General My knob has fallen off :(

[hmallett]

My knob has come off

It's the power/volume knob for the radio. Having a look at the back of the knob bit shows that it's a thin (not very robust) plastic collar holding it on to the actual (metal) control part on the radio.
Typical, you have a reasonably high-milage budget car built by those shoddy, workshy Italians, which is very reliable, but it's the radio built by the industrious, quality-obsessed Germans which falls apart!

Anyone got a spare knob? It's the later version, with the ridges (I know that jai only has a small, smooth knob, and he has difficulty handling it. He said he prefers mine )

 

[loudpunto]

My knob has come off

It's the power/volume knob for the radio. Having a look at the back of the knob bit shows that it's a thin (not very robust) plastic collar holding it on to the actual (metal) control part on the radio.
Typical, you have a reasonably high-milage budget car built by those shoddy, workshy Italians, which is very reliable, but it's the radio built by the industrious, quality-obsessed Germans which falls apart!

Anyone got a spare knob? It's the later version, with the ridges (I know that jai only has a small, smooth knob, and he has difficulty handling it. He said he prefers mine )

Sig anyone??

 

[ScoobyChris]

Has the collar actually broken, or would a dab of superglue fix it back on?

Chris

 

[luvduvs]

My knob has come off

 

[Sammyboy]

My knob has come off

It's the power/volume knob for the radio. Having a look at the back of the knob bit shows that it's a thin (not very robust) plastic collar holding it on to the actual (metal) control part on the radio.
Typical, you have a reasonably high-milage budget car built by those shoddy, workshy Italians, which is very reliable, but it's the radio built by the industrious, quality-obsessed Germans which falls apart!

Anyone got a spare knob? It's the later version, with the ridges (I know that jai only has a small, smooth knob, and he has difficulty handling it. He said he prefers mine )

italians don't make the car - Poles do.

If you're having trouble operating your knob drop me a line

 

[PNL]

Time to visit your GP..hope its not contagious to..

 

[Sammyboy]

 

[Melpunto]

Lmao at this thread!

Hope your knob gets better soon

 

[hmallett]

Has the collar actually broken, or would a dab of superglue fix it back on?

The collar is actually broken.
The metal bit it fits on to is ribbed, and quite stiff. I'm not sure whether if I stuck it on with blu tack, it would hold. If I'm giving it some hand action, I want it to work properly. I don't really want to be giving it a twist, and finding it unresponsive, or coming off again.
As for superglue, I'm not a fan, I don't like getting it sticky then finding you can't have it off ever again.

 

[hmallett]

If you're having trouble operating your knob drop me a line

What are you proposing?

 

[Sammyboy]

What are you proposing?

 

[MisssportyGT]

Should i rub it better?

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[hmallett]

Should i rub it better?

I don't think it would fix it. It's somewhere under the passenger seat I think.

 

[Sammyboy]

I don't think it would fix it. It's somewhere under the passenger seat I think.

Blimey - exactly how big is it?????

 

[MisssportyGT]

Blimey - exactly how big is it?????

Haha lol.

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[PNL]

Should i rub it better?

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Not unless you want a right cross and an upercut off Sammi..:nono:

 

[valencia100hp]

My knob came off in my hand about 3 months ago too, funnily enough. When I showed the dealer on trade in he said he'd seen a lot of them like that and not to worry about it.

Seems the plastic is not up to the job and gluing it back will just make a mess. I can't imagine a replacement would cost much though, try Blaupunkt customer service

 

[Jai]

time to use my voucher.....

 

[sammiboo]

I don't think it would fix it. It's somewhere under the passenger seat I think.

if you stopped playing with it then it wouldnt drop off

 

[Wee Smurf]

The collar is actually broken.
The metal bit it fits on to is ribbed, and quite stiff. I'm not sure whether if I stuck it on with blu tack, it would hold. If I'm giving it some hand action, I want it to work properly. I don't really want to be giving it a twist, and finding it unresponsive, or coming off again.
As for superglue, I'm not a fan, I don't like getting it sticky then finding you can't have it off ever again.

Wow 2 sigs in one thread in the Panda section!

That'll teach you for playing with your knob too much!