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2003 Chevy Malibu – Glove Compartment Broken - 2/7/2008 8:55:16 AM

db7am

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2003 Chevy Malibu – Glove Compartment Broken

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if any of your malibus had problems with the glove compartment ? the bottom of the door has detached from the actual compartment and I don't see how to put it back on.

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db
2003 Malibu 3.1

I hope its not a common problem - chevy should know how to make a glove compartment by now ;)

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RE: 2003 Chevy Malibu – Glove Compartment Broken - 2/8/2008 6:49:23 PM

mpeel

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I'm sorry, hard to tell from your pictures. But it would appear that the side of the door furthest from the latch mechanism should either have a pin through it, or it sits in the channel at the bottom of the glove box. Best advice I can give you is to go to your nearest Autozone and get a Haynes manual (best money you will ever spend while fixing your car for almost anything, I promise), it will tell you how to remove the glove box and how to re-install it.

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RE: 2003 Chevy Malibu – Glove Compartment Broken - 2/11/2008 7:54:34 AM

db7am

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hi mpeel,

thanks for the reply. I did take a look at the Haynes manual before I posted my question and I know how to remove the actual compartment and the compartment door. It does not state whether they are one piece or two.

Just by looking what has been broken, it seems that the flexible plastic where the door connects to the compartment has simply been broken. I don’t see any screws that attach the door to the compartment. I just wanted to verify this with some Malibu owners but no one has responded. I find that odd because as you can see this post has gotten a lot of views so that means fellow owners are having issues.

Db03 malibu 3.1

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