Hey guys, so the cupholder cover in my 2012 Tech randomly broke this week. I searched around and the only fix I could find was to replace the entire cupholder assembly which was like $120. I'm way too cheap for that and I'm also an engineer with a 3D printer so I figured I could design something to fix it. After taking the cup holder assembly out I discovered that the cupholder cover pieces are connected via a rubber track so unless I had some flexible filament my 3D printer wasn't going to help. My cheap solution was this: Use a high strength stapler and connect the broken pieces with a zip tie.

1 zip tie and zip tie head attached via Staples.
So here are the steps:
1. Staple the pieces as shown in photo, they will not go in all the way so you can position the zip tie later.
2. Position one zip tie through both Staples,.
3. With a cloth underneath the cupholder cover, gently hammer the Staples down so they're tight on the zip tie.
4. Take a second zip tie and attach it to the first, once it's tight on the staple, cut off all of the excess. That should leave you something that looks like the picture above.
5. Remove the middle tab on the cupholder so the zip tie has enough clearance to move, don't worry, this part is not visible. See image below:

6. Reinstall everything, you're done!

I'm not liable for any damages you might incur, also there are videos on YouTube explaining how to disassemble the dash so I'm not going to explain that part. It might be worth adding some lock tight to the Staples so they don't wiggle out.

Good luck!

 

Thanks for the info. Mine is broke also. I will try your idea.