What's up with the SVX glovebox?

[lee]

A recent thread on removing the security box on a 92 made me wonder about this....

Did one of the design engineers have an errant glovebox spontaneously fly out and maliciously attack their passenger?

I lost count of how many screws had to come out when I had to take off my shoes.

Originally posted by lee
A recent thread on removing the security box on a 92 made me wonder about this....

Did one of the design engineers have an errant glovebox spontaneously fly out and maliciously attack their passenger?

I lost count of how many screws had to come out when I had to take off my shoes.

DId you get it out yet? How about putting it back in?

There are many screws and bolts that holds it in. Just another reason to buy a SVX with dual airbags!

[lee]

I've had it out & back in several times with tests for failures of the security system and the power door locks. The hardest part (I think) is getting loose the travel limit arm (or whatever it's called) on the right side.

I just can't figure out why they put so many screws into the thing.

[Seraph]

I don't have that trouble on my car. I have my security module in the trunk.

What's worse than having to remove all those screws to access the security module behind the glove box?...................




Finding out after you've removed everything that the security module isn't even there- it's in your trunk!!

(I've got a '94 with a security module that died...... I'm probably the one that inadvertently got this thread started in the first place.)

-Mark

[Seraph]

I don't like to laugh from someone's misfortune but that one is good LOL. Sorry.

That's OK; I was originally going by the information that was in the factory manual. I even looked in the supplements and didn't see any specific reference to the re-location of the module.

I even asked one of the more knowledgeable tech's at the Subaru dealership and he didn't remember where it was either.

One of our SVX 'brothers' gave me a 'heads up' on the new location and I've since replaced it with a universal remote start/security/etc. unit. Works pretty good, but I'm still fiddlin' with some of the wiring and settings.

-Mark

good lord i hate the glove box i had to replace my alarm and door lock timmer when i got the car and i had soo many extra pieces left over from my glove box and it still works now about 5lbs lighter too some how i have 10 screws and 3 metal brackets left over and i called one of my subaru techs to get info on putting it back together and he came over and did most of the work and still had extra parts i said screw it just as long as it works...hasnt not worked since before when i got the car it would just drop open on occasion...grrrr that glove box

Jim

[KennEls]

Originally posted by lee
A recent thread on removing the security box on a 92 made me wonder about this....

Did one of the design engineers have an errant glovebox spontaneously fly out and maliciously attack their passenger?

I lost count of how many screws had to come out when I had to take off my shoes.

Ah Mr Fuji-san, we have built nice new and verly strlong grovebox.

Ah So it is verly strlong grlovebox, I have ideea, let's build a SVX around it.


Ah and it was done.



Kenn

[b3lha]

I know what really happened. There was a mix up at the factory.

The gave the glovebox plans to the transmission engineer and the transmission plans to the glovebox engineer.

[Chicane]

Originally posted by b3lha
I know what really happened. There was a mix up at the factory.

The gave the glovebox plans to the transmission engineer and the transmission plans to the glovebox engineer.

BAhaHAHahHAhAHahhAHahHAhAHAh that wa so good I told Kristin about it, she thought it was great! Top notch!

- Rob

[MNYPNNY]

Ok, so we tried getting the glovebox out of the parts car this past weekend. You guys are not kidding. There are about a million screws. And wouldn't you know it, the last one we had is stripped, we have to drill it out......

And I'm the small one that can fit under the dash....

~~Michelle

When I took out my glovebox also to install a new alarm, and I never found the alarm module, I put the glove box back together - I had at least 20 screws that I didn't put back in! Well, it still works fine.

Originally posted by mark10t
What's worse than having to remove all those screws to access the security module behind the glove box?...................




Finding out after you've removed everything that the security module isn't even there- it's in your trunk!!

(I've got a '94 with a security module that died...... I'm probably the one that inadvertently got this thread started in the first place.)

-Mark

That just reinforces what I said in sentence 3 of my first post!

[Motorsport-SVX]

found many threads about it, but sorry for asking again.

Wheres the location of the factory alarm module
in the trunk exactly ? and on what yrs ?

and when did they change it to behind the glovebox ?

anyone have pics of what Im looking for ?

thanks again
dg