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Dropped my glove box and now won’t open
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Dropped my glove box and now won’t open
I was doing some work on my glovebox compartment and accidentally dropped my glovebox when I tried to put it back it wouldn’t latch and realized what happened, searching on Google I found that the latch mechanism is behind the plastic cover but i can’t get it off dos someone has any tips on how to remove this plastic cover? ![Image]()
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Dropped my glove box and now won’t open
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Welcome to the forum.
Right, you're going to have problems, unfortunately. There are two screws on top of that, have you tried removing them? Alas I've never had my lid apart so can't confirm what they'll do, but I'd assume the lid lock will come out.
So has the catch broken or has it jammed? If it works OK and it's just not holding/catching properly, then I'd suggest you've not put the glovebox back in properly and it's twisted.

Welcome to the forum.
Right, you're going to have problems, unfortunately. There are two screws on top of that, have you tried removing them? Alas I've never had my lid apart so can't confirm what they'll do, but I'd assume the lid lock will come out.
So has the catch broken or has it jammed? If it works OK and it's just not holding/catching properly, then I'd suggest you've not put the glovebox back in properly and it's twisted.
Dave
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2011, 23i, Space Grey with Coral Red leather.

My E89 YouTube channel - BMW Z4 Mods
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCttNBt ... UQnoEvKB2Q