Glove box keeps popping open...

[deeman940]

i had this problem on my first 940....
My current ine was o.k until the dash was taken apart at the weekend to replace the heater matrix, now it pops open at the slightest bit of acceleration or bumps in the road..is there any cure?

[Foeux]

I fixed mine by wedging some cardboard into the 'roof' of it to make the latch bite deeper.

A bodge but nobody sees.

[Ian21401]

Is there some slight adjustment available on the latch securing screws? Alternatively, remove the glove box again and reinstall it bearing in mind that it wasn’t latching properly. When you reinstalled it after dismantling the dash etc. you would not be expecting there to be a latch problem and simply bunged it in as part of the reinstall. There may be some minor adjustments possible on the fixings.

[tofufi]

I'm fairly sure there's a small amount of up and down movement on the glovebox fitting bolts and screws, as mentioned above. Just slacken them, lift the whole lot up, and then re-tighten.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by tofufi

I'm fairly sure there's a small amount of up and down movement on the glovebox fitting bolts and screws, as mentioned above. Just slacken them, lift the whole lot up, and then re-tighten.

What Jim said ^^^^^ is the easiest thing to check first. There are captive nuts behind the glovebox so while it doesn't appear there's any adjustment on the glovebox itself, loosening the screws and pushing up then retightening usually gets it right.

[aardvarkash10]

bogun engineering is a universally acceptable fix for almost any situation where a non-moving part becomes overly mobile.