Glove box
- Thread starter TommyGG
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Liverpool
Mine did something similar, and if I put any left/right direction on the closing action it would not catch.
Ultimately my problem was down to a broken 'hinge' on the RHS rear of the glovebox. The 'hinge' is actually a brass collar inside a plastic housing, and the housing is not that strong, so when it cracks breaks, it means the glovebox does not close in a straight path and this stops it from hitting the catch square.
Ultimately my problem was down to a broken 'hinge' on the RHS rear of the glovebox. The 'hinge' is actually a brass collar inside a plastic housing, and the housing is not that strong, so when it cracks breaks, it means the glovebox does not close in a straight path and this stops it from hitting the catch square.
Taking it apart is easy, just press in these two tabs and the whole front will fall down, and then you can see the 'hinges' at the rear to see if they're broken or not.TommyGG said:
Putting it back is simply a case of closing it as normal.
However if you need to remove it completely to fix something you may find putting it back in is more awkward, as there's a 'pin' that slides into place on the LHS to hold the whole thing in place.
It took me about 10 attempts of thinking I had it sorted, and the glovebox falling out after a couple of minute's driving, to realise what was going wrong.
I did have a BMW technical instruction sheet explaining it, but the website that hosted these is now down.