I was fortunate when I bought my X150 three months ago.. the seller pointed out the glove box door button was broken and he'd ordered a new one which he promised to ship to me when it arrived. Today I got a giant box in the mail with an entire glove box inside!




I've poked around the forum and located a post or two on how to fix the button, but I can't find anything showing how to replace the entire unit. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
My other concern is the temperature...The car is in hibernation...... it's getting cold here, my storage unit is unheated, and I know plasticky parts can get brittle with age, so I wondered if I should wait until Spring to tackle the job.

 

You may be better off fixing the original one, and selling the new one. They look pretty expensive online.

If not, just follow the steps in the manual? It was pretty straight forward when I did it. Just remember not to leave and screws/bolts behind when trying to remove it.

 

I agree. It should take less than an hour to remove the old one and replace with the new, if that's what you decide. I can't see from your photos, and the design may have changed for 2008, but make sure that the damper on the back of the box is firmly attached by the supplied cable to the door arm. Otherwise the glovebox door will just flop open.

See this thread if needed.

 

I laughed after seeing this as when I got my 2012 XKR it was a CPO and it had the slow drop feature broken. I told the dealer and they said they didn't fix these. They just ordered and replaced the whole glove box.

 

Scott,
It's been a little while since I did mine, but iirc, there's 2 bolts going up through the inside top of the glove box and 2 coming up from the bottom. You'll need to remove the insulation panel that's above the passenger footwell to get to the lower 2 bolts. There is at least 1 bolt coming in from the side in the door jam. Look at the new box to see the locations of them all. It's not a bad job to swap them out. In your first picture, I can see at least 4 locations. Once the bolts are free, there's the metal spring trim clips that hold it in, so it does take a little pulling to get it to come out. Once free, there's 2 electrical connections to finally completely remove the box.

 

From the service manual (RHD shown but easily applied to LHD model):

 

Before doing anything that involves plastic parts I always gently warm them with my heat gun on its 'low' setting. It is very irritating, for example, when the little plastic lugs on light fittings snap off when you try to change a bulb - the entire fitting becomes useless and an expensive new component has to be bought (ask mw how I know). Gently heating the plastic before attempting the job invariably prevents these parts from snapping.

 

Thank You!!!!!

 

is the latch what broke for you? do you still have the leftovers of the old one?

 

Previous owner had ordered just the latch and the whole assembly arrived. Did not save old parts.... kicking myself for that.