thru the key hole and let it rip then do the same to all the lock parts you can see when you open the door, then lock/unlock/lock/unlock etc and that should work if not use sun roof

I used to have the same issue, the friking door wont open, from the outside and I have to knock it to open it.
The problem, is the plastic door handle is broken, you can tell because, well you pull the door handle, it doesn't come down as fast as it should.
Its not any of the complex mechanics of the door handle its JUST the friking plastic inside of it (let me explain a little further, the plastic that you pull, its attach to a housing thats also plastic, and that crap is broken)
. Well you pulled it apart you will tell. My two front doors have the same issue, and of course the back doors are ok (because they have less use)

thanks guys, sorry it took so long. BUT I did have the handles replaced and my drivers side opens but its still giving me problems. Im totally out of ideas. I tried the wd40 trick and got no results. Im not too worried about it now cause its about time to put her(my car) away for the winter. Im about to make some calls to dealerships and tuners to figure this out. If you guys have any other tricks, please let me know.