Bloody Glovebox lol
 

Hi all,

as most probably know by now I'm in the process of getting a pf 1998 A8 back on the road and having lots of issues along the way which everyone on here is being great at helping me out so much appreciated.
Right on to my next problem..... the glove box wont open, iv have checked it wasn't locked by inserting the key and trying it both ways and you can feel a difference, one way is no resistance at all the other there is resistance but doesn't open the glove box not sure if its just not quite moving the catch enough?
Any ideas guys and girls?

I'm also hoping the locking wheel nut key is in there too else I'm buggered getting the wheels off for the new tyres too lol

Locking wheel nut key is probably just an odd/prime pointed spline, readily available online. Have a look and count the points on a wheel nut, maybe 11 or 13?
Can't recall how to get at the glovebox safely without damage, hopefully others can advise.

Glovebox is a good one. I don't know how you would get that out non-destructively if you can't open it. Have you tried giving it a bit of encouragement while pressing the button? They can get a bit stuck if the catch isn't adjusted properly.

If it's not in the glove box, you could try contacting the forums sponsor A8parts (01642 783527), as they're bound to have some. There are 10 variations so a photo of the head of the bolt would be handy when contacting them.

EDIT: Came across this page on how to open glovebox. It's worth trying: http://www.audipages.com/Tech_Articl...boxrepair.html

Ok so the locking wheel nut isn't such a problem then easily sorted by getting another key.
As for the glove box I'll try the cable pull thing and go from there. If not I'll unfortunately smash it open and buy another unit from a8 parts/prestige.

I would try very hard to open it safely before breaking it. A rhd prefacelift glovebox is not going to be an easy thing to replace.

Ah right lol not sure I like the sound of that 🤣
I'll try a few more gentle approaches first

Hooray !!!

So I have manged to get the glovebox open using the pull the cable a little trick.
so I'm guessing I either need a new cable or it needs adjusting properly does anyone have any info on how to do this as I don't want to shut it now lol
plus I love the way it opens lol it just kind of swings out nice and smooth lol.
bit gutted to only find a insurance document for the car from 2007 !!

on another note I found the locking wheel nut key rolling round in the bottom of the boot under the spare wheel so things might be looking up haha

Out of interest how many splines is it?

Not sure ill have to check when I get back to work tomorrow and ill let you know +++

When I came across that article I linked to above, I saw a few comments suggesting that the cause was due to the cable stretching (seems odd that it would suffer from this, as not exactly a heavily used item). Unfortunately no one had ever come across a solution.

I looked it up and the part number is 4D0857131J. I found someone selling new ones, although they're based in the US. They're selling them for $12 each but shipping is $102. If you know someone in the US you could get it shipped to them and have them post it and it would probably work out cheaper. I ordered five bolts ($28) that cost me $33 in shipping.

Anyway, they have more than 10 available and the link is as follows:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203561768338

Wow, yes that's some shipping cost for a cable that weighs less than a piece of toast lol. may have to get one in the future in the mean time I may take the cable out and see if I cant engineer something in the workshop to get it working if so ill post up some tips

There was me hoping this was going to be a solution to my pf glovebox that won’t close lol…….

I’ve a spare glovebox as bought replacement but ended up getting wrong colour sent, got a correct colour replacement sent foc with no return of the other