Triple Digits Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I have difficulty getting my glovebox to latch closed below 5 f. Not when it's warmer or after the interior comes up to temperature - only when it's bone cold (and I'm ten minutes late for work). I was kinda thinking it's just whatever grease they've got in the latch not liking the cold and that maybe it would take care of itself in time - anybody else? Is this a problem or is it self-resolving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBY Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 Moved to Interior/Audio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dv8ingvector Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 hum had it happen once but closed it a few times and it stuck, did not think anything of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clash Posted January 23, 2005 Share Posted January 23, 2005 I had the same problem. I was going to check it out at the dealers the next day but it started working again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaStaMooN Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 Same here.. Fixed itself before I could get to the dealership (or even call to make an appointment) Jon - vBGarage Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwood Posted January 24, 2005 Share Posted January 24, 2005 don't know if you know about this but where you place your hand when shutting it makes some difference it seems - when on the left edge of the door, it sometimes will not close easily. when you close it pushing the door shut from the center, it latches every time.... give it a try.... getting out of the legacy game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjh78 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I have the same problem. The dealer did tell me to close it from the center. I took it to the dealer to have them adjust the latch, they told me there is no adjustments that can be made, just to try closing it from the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaStaMooN Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 I tried all locations to close it... Nothing worked untill the interior of my car got up to temp after a 30 minute drive to work. Once it was warmed up, it closed fine. Jon - vBGarage Profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deimos Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 Yeah in freezing assed canada here same thing. And I thought it was b/c my car was a demo...But every time wouldnt shut no matter where I pushed then all of a sudden a little while later it would shut. Must be the temp, but what a pain in the ass........ Anyone try diff grease or whatever to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam2007 Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Same thing happens to me. I brought it to the dealer and they said they fixed the problem. It wasn't cold that day, so it worked fine. Its cold now, and still doesn't close. Going back to the dealer this Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABPillinois Posted January 27, 2008 Share Posted January 27, 2008 Same here does not work no matter where you shut it in the cold. :rolleyes:"All right, brain, I don't like you and you don't like me - so let's just do this and I'll get back to killing you with beer." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Mine never closes even when it is warm. I have to close it slowly and from the far right side and only sometimes does it close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGT Dave Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 Last year my glovebox door rattled when it was cold and sometimes I had problems closing it too. So, I took the door out and ended up taking it apart to see what the rattling problem was. Inside the door I found this big metal weight (dollar bill added for size reference - no, that was not in my glove box door): http://home.roadrunner.com/~dametzg/bigmetalthing.jpg There wasn't anything really holding it down in there either other than some strips of foam padding, so I'm guessing that's what was causing the rattling. I guess Subaru put it in there so the door doesn't feel like the cheap piece of plastic it really is. I left the weight out and put the door back in the car. The rattling is now gone and there are no problems with closing the door. The only drawback is that you have to pull slightly to open the door rather than it falling open by itself. I think this piece weighs too much for the door latch to handle while closing and that's why sometimes the door will just bounce back open instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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