The trigger button that works the lamp and dash cluster is pushed by the plastic trim piece that is mounted to the door card panel.

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2012 BMW X5 (Beef + Granite suspension model)

1995 E300D - The original humming machine (consumed by Flood 2017)
2000 E320 - The evolution (consumed by flood 2017)

This is it exactly. The car doesn't realize the door is closed.

Finish your work, then see what you have.