inside door handle problem

i have a 2005 bmw mini cooper, the other day the door handles on the inside of the vehicle stopped working....what i mean is that i have to roll down my windows on both sides to bea able to exit the vehicle.
can anyone help me?!

thank you,
nathanb

Sounds like a malfunction of the central locking system. You might do some research on mini2.com which has pretty large DIY catalog, or take it to the dealer. It may just require a simple reset with the remote.

A bit late to this party, but it sounds like the bowden cable inside the door has come off of the door handle. this is relatively uncommon, but not unheard of, as there is a recall to fix the bowden cable.

typically nothing is broken, it's just that the cable popped out of the holder on the back of the door handle. i assume you've gotten it fixed by now!

unfortunately, my Mini cooper S door locks will not open from the inside. i have to roll the windows down first and last week failed the MOT test because of this problem. I took one of the doors apart to try and re attach the cable which i thought was the problem as per forum advice but unfortunately just ended up disconecting the cable in one of the doors. Previously when the handle was pulled, i could hear the looks make a sound. its now gone. any ideas please, cause i need to try and fix it rather than part with £200 per door to try and fix the problem.

Check your fuse box for a blown fuse. Many bmw e90 owners are having the same problem and it is because of a fuse!!! Here is what several people have done after having problems described like yours.


Guess what folks, I stumbled onto my own fix. It has been a stressful 2 days since I have no clue why my remote door lock/unlock did not work. I was thinking could it be a blown fuse? I opened up the fuse panel. I pulled out the amp key map to locate possible fuses for the remote door lock/unlock.

Lucky for me, I found a symbol of a door with a key in it and so I went to work and started to pull out fuse # 2, 19, 56, 57, and 53 (in that order). As you guessed the last fuse (#53) I pulled out was the blown one (it is 15 ampere). I was very anxious to find out if after putting in a new fuse, would my remote lock/unlock magically work again. The answer is Yes