The Mégane II Owners' Club

Hi everyone,
my 2003 Meggie's falling apart

After dephaser (had to renew the whole distribution, only waterpump covered by warranty, total bill: £480), steering box (100% under warranty) and rear shocks (£200), at the moment I have a failed rotary wire in the steering wheel, melted/sticky front door internal handles, dead electric sunroof (luckily stuck closed) and multiple little but annoying noises on the inside.
Oh and even the cigarette lighter has left me
And I also had a spark plug (cylinder no. 1) with azure/whiteish residues on it... I guess a slight principle of gasket failure (no other symptoms though)

I might post help request about some of the above, in the future... especially the minor faults which I could try to fix by myself.

I had more down-time due to unpredictable faults in 1-year ownership with this car than probably with all my four previous ones: Fiat Uno, 205 SX, 205 GTI, Opel Tigra (the latter, 7 years without anything serious)

Anyway,
I recently had the n-th fault when the glovebox handle broke as many of you already know it could happen/have experienced...
At first I got furious and seriously thinking about instantly selling the car in that condition, but then I tried to reason and maybe repair it, and finally succeded in it

I still don't know how much it will last, but I (and you who have the same problem) have nothing to loose, since new replacement parts are extremely expensive, more than a day or two of our spare time.

So I took many pictures and made a PDF tutorial about the whole process.
It's ~2.6 MB. You can download it here (sorry but it's a free account, some pop-ups may open on you. If you want to host it or suggest a different hosting, you're welcome):

https://www.mediafire.com/download.php?fdylmqytqvnzwua

First part of it is useful also for changing by yourself the aircon/booth filter (for the less expert users).
On the other hand, it might be pointless for who now has had the fault some time ago: a glovebox which can't stay closed is not something you can postpone (of, say, weeks or months) the repairing of.

Nice work. I repaired mine using the same procedure a year or so ago. It broke again. What you didn't mention is the shear amount of force and nerve required in separating the two halves of the door - it's a nightmare!

I might have another crack at mine again now I've read your guide. Enjoyed reading it.

That was nicely put together.

Great job.

I'm certainly gonna try it, nothing to loose.

Brilliant guide, bust mine open to find part of the plastic bracket gone... So that was that. Purchased another one from ebay now.

Thank you for the very detailed guide with photos. I repaired mine after reading your guide, I am in South Africa so the glovebox is on the left hand side, but I could easily follow your instructions. It saved me from importing the parts via the Renault dealer.

Thanks for the detailed and perfectly-described instructions.