[130meow]

Well it didn't really "pop" open.

Today I went over a bump on the highway 401 (it isn't a big bump - I go over that same bump at the same speed almost everyday) and my right rear door got unlatched. The door open warning light went on and I could hear the loud road noise from outside. I could feel the heat (it's 35 degrees today in Toronto). I didn't know whehter the door is actaully fully unlatched so I drove very carefully off the highway (esp during the offramp - I don't want my door to swing open when I am slow enough when the air resistance cannot force the door shut).

I checked on the door aftwards and it turns out that the door isn't unlatched all the way (i.e. it won't open by itself). I still have to pull the door handle to open the door. I will mention this to the dealer when I bring it in for the oil change next time...

I've had quite a few "door-related" problems with this car:
1) My door handles become stuck when I pull it in the winter. Brought it to the dealer to fix already but still didn't fix the problem. My collegue has the same problem with the car.
2) My trunk sometimes will open automatically when I start my car. I don't hear the "click" sound you hear when the trunk open button is pressed but rather I just get a "door opened" warning and I find my trunk open all of a sudden.
3) today's problem above.

Anyone with similar experience?

[ChineseGuy]

i've tried something similar...

i went over this little bump and my trunk opened...

looked ghetto when i had to walk out the car and close it....and go back in the car and drive away

but other than that, i had no problems/errors with the car

[Asiann]

Didn't you see the warning light that your door was ajar?

[ward]

it wasn't latched properly when you started moving

[130meow]

Yes it was probably not latched properly when I drove away. However, there was no indication (ie no warning light) of that. That's probably the better desciption of the problem.

[vladinecko]

you could also easily tell by looking at the interior lights as they would be on if any of the doors weren't properly latched.

[130meow]

The interior lights was not on until that bump. All indications show the door was latched but it wasn't 100%.

If I drive with my door unlatched it will give me a constant warning so I will know...

[mosport70]

Consider this new TSB for the rear door latches on pre 04/06 E90s:

http://www.alldata.com/tsb/BMW/11544...5/6103051.html

Looks like the door handles stick open sometimes.

[lux.sh]

Originally Posted by 130meow

2) My trunk sometimes will open automatically when I start my car. I don't hear the "click" sound you hear when the trunk open button is pressed but rather I just get a "door opened" warning and I find my trunk open all of a sudden.

do you use key wallet? how do you keep your keyfob? Keep it in your pocket?
the trunk problem is not when you start the car. trunk was opened before you start the car thats why you would never hear the trunk opening sound(that "click" sound), and it seems like it just opened out of nowhere. I had the same problem. It was so annoying, to the point where it would open everytime I start the car. I got fixed though.