Locked Out of Volvo Glove Box

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Tue. Oct. 02, 2018 7:42 pm

Volvo's, well known for being a safe car, now probably it is the best safe.

I can't get in the unlocked glove box, neither can my mechanic nor the nearby volvo dealer and it seems to happen to numerous volvo's as a online search suggests. It appears someone designed a fail safe design in the 1998 vintage S70. We've tried prying it with a breaker bar and short of pulling apart the entire dash board it won't budge. Hell, the door barely bends. I tried high powered magnets hoping to dislodge something but got no where.

The volvo dealer fortunately has a similar model in for repair but there is no way to access the locking/latching mechanism. The lock and opener is on the left side and the latch is dead center near the top. Unless someone here has a great idea for gaining entry I either have to drill out a 1" hole near the latch and that might not work or it's buzz saw time as a punch out won't work either. I just have no idea how to dress up the missing glove box. I wanted to sell the car as its low mileage and near mint condition. I'd let it alone but there are some important papers in the glove box. Any ideas???

gaw · Post by **gaw** » Tue. Oct. 02, 2018 9:30 pm

Sounds like a predicament. Is your box like the one in this video?

warminmn · Post by **warminmn** » Tue. Oct. 02, 2018 9:48 pm

gaw wrote: ↑
Tue. Oct. 02, 2018 9:30 pm
Sounds like a predicament. Is your box like the one in this video?

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Hope it works!

hank2 · Post by **hank2** » Tue. Oct. 02, 2018 10:02 pm

Here's another one.
https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/Volvo-V ... lacing.htm

and another.

https://www.matthewsvolvosite.com/fix-a-stuck-glo ... orial.html

If you have to do some drilling, there seems to be a lot of S70 glove box doors on ebay. Also a liner or two.

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Wed. Oct. 03, 2018 7:45 pm

I think I'll try the hack saw first. It seem the least destructive. Looking at the guts, I'm betting the vertical spring sprung as I can see the locking mechanism move the box to engage.

snuffy · Post by **snuffy** » Sun. Dec. 15, 2019 7:14 pm

Out of the blue my neighbor bought it for $2300 and she is an attorney so if she gets asked to open it she knows the law better then I ever will. Never got the box opened - just couldn't bring myself to destroy such a well kept car.