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went to the x at 430 this morn major frost all over car, opened passanger side to put my stuff in car and handle felt funny, door opened then would not shut (slammed it 10 times or so) would not shut so i went to drivers side thinking i could hold door shut and lock car, then drivers door did same!! so went and got a cup full of hot water tipped it over them and then they started to work!

Next one is that your handle will snap

Sadly it may snap next time but on a lighter note mine did the same last year and worked again after thawing!

In case and hoping you don't need this thread:

viewtopic.php?f=22&t=417&start=30#p4835

Plus do the heater mod and get the car warm before you go out. Helps the engine and the interior and hopefully the door handles too. Plus don't force them at all, if in double pour water over them. And wait...

Again, as above. Pretty common. I also had the same last winter. Door wouldn't fully shut (frozen lock mechanism).

Didn't force the mechanism or use any catalyst to defrost, just let it warm naturally with heaters on and car running. Made me late a couple of times!

Solved in the end by garaging!

If you haven't got any water you could try pisssing on it, some members might find this more difficult

[quote=""Powercat""]If you haven't got any water you could try pisssing on it, some members might find this more difficult [/quote]
don't think my neighbours would be too impressed! Lol

Just cover the handles with some cheap handbags, Prada will do

[quote=""ITBarbie""][quote=""Powercat""]If you haven't got any water you could try pisssing on it, some members might find this more difficult [/quote]
don't think my neighbours would be too impressed! Lol[/quote]
And some neighbours would pay good money for that and anyway as you're so hot you shouldn't have to resort to that

[quote=""ITBarbie""][quote=""Powercat""]If you haven't got any water you could try pisssing on it, some members might find this more difficult [/quote]
don't think my neighbours would be too impressed! Lol[/quote]

Owww but what an early morning vision! lol

Remember... Don't eat the yellow snow

Mine did this last week, had to push the lock nob down. Went 13 miles like this, when I got to work it was fine. But this will prob happen again when the frost returns.

I have also put a lube around the door seals, as these also stick to the door.


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Same happened to me last year but only ever once though. The dealers advice was just to pour luke warm water over the door to thaw it out before opening it.

Of all the Beemers I've owned this is the first one that has this sort of issue.

Happens quite a bit on Xes when the weather gets really cold - if you use a lot of foce and start slamming doors etc you are definitely going to break the mechanism Shadrack......

Luke warm water works well and doesn't make the snow go yellow......

Please, I am having my lunch