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Originally Posted by Xringer
Got rid of the Ford Escape today.. Now own a RAV4..
Found a plastic tube inside the glove box..
Anybody know what this thing is??
On the left end, it has a pull-ring. It looks like the yellow cap will pop off..
Maybe I should pull the ring.. See if it's a grenade? 
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Yes. It is a thing that holds up the glove box when opened (glove box damper). There should be a couple plastic parts on the right outside of the glove box that it attaches to. Those parts are easily broken and the dealer/repair site just throws that part in the glove box rather than own up to their breakage and doing the repair. I chose to not make the repair on the Tacoma. I'll add a video that shows where it is located on the side of the glove box on the Tacoma.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...EF55&FORM=VIRE