1991 BMW 525i Locked Doors

Tiny
CCARINKELLEY
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  • 1991 BMW 525I
  • 6 CYL
  • 2WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 121,000 MILES
While my car was in my driveway some "knuckle head" tried to break in to my car and messed up my locks on both passenger and driver's door. Now, I can not get in to my vehicle using the key (key fob is broken) and it sat soo long it that the battery died.

So, what I did was, I went through the truck and removed this "preforated" metal plate that lead to the rear armrest. I did this and had a neighborh's child climb through and pop the hood so that I could jump it.

Well, all went wonderful until I asked the kid to pull the lock up or pull the door handle and it wouldn't budge. So, I jumped the car got in to the vehicle "Dukes of Hazard" style. My problem is: How can I be able to unlock the doors again? Why won't the locks pull up and my handles stuck? Will I have to acutlly spend the $129 for drilling my locks and $500+ for the locks/key replacements like BMW of Modesto, CA told me? Please tell me there is something else I can do that is cheaper or give me some instructions on how to correct the problem!
Saturday, July 11th, 2009 AT 8:10 PM

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Tiny
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The car has central locking and it is in central arrest which means the door locks are commanded shut and no force on earth other than an unlock request can get those doors open. You can go to the general module and send it an unlock request and as a matter of fact, I am working on one of those cars right now so I will get the pin assignments to you ASAP, probably Monday night, stay tuned.
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009 AT 12:09 AM
Tiny
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Thank you sooo very much!! I would really appreciate it if you could do that for me. Thank, thank you, thank you!!! I will look forward to that infomation.

ALSO, where do I put the general module to send it an unlock request?
Carin


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Sunday, July 12th, 2009 AT 11:27 AM

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