Winter driver's door problem

[Daniel8347]

The problem in my car (X5 e70 2011) is that when the temperature drops below freezing I am not able to open the driver's door The outside door handle goes with a lot of resistance The inside door handle goes as if I was not connected at all After warming up the car the problem passes as if nothing ever happened Where to look for the problem what could be defective

[Greydog]

Morning Daniel

Welacome to the Forum

If it all works OK when warm or above freezing it seems your door is frozen shut, get some silicone spray and treat the door seal rubbers to a good clean and spray with the silicane spray 

Dave

[Daniel8347]

1 hour ago, Greydog said:

Morning Daniel

Welacome to the Forum

If it all works OK when warm or above freezing it seems your door is frozen shut, get some silicone spray and treat the door seal rubbers to a good clean and spray with the silicane spray 

Dave

As I wrote above the problem lies somewhere inside the door because the outer handle is almost impossible to move it goes with very high resistance and the inner handle behaves as if I was disconnected all the rubbers everything is lubricated so this is not the problem

[Daniel8347]

3 hours ago, Daniel8347 said:

The problem in my car (X5 e70 2011) is that when the temperature drops below freezing I am not able to open the driver's door The outside door handle goes with a lot of resistance The inside door handle goes as if I was not connected at all After warming up the car the problem passes as if nothing ever happened Where to look for the problem what could be defective

I am wondering if the problem lies in the handle mechanism 
the cable between the outer handle and the lock or maybe the lock itself is the problem some of these parts have a rather long waiting time well and I don't want to order everything

[Greydog]

Hi Daniel

The door has an electric actuator for locking/unlocking the outer handle is connected to it by a cable if the outer cable is sticking the actuator can't release so the inner handle will not work.

The only fix I think will be a new cable to the outer handle

Dave

[Daniel8347]

3 minutes ago, Greydog said:

Hi Daniel

The door has an electric actuator for locking/unlocking the outer handle is connected to it by a cable if the outer cable is sticking the actuator can't release so the inner handle will not work.

The only fix I think will be a new cable to the outer handle

Dave

Do you mean these metal cable or is there maybe some other electric wire there

[Greydog]

Hi Daniel

The only electrical connection is the under handle LED on the outside door handle. The door handle has a Bowden cable that connects it to the actuator, the actuator has electrical connections to communicate with the cars control system

the actuator is bolted inside the door, the inside door handle is also connected to the actuator by a second Bowden cable

To work on it you will have to take off the inner door card then carefully peel away the water membrane. Once the actuator is exposed you can get your hand behind it and unhook the Bowden cable then remove the outer handle and unhook the other end of the cable. Fitting the new cable is obviously the reverse 

Dave