Identifying broken plastic piece from underneath glove compartment
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Identifying broken plastic piece from underneath glove compartment
Hi everyone,
First post, so apologize in advance if I've done something wrong.
I recently found this white plastic piece (about 2.5"L x 1"W x 1"H) appear at the foot bed area of my front right passenger seat. I think it may have fell from the glove compartment area? Though, I wouldn't know why.... I recently had my front right passenger side carpet detailed due to a spill, so I know the foam below the foot bed area was removed, so maybe this was the cause? I took a flashlight to the area under the glove compartment and noted a circular hole - is this piece perhaps from that area?
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!!!!!!
First post, so apologize in advance if I've done something wrong.
I recently found this white plastic piece (about 2.5"L x 1"W x 1"H) appear at the foot bed area of my front right passenger seat. I think it may have fell from the glove compartment area? Though, I wouldn't know why.... I recently had my front right passenger side carpet detailed due to a spill, so I know the foam below the foot bed area was removed, so maybe this was the cause? I took a flashlight to the area under the glove compartment and noted a circular hole - is this piece perhaps from that area?
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!!!!!!
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That's the plastic lever/arm which opens/closes the "cover" behind the glovebox for recirculation mode.
5/10 people break this as they don't read instructions when DIY changing the cabin filter (and I am one of this 5)
Did you recently have your car serviced? Whoever did it must've forced the "cover" open and broke it
I do remember reading about spending thousands of dollars to replace the whole HVAC, or taking everything apart to super glue it back on (which may break again in the near future). I just left mine "broken", as I don't really use recirculation mode anyways.
5/10 people break this as they don't read instructions when DIY changing the cabin filter (and I am one of this 5)
Did you recently have your car serviced? Whoever did it must've forced the "cover" open and broke it
I do remember reading about spending thousands of dollars to replace the whole HVAC, or taking everything apart to super glue it back on (which may break again in the near future). I just left mine "broken", as I don't really use recirculation mode anyways.
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That's the plastic lever/arm which opens/closes the "cover" behind the glovebox for recirculation mode.
5/10 people break this as they don't read instructions when DIY changing the cabin filter (and I am one of this 5)
Did you recently have your car serviced? Whoever did it must've forced the "cover" open and broke it
I do remember reading about spending thousands of dollars to replace the whole HVAC, or taking everything apart to super glue it back on (which may break again in the near future). I just left mine "broken", as I don't really use recirculation mode anyways.
5/10 people break this as they don't read instructions when DIY changing the cabin filter (and I am one of this 5)
Did you recently have your car serviced? Whoever did it must've forced the "cover" open and broke it
I do remember reading about spending thousands of dollars to replace the whole HVAC, or taking everything apart to super glue it back on (which may break again in the near future). I just left mine "broken", as I don't really use recirculation mode anyways.
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thanks for all of the replies!
Damn, I did replace the cabin filter myself about a year ago, but the piece just appeared now. I thought I had read the instructions carefully, but clearly that wasn't the case.
Just to be extra sure, this could of been only caused by the replacement of the cabin filter, right? Not anything to do with removing of the front right passenger carpet? The latter was done by a detailed shop, so just trying to see if it was caused by them.
Does anyone have a better guide that mentions being careful about this piece? I don't even know what area to try and glue it back on.
Thanks again.
Damn, I did replace the cabin filter myself about a year ago, but the piece just appeared now. I thought I had read the instructions carefully, but clearly that wasn't the case.
Just to be extra sure, this could of been only caused by the replacement of the cabin filter, right? Not anything to do with removing of the front right passenger carpet? The latter was done by a detailed shop, so just trying to see if it was caused by them.
Does anyone have a better guide that mentions being careful about this piece? I don't even know what area to try and glue it back on.
Thanks again.
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