Latches/locks/linkage Problems of BMW 328 - part 2

My automatic door locks failed in October 2010. A fuse was replaced. Then they failed again in December 2010. Both times I was outside of the car. I used the manual key in the key fob to open the driver's door. If I had been inside of the car when it happened, the only way out would have been through the windows. When the locks failed, all doors were frozen closed and the interior override did not work. This could be serious if there was a need to quickly exit the car. Especially if it involved pets, children, the elderly.

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2007 BMW 328i doors would not lock/unlock.

BMW 328i 2007. My whole family {4} of us were locked in car. We could not open the car from inside. That is most crazy thing ever happen to me. This is the safety issue and BMW need to recall all vehicles and fix problem before somebody gets really in trouble. I made some research and find out that more people had the same problem as I had. I had to pull out my children trough the window to get them out of car. What would happen if some bigger adult was sitting in the back of car or if we had crash on our way home. This issue with this car need to be recalled!!.

Door actuators on my 2007 BMW 328i failed. It began with just the front two doors and then the rear doors. A very expensive repair, mostly labor expense. I am thankful that this did not occur when away from home as locking and unlocking the doors was not possible. Also, if someone had been in the backseat they may not have been able to get out.

The door locks suddenly stop working. They lock and stay locked. You cannot open them from the inside, except the driver's door. All three remaining doors do not open! this is a common problem in BMW 3-series e90s.

2007 BMW 328xi. Electronic door locks would not unlock. No door could be unlocked from inside vehicle. No door could be opened from inside vehicle. Pulling the internal door latch repeatedly failed to unlock or open door. Pushing electronic lock/unlock button on dashboard failed to unlock doors. Lowering window and using manual key in exterior lock unlocked door but as soon as key was rotated to remove from lock door immediately electronically relocked. Key had to be held in unlock position while interior door latch was used to open the door in order to open door to exit car. Subsequently except for driver's door all doors remained inoperable locked but drivers door could be opened only manually with manual key from exterior or latch from interior without automatically re-locking. Dealer was notified and repaired. Dealer reported that a "short" had caused failure of ability to unlock. Event has not occurred again in one month.

Repeated door lock actuator failure in 2007 BMW 3281. When this happens, both rear doors and the front passenger doors are impossible to open from outside or inside. This is an obvious safety hazard.

The doors on my 2007 BMW 328i would not open with the push button lock. I removed the manual key and was able to open the door from the outside. When I returned to my house, I reviewed the owners manual and checked to see if the setting was wrong with the key. Pushing the key, open-close button the doors locked but would not open. I had the foresight to roll my window down prior to checking the lock. If I had not done so, I would have been locked in the vehicle. This happened in florida and could have been fatal if locked in the car without a way out in the florida heat. Also, the gas door was locked shut and I was unable to put gas in the vehicle. I contacted the BMW dealership (quality imports- ft walton beach) and took the car to them for repairs. It took two days instead of the two hours that I was promised. Also, I found out that they had a technical repair bulletin that had been issued regarding faulty locks on this model vehicle. Besides the safety complaint I feel that I was charges when I should have been taken care of (no cost to the consumer) since this vehicles problem was a safety issue. I have talked with corporate BMW and was told that any issue could be considered a safety issue. (I felt that I was blown off). I would like for the faulty door actuators to be considered a safety issue and not a technical bulletin issue. When asking the dealership what they meant by a technical bulletin, the response was that they knew about the problem but there was no safety problems identified. I disagree.

All doors on a 2007 BMW 328i, 4-door, would not unlock for an unknown reason. All passengers were trapped inside the vehicle and had to climb out the windows to exit the vehicle.

Unable to open front passenger door and rear passenger door due to failure of fuse caused by defective door lock actuators creating an unsafe condition in the event of an accident. This is known problem by BMW as service bulletin was issued. As a technical expert in this field I believe this should be a recall. The failure mode is unsafe and can occur during driving, if failure occurs during driving passengers cannot exit the vehicle. The locking system does not comply to fmvss206 s4. 1. 3 as there is no ability to unlock the mechanism once the door is locked and the fuse fails.

Model: 2007 BMW 328i. The electronic "door actuators" failed. As a result, it became impossible to open any door of the vehicle from the inside, except the driver's door. When these electronic door actuators fail, passengers are trapped in the vehicle, and are exposed to injury or death in the event of a fire or if the vehicle becomes submerged. The service advisor at the dealership (weatherford BMW, berkeley, California) suggested that even if the electronic door actuators were disabled the doors could still be opened by pulling twice on the opening latch. However, when this was tried, the doors still could not be opened. The service advisors did comment that this problem had occurred in other 328i models; and, in fact, another vehicle was being serviced for the identical problem. In view of this extremely serious defect which apparently exists with the 328i model, resulting in trapping passengers if the electrical system controlling the doors fails, we strongly suggest that this defect be investigated, and that the subject vehicles be recalled so that the defect can be corrected before deaths or injuries occur.

1999 BMW 328i 4dr (e46) door lock failure door locks no longer unlock doors when button is pressed on fob or from within the vehicle. Happens 2 out of three times door are locked, doors lock automatically when car begins to move. Problem: lock not operating, trap occupant in vehicle, the doors will not open manually. This is serious, you cannot unlock the doors to exit the vehicle!.

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While driving on the highway at about 60 mph, the front passenger door opened by itself and door open warning showed up. It has happened only once on my car so far but a few other owners of similar BMW cars have had the same issue. When reported to the manufacturer's dealership service department, the standard response from the dealership is "unable to replicate problem" and they will not do anything else about it.

A simple fuse failure in the automatic door locking system rendered the inside door handles unusable, except for one, whose actuator caused the original electrical overload. Had something else caused the fuse to fail, we would be unable to egress the vehicle except through the windows, and, with a complete electrical failure that also would have been impossible. The BMW tech people tell me that the system is designed that way. I feel that it is a safety hazard.

The door locks failed to unlock (with both the remote entry and the door lock switch located in the car) with the exception of the driver side door. This resulted in all passengers (including small children) to have to exit the car through the driver's door. In the event of an emergency this could cause safety issues for all occupants. This was repaired by increasing the size of the fuse (to a 20 amp from a 15 amp). After research, this appears to be just a temporary fix. I am concerned with the safety issues this could cause for other families.

The door locks would not work with the fob. I was locked in side the vehicle. When I finally got out and tried to open the doors from outside, the doors would not open. This situation has happened many times over the years. I was trapped inside the car during a heavy rain fall on the road last year due to the doors not unlocking.

Power lock actuators on vehicle fail repeatedly. Between 2000 and 2003, three power lock actuators failed on vehicle (both rear doors and front passenger door). Sometimes the actuators get stuck in the locked position, sometimes unlocked. Walked away from vehicle with an unlocked door on several occasions before discovering problem. In one case (front pass. Door), door lock was even difficult (but not impossible) to operate manually: this was stuck in the locked position, making entry into the vehicle very difficult.

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