REMOVAL OF L/REAR OUTER DOOR HANDLE ON E60 BMW

You have to remove the door panels and this takes special tools. Then you remove the window and then you can get to the door handle mounting bolts. It might just be the linkage to the latch from the handle.

remove the door lining and you will see nuts up on the handle on the inside

To remove the outer handle, open the door and while looking at the edge of the door with it open, you should be looking at the side that the door latch lever is on, look near the top area and you should see a small black plastic oval piece. Remove that piece. Take a flash light and look inside the hole. There will be a brass lever inside with a small hole. Use a pick and insert in the brass slide. If you either push or pull the lever to or away, it will release the outer handle assembly. The assembly levers upwards when removing.

2004 x3 Rear passenger door handle came off/apart. What are the steps to remove the inner door panel to access the door handle and repair it?

As per the Haynes manual for your vehicle.
DOOR WINDOW GLASS-REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION:
1. Remove the door outer panal.
2. Lower the window glass.
3. remove the two nuts and one screw securing the glass.
4. Remove the glass by lifting it up carefully and rotating it inward.
5. Installation is reversal of removal.

DOOR OUTER PANAL-REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION:
1. Remove door trim panal.
2. Remove the outside mirror. Remove the foam block from the mirror opening.
3. Remove the outside door handle.
4. Open the door and pry thhe outer sealing strip out of the window glass opening.
5. remove the door panal screws.
6. Detach the front and rear of the outer panel, then lift it toward the rear to remove it.
7. Installation is the reverse of the removal procedure. Apply thread locking compound to the panel retaining screws.

OUTSIDE DOOR HANDLE-REMOVAL:
1. Pull handle out and puch the centers of the retaining pins through the pins, then remove them and detach handle. (These pins are located underneath the handle.

Hope this helps, let me know if you need any other help.

has to remove the inside panel door and remove the clip inside to open the handle cover then u can see the two nuts and remove them

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remove the mirror switch, theres a hex screw in there,remove inner door lever, useing a panel pullers or flat screwdriver prise bottom of door card straight out, theres about 10 clips holding door card on.plus unscrew door button then lift away

Your lock cylinder has fail in what is called central arrest which it mechanically disengages both inner and outer door handles to work. We at the dealer can try and command the GM module which controls that actuator to try and release central arrest. But if it fails to respond the only way to access the lock cylinder is by removing the door panel from the inside of the vehicle, which is very dificult to do, so cost wise it can be double the labor cost if the door can be opened. At our dealer it would be like 2.5hrs to do.

Lower hole in the door jamb loosten allen screw until the cap comes off. Upper hole there is a #20 torx slightly down and inboard of the hole, you need a really long torx bit and pull the handle out slightly. It also helps to pull weatherstrip loose so you can see it.