Thread: How do I open a glove box that has a broken latch, 2001 VW Jetta?

I've tried web searches, but they all explain how to REMOVE and REPLACE a broken latch, not really addressing how to open a CLOSED glove box. The latch is off, as are the two, for lack of a better word, metal hooks and a spring. There is no way to insert (I think) a wire inside and hope to hook onto something...or is is there? A diagram of the way the latch on the VW Glove box would, at the very least, be helpful. Thanks in advance to all the knowledgeable people out there who can answer this.

You are going to have to pry it open and then replace the locks.

sledgehammer

Volkswagen Jetta owners have a forum. Ask your question there.

http://jettajunkie.com/vw-jetta/cmps_index.php

Good Luck

DUH With your hands fool some pple are just thick!!!!!!!!!!!

All you need is a hammer and a flat-headed screw driver.

get the tire iron out of the trunk and pry it open