Broken cupholder =(

Billbow · Post by **Billbow** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 3:11 pm

Hi
1st Post. Bought my wife a 55 plate 1.4 s 3dr back in Aug.
On looking around the car at the dealers I opened the cup holder and it broke ! Good start.
They replaced it. The replacement gets jammed after approx 10 uses.
It fails to retract fully. You give it a helping hand and hey presto it goes in but is stuck fast.
I carefully place a knife blade down the left hand side and prise it out by approx 5mm. Then you have to just pull hard on the front facia -HARD and it slides out. I am going to try silicon grease on it to help the mechanism. If you use the knife be careful not to mark the dash. Use some masking tape.

Billbow · Post by **Billbow** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:15 pm

I just pull very hard and it releases.

Now when it happens I don't push the cup holder all the way in as this makes the rescue operation a little more difficult.
I just get my hand / fingernails - grab tightly and pull.

Have used my method 15 + times and it's not broken yet.

MINTpolo · Post by **MINTpolo** » Wed Jan 03, 2007 12:06 pm

Mine's jammed 3 times in the 10 or so times its been used. The trick is to slide it out slowly and it shouldn't jamb. Its just hard to remember to tell that to the curious passengers (every one so far) that press it and let it fling out.