NHTSA Complaint #10409791 — 2007 BMW 335I

COMPONENT: LOCKING SYSTEM DRIVER-SIDE DOOR LOCK FAILED TO UNLOCK WHEN USING THE REMOTE ON THE KEY. REPLACED BLOWN FUSE. A DAY LATER SAME PROBLEM SURFACED, ONLY THIS TIME ALL 4 DOORS ARE NOT UNLOCKING (FIRST PUSH OF THE BUTTON ON THE REMOTE SHOULD UNLOCK DRIVER DOOR ONLY; SECOND PUSH OF BUTTON UNLOCKS THE OTHER 3 PASSENGER DOORS. REPLACED TWO BLOWN FUSES (#56 AND #57). PROBLEM IS RESOLVED, BUT ONLY FOR A DAY OR TWO. LONG-TERM FIX IS TO REPLACE DOOR LOCK ACTUATORS ON ALL FOUR DOORS ACCORDING TO BMW'S OWN SERVICE BULLETIN. THE SAFETY ISSUE IS THAT THE DOORS ARE SUPPOSED TO OPEN MANUALLY FROM THE INSIDE WHEN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS UNABLE TO UNLOCK THEM. IN MY CASE, I WAS ONLY ABLE TO MANUALLY OPEN THE DRIVER-SIDE DOOR BY PULLING THE HANDLE ONCE TO UNLOCK, AND A SECOND TIME TO OPEN. THIS PROCEDURE DID NOT WORK ON ANY OTHER DOOR. I HAVE PURCHASED AN EMERGENCY HAMMER TO BREAK THE WINDOW FROM THE INSIDE IN CASE THIS HAPPENS AFTER AN ACCIDENT. ADDITIONAL INFO: THE GAS DOOR ALSO FAILS TO OPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS ISSUE. ONE HAS TO RELEASE THE GAS DOOR MANUALLY FROM INSIDE THE TRUNK.