yea I have read some where on here that some one had the same problem but didn't mention what he did about it. I use to put all my spare change in the ash tray and it got too full, now there is change jammed behind the cover and it won't open. Is there a way to removed the cover.

ash tray??? our car has ash tray?

yea. I guess you could use it for what ever the hell you want. But i would imagine any smoker would use it as an ash tray. The little compartment that flips up in front of the cup holders.

anyway can I remove that cover easily?

No.....

That's not even an ash tray. That small compartment is a one piece unit that's integrated with the console and the cover itself is not easy to take out.

the only way i can see to do it its to pull out the legs of the waterfall on the dash then pull out the change holder/ ash tray....and shake the living hell out of it untill you can get the lid open. i want to say its pressure fitted but i havent take a look at the underside of that part of the dash

mine did the same thing with the change... i took it off and used a pen to push all the pennies out that were stuck..
u gotta take off the piece where ur shifter is first then the coinholder/cupolder section.

That's not even an ash tray. That small compartment is a one piece unit that's integrated with the console and the cover itself is not easy to take out.

yeah man.. thats what im said... we dont even have ash tray n our cars... and im happy for it,..

mine did the same thing with the change... i took it off and used a pen to push all the pennies out that were stuck..
u gotta take off the piece where ur shifter is first then the coinholder/cupolder section.
this is what you have to do. same thing happened to me, so i used the first couple steps on this guide to remove the parts needed

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=102330

its pretty annoying but isnt so bad. what i learned from this whole this is to only put silver coins in that compartment.


pennies can die.

thanks for the thread nano

mine did the same thing with the change... i took it off and used a pen to push all the pennies out that were stuck..
u gotta take off the piece where ur shifter is first then the coinholder/cupolder section.
this is what you have to do. same thing happened to me, so i used the first couple steps on this guide to remove the parts needed

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=102330

its pretty annoying but isnt so bad. what i learned from this whole this is to only put silver coins in that compartment.


pennies can die.
I hate pennies. They are a pain in the ___ to get out of that little coin compartment.

But i would imagine any smoker would use it as an ashtray.
I'm a smoker, but would NEVER use that compartment as an ashtray. :nope:

Scion does offer a "ash tray" or at least they did if they don't anymore, it was an option when I bought my tC. It's more of an ash cup that sits in your cup holder.

Wow glad to read that i'm not the only one with this problem. I actually got so tired of it that i did fix the problem last night.

1. remove bottom piece of waterfall

2. pull up e-brake and remove that black plastic part aka the cupholder section by pulling up starting at the front and working back as there are a few clips attached to it

3. shake the heck out of it to remove change from behind the compartment.

TADA!! a working compartment again

4. slide black cupholder section back over e-brake and attach the clips back down.

5. put back together the bottom waterfall piece.

YAY!! your done with extra change to put away.

Hope this helps anyone. Sorry i dont have pictures i did this late last night cause it was bugging me for the past week.

that happened to me once..what i did is this. i unclipped the center panel, which has 2 parts, the top and bottom one..the top panel just unclip it slightly in order for you to remove the bottom one. once you've unclipped all of them just take the bottom one and get the change out...remember that the ashtray has a little spring..so as you put everything back in place remember to get the srping back in place. hope this helps~!