Stuck passenger door

Tiny
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  • 1997 BMW 740
I have a 97 bmw and the passenger door will not open you can pull the. Handle its not stuck and the lock will raise but. When I let go it will drop back
down is there anything I can do
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 AT 12:03 PM

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Tiny
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If the door handle is not releasing the latch, then more than likely the rod or linkage inside the door is the issue or the latch is just frozen.

We may need to remove the door panel even though you are not able to open the door which is not easy, but we are going to need to gain access to the latch and if the door will not open this is the only way to get to it.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/door-panel-removal

However, your door panel is not the difficult to remove so I am attaching that process below.

Please remove the door panel and then operate the interior or exterior handle while watching the latch to find out if the linkage or latch are the issue.

Let us know what you find with this, and we can go from there. Thanks
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