Once the trim is free remove it from the door by pulling it out of the inner door handle toward the rear of the vehicle.
How to remove retaining clip bmw door handle.
One is for the handle and the other is for the lock use a flathead and flip the plastic clips in order to remove the rods from the handle the door panel will need to be lifted up to remove after removing and retaining clips screws.
Looking at the pic it seems that you would pry off the plastic lever and turn the cylinder to extract it.
Remove the screw holding the handle if you look behind you will see 2 rods.
You ll find everything from m3 bumper clips to x5 door card fasteners.
It has always been a wide c clip that goes through the slots in the outer body of the cylinder.
In this tech article i will go over the steps involved in removing the rear door panel on your e53 x5.
Using a plastic prying tool gently pry out the decorative trim panel green arrow.
Start levering at the rear of the door panel working your way toward the inner door handle.
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This is what is strange as i ve taken many cars apart and i ve never seen that bmw branded washer type retaining clip.
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