Glove box damper... where does it connect? - Toyota Yaris ...

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Drives: 2014 Yaris LE

Glove box damper... where does it connect?

Hi everyone,

Only been driving my new Yaris a couple of weeks. I have the bluetooth hooked up but when my GF is in the car she used the AUX because I like to have my hands-free "free" in case someone calls and I want to answer without touching my phone. This means my glove box is opened and closed almost every day.

Today my "damper" disconnected from inside my glove box... not from the end that attaches to the glove box door, but where it affixes to inside the dash. I see that the end that attaches to the door is disconnected when you have to remove the glove box in most cases.

I must be crazy because I cannot figure out how to reconnect this damper. It seems like even when it's closed it is too long to connect to the notch I see inside the dash.

Has anyone else had issues with the damper and could tell me where each end is supposed to connect? Should I just leave it disconnected? I feel incredibly dumb asking because this seems like an easy fix but I am stumped.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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While fully opening the glove box on my Avensis '02 (to get behind it for a job) I broke something. I did a bit of research and I can't be sure but it might be the glove compartment damper, which if it is I assume is not that important (to me anyway). I don't know for sure though. I was hoping if I described it maybe someone would confirm.

It's cylindrical and about the size of a fat pen and is screwed to the back of the glove box and then attached to the chassis with something like a string ... this string was very short and broke when the glove box opened fully.

Does anyone know for sure?

Also, if it's only to dampen the glove box (using weighting I'm assuming) then what is the purpose of the string?

Here's a photo ... you can see the broken "string" in the background. PS although it looks in the photo like it's connected to the hinge it isn't actually touching it at all.

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