Am sure it has another name....just can't think of it.

Anyway !  While on my hols I needed to open up the cigarette lighter tray to plug in my Tom Tom....it was a struggle to get it to sit at the right angle to plug it in..in any event.

Anyway !   Now the thing won't close properly...although it sits perfectly neatly...about 5mm away. How do you get the soddin thing out in order to check if a cable has got caught or something.

I can push it back but it feels like something won't allow it to sit back properly so it bounces straight back out....Any ideas please ?

What he^said.

Had this problem when I first picked up the car. The original sound unit was replaced with a Sony head unit and because a different panel was used the flap got stuck and prevented the ashtray from shutting.

I removed the inner tray and released the spring from the flap, now it works fine. The flap just does't flap right up now unless you assist it with a finger. 

duggs wrote on 31. Aug 2011 at 12:47:

Bit your fag butts go in, small lever on the right to release it

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duggs after taking the inner tray out have you found the screw that holds the whole mechanism in?  (screw is right at back middle top) something is stopping it going back, which could be the aftermarket facia, this might need to be modded abit to allow ashtray to fit properly