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Re: <6er> Doors won't stay locked

> A few months back I wrote to say that my passenger side door would
> periodically unlock after I was a few miles down the road.  Yesterday
> I locked the doors, and started to walk away when <click> the doors
> unlocked.  I tried this repeatedly with the same response.  Some days
> this car has a mind of its own.  Any clues?

If you have an alarm system and a neighbor with a code grabber I might
suspect he is just yanking your chain. ;-)
On the other hand, I think BMW uses some kind of sensor to detect if the
car is in a major accident and unlocks the doors so rescuers can get to
you.  If this is true, maybe your sensor is bad.  Someone on this digest
or in the Roundel wrote that there is a sweet spot around the back 
bumper you can whack with a sledge to cause the car to unlock.  I don't
know whether to believe this or not, but I hope there is something now
that BMW has a new glass that you _*CAN'T*_ break.
- -- 
Pat Donahue
Vienna, VA
'91 M5 4GTFUL
'72 MGB 8LYFGR&