2006 ashtray door
Team Owner
Joined: Feb 2001
Posts: 27,252
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From: Short Hills, NJ
Is this the cupholder sliding door that we're talking about?
I don't think I've even closed mine once yet LOL, I tend not to use/overuse things like that inside of a car (and my friends give me a lot of crap for it too
) just so that they'll stay tight longer and annoyances such as it 'popping open on it's own' will be/remain less of an issue.
I don't think I've even closed mine once yet LOL, I tend not to use/overuse things like that inside of a car (and my friends give me a lot of crap for it too
) just so that they'll stay tight longer and annoyances such as it 'popping open on it's own' will be/remain less of an issue.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 7,588
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From: Montreal Qc
Originally Posted by achilds
No it is the ashtray door just in front of the shifter. The latching mechanism is not that strong, mine pops open when if I accelerate quickly.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,322
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From: Hugetown Texas
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Originally Posted by kmthor00
door to ahtray pops open all the time, what's up?
Been noted as a 'feature' for a while. A few people have suggested popping the door out and resetting the spring, but I haven't doen mine yet.
I WAS sitting in the car the other day, so I started removing my door, but stopped after getting the right side out. After putting it back in, my door opening has abated. Basically, it is a cheap POS and can be 'fixed' with shadetree methods.
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Instructor
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 197
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From: Sacramento Area California
I assume it is the same as Z06 in which case it is a simple fix. There is a small U shaped spring with coils at base of the U for tension on the ashtray door. One end is straight and goes into a small couple mm square hole in the back of the ashtray frame and the other has a small 90* bend of about 2mm that has to be moved around until it drops into a corresponding hole drilled in the door.
My guess is whoever is assembling it doesn't always get the 90* male into the hole. Anyways it is a very easy and intuitive fix of a couple of min, most just looking to see how it fits.
The trick is you have to take the center console apart as if you were changing the shifter. Unhook a few wire harnesses so you can flip the silver bracket the circle the shifter and nav unit and unscrew 4 screws that hold the ashtray in so you can work on it in your hand.
Working fine since. Important note. The ashtray appears as a solid enclosure with the door open--meaning it looks like you could put coins or a key in it and it will store it. NO. When the door is closed a half inch or so gap appears and I lost a key. Never it found even with everything taken apart.
My guess is whoever is assembling it doesn't always get the 90* male into the hole. Anyways it is a very easy and intuitive fix of a couple of min, most just looking to see how it fits.
The trick is you have to take the center console apart as if you were changing the shifter. Unhook a few wire harnesses so you can flip the silver bracket the circle the shifter and nav unit and unscrew 4 screws that hold the ashtray in so you can work on it in your hand.
Working fine since. Important note. The ashtray appears as a solid enclosure with the door open--meaning it looks like you could put coins or a key in it and it will store it. NO. When the door is closed a half inch or so gap appears and I lost a key. Never it found even with everything taken apart.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,515
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From: Goleta California
Originally Posted by Redrc
I assume it is the same as Z06 in which case it is a simple fix. There is a small U shaped spring with coils at base of the U for tension on the ashtray door. One end is straight and goes into a small couple mm square hole in the back of the ashtray frame and the other has a small 90* bend of about 2mm that has to be moved around until it drops into a corresponding hole drilled in the door.
My guess is whoever is assembling it doesn't always get the 90* male into the hole. Anyways it is a very easy and intuitive fix of a couple of min, most just looking to see how it fits.
The trick is you have to take the center console apart as if you were changing the shifter. Unhook a few wire harnesses so you can flip the silver bracket the circle the shifter and nav unit and unscrew 4 screws that hold the ashtray in so you can work on it in your hand.
Working fine since. Important note. The ashtray appears as a solid enclosure with the door open--meaning it looks like you could put coins or a key in it and it will store it. NO. When the door is closed a half inch or so gap appears and I lost a key. Never it found even with everything taken apart.
My guess is whoever is assembling it doesn't always get the 90* male into the hole. Anyways it is a very easy and intuitive fix of a couple of min, most just looking to see how it fits.
The trick is you have to take the center console apart as if you were changing the shifter. Unhook a few wire harnesses so you can flip the silver bracket the circle the shifter and nav unit and unscrew 4 screws that hold the ashtray in so you can work on it in your hand.
Working fine since. Important note. The ashtray appears as a solid enclosure with the door open--meaning it looks like you could put coins or a key in it and it will store it. NO. When the door is closed a half inch or so gap appears and I lost a key. Never it found even with everything taken apart.
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2004
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Originally Posted by timd38
Kill the ashtray and solve the problem, does anyone still smoke?
