Front Rooftop Console with Sunglass Holder fell down

[tamelao]

Hello, Front Roof Console with Sunglass holder fell today out of the blue. The dealer wants me to pay over $1000 bucks to fix it but my issue is the 2 screws that was screwed to plastic pieces where the sunglass holder resides is the only thing that is broke.
Can I use an epoxy glue to fix this by just gluing and mounting?

[AZhitman]

Hi tamelao!

First of all, who's your dealer? We need to make fun of them for being ridiculous.

I like the epoxy idea for sure. Something I've done in the past is to use some 2-part epoxy, but ALSO place a small washer where I want the hole to be reinforced. Then, there's some metal sandwiched with the plastic, giving it more support.

Can you shoot a couple pics of the broken part and where it attaches? I have another idea that might be more permanent.

[marctronixx]

why not grab the service manual, locate the exploded parts diagram for that, order the parts and be done with it? sounds like the $tealer is raping you for labor.

[tamelao]

Thank you. I have attached pictures. So, basically, the plastic tubular piece broke off the screw. Unfortunately, the tubular piece is not sold separately. You have to buy the same console. My dealer is Infiniti of Tulsa.

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[AMoloche]

Hello, I have a similar issue with the front rooftop console. I check it and the left clip (metal sandwich) is loose. I will try to take a picture or two to upload. I will greatly appreciate if anybody could give me an idea on how to fix it or where to take my car to get fixed. I call the Nissan Dealer (in Las Vegas, Nevada) they will charge $900.00 to repair it, they told me the rooftop has to be completely replaced there is no other way to fix it. Thank you so much. Amelia

[VStar650CL]

The pawls with the red arrows are what hold the console to the roof, they clip into rectangular slots in the roof reinforcements. The black parts are metal pawls, they slide over plastic tongues on the console posts. If those tongues are broken off (which is how they usually fail), there's no good way to to fix it. When they do break, about 95% of the time it's from careless installation. What usually happens is that the pawls get pulled loose from the tongues and remain in the roof when the console is pulled down for service, then they don't line up properly on reinstallation and get bent over and break. The way to prevent that is to remove the pawls from the roof with a needlenose pliers, then reinstall them on the tongues before trying to remount the console.

However, that replacement price is ridiculous. List price for B17 Sentra consoles is $240~$450. They're $160~$320 online, and good used ones on eBay are under $100. Installation is a five minute job even if the old pawls need to be extracted from the roof. So $900 is a replete hose job.