Glove compartment finish

[Aramis76]

Be careful with what you put on the glove box door. I definitely would not cover it with leather, because it is the passenger knee air bag. I don't know that I would use any heat in that area either.

That is one seriously wrong piece of info there... it's a simply plastic door. No knee airbag...

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[Zig]

On a whim I put a bit of WD 40 on a paper towel and cleaned it. That was last week and it still looks good with no ileffects. I have a 2 year old range with same wife and same purses, it looks new.

Wife distance 40” written on a paper towel affixed to the door and then cleaned? Not sure that would work as well for me , seriously wd40, don’t know i’d have thought of that.

 

[samson]

Good lord that looks horrible

My wife used to scuff up the glove box in my Grand Cherokee with her shoes. But it never looked that bad.

 

[jimbo67]

For what ever reason Ford changed the texture on the interior to a real fine texture. If you you hit it with anything it takes that fine texture completely off to a scratch that you can't fix. You have to be so careful now getting in and out of the car. I tell everyone don't hit your feet on any of these parts. Everyone thinks I'm crazy!

 

[steveo1960]

For what ever reason Ford changed the texture on the interior to a real fine texture. If you you hit it with anything it takes that fine texture completely off to a scratch that you can't fix. You have to be so careful now getting in and out of the car. I tell everyone don't hit your feet on any of these parts. Everyone thinks I'm crazy!

Whatever Ford is using my 2024 VW Atlas is using the same material because the wife's feedbag sized purse was scuffing up that one as well. Since it's her car I can't control the placement of the purse...

 

[jimbo67]

Whatever Ford is using my 2024 VW Atlas is using the same material because the wife's feedbag sized purse was scuffing up that one as well. Since it's her car I can't control the placement of the purse...

You can fix it but it's a pretty complicated process. I've fixed it on textured bumpers. But when we get any textured parts we replace them. The R and D and or engineers that think this is fine have no idea. The materials they use is like butter you could scratch it with your finger nail.

 

[jimbo67]

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[jimbo67]

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[bee bop]

That is one seriously wrong piece of info there... it's a simply plastic door. No knee airbag...

From the owner's manual
. They have been using the glove box door for a knee airbag since 2015.

Ford Mustang glovebox airbag (youtube.com)

 

[Aramis76]

From the owner's manual
. They have been using the glove box door for a knee airbag since 2015.

Ford Mustang glovebox airbag (youtube.com)

Before i wrote my reply to you yesterday, i walked out to my garage, opened my glove box and looked everywhere around it. I can assure you, there are no airbags anywhere near that...

This would appear to be another left over bit from a previous manual. Not the first one... (Telephone button on the steering wheel comes to mind)

 

[bee bop]

@Aramis76 It is not an air bag in the traditional sense. the door of the Glove box is the air bag there is a bladder in between the inner and outer walls of the airbag that causes it to separate, and the front wall of the door pops out to cushion the passengers' knees. at least that is how it worked on the S550.

 

[Aramis76]

@Aramis76 It is not an air bag in the traditional sense. the door of the Glove box is the air bag there is a bladder in between the inner and outer walls of the airbag that causes it to separate, and the front wall of the door pops out to cushion the passengers' knees. at least that is how it worked on the S550.

Early S550 maybe, but they still looked like airbags, this one looks like a plastic door...

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