The same thing happen to me not to long ago. It is posible to fix your it your self as long as nothing is broken. It took me a long time to figure it out but I was able to fixed it and it been working fine ever since. The trick is to start pushing the long object with teeth facing left into the center of the cup holder still attached. While at the same time sliding the front part in also. If you notice there is a little hole on the back side of the font piece, you have to try to hook the long teeth object with the tab into that hole while pushing the unit in. You probably won't get it on your fisrt try, it took me some time to do. Your other option is to just leave it alone and not used it. Good Luck