Weird central locking thing happening....

[Rob_316i]

My central locking has worked for the 8 months I have had the car. However, It was always stiff when turning to lock (Drivers side).

This morning, the c/l wouldnt unlock from the drivers door. I managed to open the car using the boot lock. I went back to the drivers side and the car would then re-lock fine, and without any of the stiffness its always had.
When I tried to unlock it again - it wouldnt do it, so back to the boot lock and it unlocked no problems.

Im taking the damn car away for the weekend in the cotswolds tomorrow - can anyone tell me what might be going on incase I get the chance to fix it?

Cheers

Rob

[Jonny_71]

Same happened to me, there's a tab on the end of the locking barrel that had snapped off so when you turn the key it's not actuating the central locking.

[DaveD]

this looks a bit like your problem

http://www.bmwe30.net/cgi-bin/datacgi/d ... Section=01

[Rob_316i]

Thanks for the replies chaps. Wasnt suure if it is one of these problems as I can lock the car fine, just cant un-lock it. I suspect its the broken L shape bit.

Dave - is that link for central locking or manual locking do you think?

Cheers

Rob

[DaveD]

I think central locking ...only by the way he talks about the actuators