My glovebox is basically loose. The only thing keeping it in place is the latch. A screw fell out of from the left side way in back. I still have the screw (self tapping) and have replaced it which fixes the problem until the screw works itself loose after a while. I was wondering if there's a metal clip missing that the screw goes into because I can't believe that a self tapping screw into plastic is all that keeps the glovebox from falling out.

The glovebox has always looked uneven (the gap between the lid and the dash has always been a bit larger on the left side) since I've had the car.

 

Correlate the self tapping screw in question to the diagram below to see if any 'metal clip' is associated / present?

 

I think it's #22/23 which is "Acura 93903-24380 Screw, Tapping (4X12)" but it doesn't look like there's an accompanying clip except for possibly #20 which is "Acura 90666-S84-A01 Clip, Snap Fitting".

 

Just take one size bigger screw

 

I'll see if I can get some pictures but there should be a screw on each side on the bottom, and then of course the gas/hydraulic cylinder to slow the glovebox down when you unlock it on the right hand side.