How to remove exterior door handle on BMW Z4 Roadster

[@bukswillemsoosthuizen3745]

❤...thx so much! Did you have a video to show how you put it back...especially...the doorkey lock with the inside door lock. How you line them up.. 🙏🙏🙏

[@julioguardado]

I had to replace the door handle on the driver's side on both my 1998 e38 and my sister-in-law's e39. The handles just snapped in half.

[@bimmermerchant]

Both handles snapped?

[@julioguardado]

@bimmermerchant Yeap, the door handles snapped in half and came clear off the door. I thought it was weird that both cars failed the same way. From what I remember, the door handle designs were the same, or at least very similar on both. I got the replacement handles on eBay. One was the right color, the other I had to paint.

[@Meatpipeify]

I’m having an issue with my 2003 z4 passenger door where I can’t get it open at all. When I unlock using the key from the driver side the lock post will go up and snap down 3 times and won’t unlock the door. I’ve got the door card off and manually manipulating the interior door handle lever won’t move actuate the latch either. So basically the door acts like it’s locked and will not open from the interior or exterior handles. I’m kind of short on ideas, so would really appreciate some input!

[@Daadeli]

You have a deadlock, with that word you can search for some help. But shortly, if you happen to get the door to unlock by closing and opening multiple times in a row from remote you are lucky. If that happens, don´t close the door anymore but change the latch. It´s pretty straightforward job. But if you are unlucky like me and the door wont open no matter what because you waited for too long, brute violence is needed. I had to break the latches plastic cover in pieces working inside the door. It´s doable, but pain in the ass few hours job. The target is to break open the latch cover so much that you can reach the back end of a latch with a big screwdriver, there is metallic part that needs to be pushed to some direction which will open the door. It´s approximately found by going at the bottom of the latch level. This also has a video somewhere in KZbin which helps to clarify.

[@bukswillemsoosthuizen3745]

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