White XKR- I saw these little pins, they look like they are made of aluminum (or aluminium if you are a Brit) and they deploy outward to slow the rate of fall of the glove box on opening and also stop it on the horizontal so all things don't fall on the floor? If I spray them with WD-40 I'll be ok possibly? Then I can go back to my J-shifting?

 

Yes, you can try that, but a silicone spray will likely last longer and may not have as much odor.

 

Thanks for the help. I had the same problem on my 07 XK. I think Jag must have hired Rube Goldberg as a consulting engineer when they designed this glove box. I have never seen such gratuitous complexity. With 5 bolts and 3 latching points, it would seem over-engineered until you look at the flimsy little plastic piece that holds the dampening spring. Maybe Jag just outsourced the glove box design to some college interns.

 

Engineers:
Solving problems you never knew you had in ways you can't understand.

 

My newly acquired 2010 XKR glove box lid slams down when I push the button. Is it a similar design to the 2007?

Thanks!

Dan

 

I had the same issue on my 12 xk vert. Jaguar service writer repaired it in about 5 minutes at no charge.

 

Just had mine replaced under warranty, garage knew of fix but don't get paid by Jaguar for it. Brand new glove box. 90 minutes to replace. Apparently changing the lock is difficult.

 

I, too, repaired the damper function on my 2010 xk. A few details that stumped me:
1. the end piece (side of glove box on passenger side) requires a real tug to get off. I'm timid, at least with the car. When I finally yanked it off, the 3 clips came off the end piece and were just dangling in the holes in which they were holding the end piece. I put the 3 clips back on the end piece, and when I fixed the damper, I just hit the end piece in with the palm of my hand for a perfect fit.
2. The glove box has 5 Torx screws, 3 readily visible, and two that are hidden behind the bottom black cover. Pull the 3 clips down, let the bottom cover hand, and you'll see the additional 2 screws.
3. I still couldn't get the glove box out. Turns out, on the side with the lock on the glove box door, there are 3 clips behind; the clips are as in step 1. After a lot of tugging, those came off the glove box and were hanging in their corresponding holes. I placed them back on the back of the glove box before reinstalling. Pushed the glove box near the lock with my palm, and it fit nice and snug.
4. regarding the fix, I followed the TSB as someone mentioned near the beginning of the post.


Hope this helps...took me forever because I was trying to be gentle.

 

Arland, I have an '06 XK8 that's at the dealer today to fix this issue with the glove box. When they finish with the repair, I will post the pricing for you. I think they said they ordered the entire glove box kit.

 

Just done mine thanks to this thread. Cheers guys!

 

https://vimeo.com/120998611?utm_sour...ODQ3fDc3MDE%3D

 

Ok, just did mine today, also thanks to this thread!
Used a small cotter pin, as mentioned above (nothing to work loose and unscrew over time), with a 1/16th inch hole.
Lining up those snap in tabs on the lock side, and getting the box back into place, was a bit of a struggle, but got it done.

Thanks again!

 

Maybe someone can take these docs and put them in a sticky....

 

Thanks for the info…. just started to have a bit of a problem with my glove box

 

Just bought a 007 XKR and have the same glove box problem. I get more value out of this website than any other.

 

Thanks everyone! My damper-clip snapped this weekend when I had my car out for a drive. Thanks to this thread I fixed it tonight with only a little trouble lining up the holes to screw the glove compartment assembly back into place. Also it was too taught at first so I extended it a bit with a piece of wire. Works great!

 

Finally got around to doing this yesterday on my 2010. Thanks to all who contributed to this thread. I used the screw method because I didn't read far enough into the thread to see the TSB. The cotter pin would have been slightly easier.

The important thing is it's fixed and the glove box no longer slams down when opened like a 1993 Nissan Sentra.....

 

Fixed my glove box yesterday! Easy fix.


I was impressed with the size of the bolts holding the glovebox in. The screws that hold the glovebox in my BMW are not nearly so substantial nor so finely machined. The Jag's bolts thread in quite easily and as I said before were quite substantial. Really this is the first thing I have had to do to my Jag, but the build quality, at least of this part, seems to be very good. (Except, of course, the part that broke to make me have to work on it in the first place.)

 

Done, thanks! One problem: now the damn thing opens very slowly, and only partially if I don't pull it down myself. What went wrong?


It was also a bit hard to get it back right. Perhaps I made some mistake, and thst's why it now has another problem :/

 

Did you maybe short the cable during repair? You could always add in a bit of extra..... pretty much anything, to make it a tad bit longer. Or possibly the cable is binding on something, or got twisted.