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Old 12-23-2012, 08:00 PM   #1
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Unhappy 95' 318ti Doors Won't Open or Unlock

Hi guys, I recently purchased a Red 1995 318ti Base Model automatic, and the only way I could enter the car is through the trunk.

Symptoms are:

-Trunk locks and unlocks
-From the outside I can not even turn the key to unlock or lock the doors on the drivers or passengers side
-From the inside, when I pull the door handle on the passenger and drivers side the knob that moves up and down when locked or unlocked moves but the door will not open.
-When pulling on the door handle on the outside, nothing happens and the knob does not move or down.

Its pretty frustrating. I don't know what to do. Because its both the passenger and drivers side, I have a suspicion it has to do with some type of electrical malfunction but I thought these doors were designed in the event of an electrical failure to the central locking you could manually open the door.

The doors act as if they have a child safety lock.

Hoping that anyone could help. Thank you.
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Old 12-25-2012, 06:52 PM   #2
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Figured it out.

The aftermarket alarm went haywire and dead locked the doors. So I removed the alarm completely.
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Old 12-25-2012, 07:24 PM   #3
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