Cobra4fun Posted Tuesday at 10:35 PM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 10:35 PM (edited) So I took my cupholder apart on my wife’s 2018 Ford Edge because the beverage retention tabs weren’t working and loose. I found out that the clear colored rubber band had come loose that pushes IN all the retainers to hold beverages in the cupholders. Does anybody have pictures or a diagram of how this clear rubber band is supposed to be routed around the cup holder retention tabs??? It looks like it goes around every tab twice at the top and bottom Edited Thursday at 11:21 AM by 1004ron Update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra4fun Posted Wednesday at 01:05 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:05 AM (edited) I figured it out. See the photos below for the proper routing. I had one of the small broken tabs that needed to be JB welded back on. That’s why the “rubber band” came loose. Fixing it now. On the first photo below the cup holder on the Right-side in the photo is a mirror image of the loop on the left. I was repairing my tab so I didn’t show it. Edited Wednesday at 01:08 AM by Cobra4fun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjunior Posted Wednesday at 02:43 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 02:43 AM Interesting. Any idea as to how the band came loose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra4fun Posted Wednesday at 01:53 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:53 PM Yep, this specific tab (red arrow) that the rubber band wraps around, broke free slightly to allow the rubber band to come off. Now I know why the cupholder retainers weren’t working and we’re rattling in the car. A little JB Weld should repair it so I can wrap the rubber band back around it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FX3 Posted Wednesday at 03:28 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:28 PM This is good to know. Thank you for the how-to. I bought my 17 new with the cup holder fingers loose. Warranty replaced the entire assembly. Was probably this same tab broken. Luckily this has not happened again, but good to know how to fix it if it does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edjunior Posted Thursday at 02:25 AM Report Share Posted Thursday at 02:25 AM Awesome man. Thanks for the write-up and the pics. Mine are good right now, but it's something to tuck away and remember...hopefully! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceonept Posted Saturday at 10:04 AM Report Share Posted Saturday at 10:04 AM I never realised how complicated these things are! All credit to you for working out the fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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