rear door wont open

[e30-320i]

just gone to take the kids out and realised that my o/s rear door wont open it was fine on friday when i last drove the car but now i can't open it i'm not sure if maybe the outside handle is broken as because i have the childlocks on i cant open it from inside either and as far as i know i cannot turn the childlock off without first opening the door
anyone got any ideas on how i can get it open as you can imagine its quite a struggle trying to strap a kiddy in from across the car.

[Brianmoooore]

Obviously could be the linkage from the outside handle, but could be the deadlock stuck on.
Is the inside lock button down, and can you pull it up?
Your'e probably going to have to take the door card off, which will be a lot easier if you remove the fromt seat first.

[e30-320i]

thanks for the reply.the door lock button still pops up with the central locking but seems as though the door is still locked i was wondering is there any way to switch the childlock off if i remove the door card

[Brianmoooore]

thanks for the reply.the door lock button still pops up with the central locking but seems as though the door is still locked i was wondering is there any way to switch the childlock off if i remove the door card

outside chance you could get a piece of stiff wire around the child lock switch if you could force the door seal out of the way I suppose. Otherwise it's take the doorcard off and hopefully you can see what's wrong.

[e30-320i]

ok mate thanks for your advice looks like a job for next weekend then