House Door Handle Wont Open From Outside

2005 bmw x5 3 0i i ve already checked the child lock.

House door handle wont open from outside.

The part of a doorknob that you grasp with your hand connects to a rod that extends though the door to the knob on the other side. Once you have identified the problem finding and implementing a solution is fairly simple. Any idea before i open the door panel. Door opens fine from the inside but i can t open from the outside.

A door knob or door handle uses a spring loaded latch. Looking through the crack at the latch i think that s the word for it the metal part that goes inside the door when you move the handle it won t retract into the door completely. I might add that many parts houses sell packages of clips cheap in. Then the door stopped opening altogether.

When the door knob is locked the handle will not turn which keeps the latch from retracting. Door handle doesn t feel loose or anything. The turning of the handle retracts the latch by pulling on the spring and compressing it. An exterior door that refuses to open can be caused by several things from swollen or warped wooden door and frames or old neglected hardware.

Door opens fine from the inside but i can t open from the outside. Eventually it just stopped opening from the outside completely and someone would have to open it from the inside.