Door Latch Problems of BMW X5

The contact owns a 2007 BMW X5. The contact stated that the rear passenger side door failed to latch. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was diagnosed that the rear driver side door latch needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

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The contact owns a 2014 BMW X5. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the front driver and rear driver side doors opened independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for a diagnostic testing and the door latches were replaced. The contact also stated that the infotainment screen malfunctioned and was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 14,500.

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The contact owns a 2002 BMW X5. The contact experienced issues with the front doors on her vehicle. She would become locked inside the vehicle because the doors would not open. She attempted to unlock them with the power door lock mechanism, which worked properly, but the door handles would not allow the doors to open. The contact had to exit through the back doors. The dealer and manufacturer have not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 93,140.

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: the contact stated in freezing conditions, the driver side door latch freezes shut. The dealership determined the latch needs to be replaced. The contact is unaware if this is a problem with the other doors, since they are not used. Updated 03/09/06.

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My 2001 BMW X5 door locks get stuck when it is very cold, usually below 15 degrees fahrenheit. The key remote does not work & if I can get the key to manually unlock the door, and get into the vehicle, when I go to shut the door the latch is stuck "open" and will not close, therefore making the car un-drivable because the door will not latch close. I have discussed this w/ BMW on 8/16/05 & they reviewed it. A BMW district representative said that they have noticed that the current "latching/locking" system can allow moisture to get into the locks & make them unusable. They offered to replace all 4 locking mechanisms but I would have to pay 1/2 part & labor, cost to me $450. 00 out of pocket. This sounds like an engineering problem that BMW should recall. I would like to have this investigated.

Electronic door locks fail, no entry in to the vehicle. Was repaired and then failed again.

I have 2001 BMW X5 3. 0. After last week's snow storm and cold weather in boston area, my 2001 X5 doors are frozen. Actually, I opened them from outside yesterday morning (feels like door handle got frozen). But then I could not get them closed. So, I had to push down door lock (little knob) by window and pull hard to get them closed. Now, I could not open them at all. I am climbing in and out of the trunk door to get inside. Fortuately, there is no accident. But, I think this is a serious safety issue when an accident does occur (hard to escape). BMW north America is aware of this problem (si 51 51 02), however there is no proper action from them.

2001 BMW X5. In cold weather the doors freeze up not allowing access in or out of the vehicle. I have had to crawl through the hatch or rear doors to get out of the vehicle. This has happened numerous times and creates a real hazard as you cannot egress the vehicle quickly. Also the latch freezes and will not allow the door to close so the door can fly open while driving. I am an active member on a BMW owners message board and this is a recurring problem for many drivers.

1) cold weather 2) not able to open the doors/not able to close it since the internal locks freeze 3) heat up the interior of the car for long period (@25 min) with door pushed in so it will finally stays shut! this is a well know problem among BMW X5's but the mfg refuses to fix it under warranty.

I live in upstate NY. Last night the temperatures dropped to a very chilly 0 degrees f. Or so. In the morning I attempted to open the front driver's side door of my BMW X5 4. 4 (2001). The latch seemed to work but the door seemed frozen shut, so I pulled harder. The door finally came open - but all latches on that door have ceased to work - from the inside or the outside of the car. The passenger side door seems to be showing similar symptoms but I have not pulled the door open yet for fear of further damage. Fortunately I wasn't driving when this happened but I could have potentially been locked inside my car without any way to exit it! I'll be taking the vehicle to the dealership ASAP to get it repaired but this seems like a very serious problem that BMW has been unwilling to address!.

The driver and front passenger door mechanism freezes (frequently) in cold weather such that the door will open but will not latch when closed. The result is that a driver must drive holding the door closed or not drive the car at all, which is difficult if you need to get home.

Event: cold weather below 15 degrees f. Failure: door locks freeze so that doors can not be closed or passengers can not get out. Door locks were replaced by the dealer when the car was under warranty. That does not fix the problem. It is a design flaw. The car is now out of warranty.

Read that the BMW X5 had problems with it's door lock mechanism. I had experienced the locks not opening in the cold myself, and had seen several people at the dealership with the problem. During a ski trip to mountt snow vermont my door locks were slow to open. The passenger door wouldn't close at first. Then when pushed hard it closed. The door would not open with my passenger inside. She tried the door handle, from inside and I had tried it from outside. The door was unlocked, but would not open at all. I then tried the driver's door and it wouldn't open. The passenger had to climb out the rear doors. It took about a half hour of the car running before the door would open. In an emergency, the passenger and driver would have been toast.

Driver door would not close/latch in weather of 25 degrees. Door finally closed, but handle would not open the door. Latch/mechanism in door frozen. Weather warmed up to over 32f and the door finally opened.

The door locks failed.

Front doors lock occupants inside of vehicle and cannot be opened from inside or outside. Occupants must crawl out of rear of vehicle to exit. Door locks appear to unlock, and handles pull, but there is no unlocking or release of the door latch.

None of the rear doors will lock or shut properly. While driving doors have come opened. Please provide more information.

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Door lock will lock and unlock when switch is used, but the door latch will not release when in unlocked position. Consumer had to crawl out through window. BMW has been contacted.