giraffegeoff Posted Thursday at 03:21 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:21 PM (edited) Got the car (2016 SEL) a few weeks ago and the button was jammed/wouldn't open without being fiddled with. I had broken it by pushing too hard and the part I'm holding in the photo snapped off. It worked perfectly for a bit, until it fell to one side and is now delicate to the touch and looks bad. I'm worried it'll jam or get stuck. How can I fix it? Screws in the back are not related. Edited Thursday at 04:01 PM by giraffegeoff change photo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1004ron Posted Thursday at 03:51 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 03:51 PM Welcome. For us to view the photos you'll need to convert them to .jpg format. Best to set your iPhone Camera to save in "Most Compatible" format and it will then be .jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giraffegeoff Posted Thursday at 04:16 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 04:16 PM here are the photos in JPEG form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted Thursday at 09:34 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:34 PM (edited) Welcome to the Forum, @giraffegeoff! Looking at your photo -- as you have no doubt already recognized -- there are clear visual differences between the red-arrowed side on which the unlatching button is sagging, and on the green-arrowed side where the unlatching button is not sagging... The plastic piece, pictured in your palm, likely broke away from the sagging-button-side, where it previously supported the button, and its rectangular stem passed through the red-arrowed voids to release the lid's latching mechanism. The button/latching mechanism is available only as Provided In Assembly (PIA), meaning that buying the entire storage compartment bin/lid assembly is required, if you wish to replace it. Ford's online parts-selling site offers several photos of the replacement part... Link to this FordParts webpage It's worth noting that the underside-view photo provides little detail of the button/latching mechanism, though it is possible an engineering improvement was made to the original mechanism design. The instrument panel storage bin lid assembly (FT4Z58301A05AA) is retained by two screws holding the audio speaker in place, and by two screws into the center stack... Accessing the two center-stack screws requires removing several adjacent components, as described in the two Workshop Manual sections that are attached below as PDF documents... Good luck! Front Controls Interface Module (FCIM) - Removal and Installation - 2016 Edge Workshop Manual.pdf Instrument Panel Upper Storage Bin Edit - Removal & Installation - 2016 Edge Workshop Manual.pdf Edited Thursday at 09:37 PM by Haz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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