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Old 02-18-2008, 08:11 PM   #1
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Remote won't unlock passenger door

When i press unlock on the remote the driver door unlocks but the second press does not unlock the passenger door. At first it was intermittent but now it almost never works. The button in the center console always works.

Anyone know what might be wrong?

its a 2002 330CI
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Old 02-19-2008, 09:46 PM   #2
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I've had the same problem with my 325 for about 2 years now. It only happens once every 10 times or so but the center console wont unlock the passenger door either unless the car is completely locked and then unlocked again. The BMW dealership told me it might be due to "solar flares that add radiation to the atmosphere interfering with radio transmissions..." Bullshit. Never been able to reproduce the problem for them so they won't even check it out.
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Old 02-19-2008, 09:48 PM   #3
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mine just started doing the same crap. it wasnt opening anything at all, doors or trunk. i had to manualy put it in the key lock to do all that, then I took it to the dealer and they couldnt find a problem. Tried telling me it might bet the tint cause they couldnt get it to do what I said it was doing. It worked for a couple days after that and now the thing is acting stupid again!!!
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Old 02-19-2008, 10:01 PM   #4
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i think its u guys door actuator..mine is completely gone on my drivers side lol..i gave up on it..300 bucks to install a door actuator HELL NO rather spend that money on mods so i do it manually now i got used to it haha
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Old 02-19-2008, 10:22 PM   #5
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yeah Ive had the problem on and off, luckily nothing recently though. Here's a thread I stumbled upon a few months ago when looking into this problem. Dates back 5 years ago already....

http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=113239
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Old 11-03-2008, 02:02 PM   #6
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Did you resolve the problem?
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