I locked my driver side door yesterday which I don't normally do because I was in town. Central locking didn't lock the passenger side so I had to do that one too. When I got back I tried to unlock my door and it wouldn't open. It will not open from the inside either. I have tried using the central locking from trunk and pass side door but no luck. I searched it and it appears I double locked it. I sprayed DW40 in the lock and wiggled the key around trying to open it for around 10 minutes but no luck. Can I keep trying to wiggle it around or will can I slim jim it? I am not going to tear the door apart and put in a new lock. Ideas?
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Well, um... Rebuilding the driver door lock cylinder sounds like what is required for repair. Why would you be hesitant to do this simple, inexpensive repair? -
Well he cant do that inexpensive repair unless he gets the door unlocked first, and if he dosnt use the locks well than for him it makes no difference.
I assume the cylinder in the door is in the horizontal (-) posistion thus the driver door is truly double locked?
Right now id say keep at it with wd40, maybe give the cylinder a few light taps with something to see if you can free things up.Comment
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Same thing happened to me when I used a duplicated key to lock the driver door. The cylinder was in the horizontal position and for the life of me I could not unlock the double-lock. Fortunately, when I used the original BMW key, it unlocked just fine. I did spray WD-40 into all the locks and the duplicate key is working just fine. I did have to file down one of the notches on the duplicate key to have a perfect pattern match.Comment
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