I have just purchased on this very day a 2001 Expedition. I cannot get the rear drink tray to collapse all the way to shut it. Any help? Thanks.

 

The drink holders collapse in half, so you may have to help them collapse as you are pushing the assembly up to close it. It has a positive engagement that is fairly robust, so you may need to work it a bit. Also, make sure there are no bottle caps, pencils, cap from the power point etc in there to block it from shutting. Good luck.

 

I had a similar problem with mine that was driving me nuts. After careful examination, I found that the left side of the mechanism that causes the cup holders to 'collapse' before folding had come unhinged, so the cup-holder wasn't collapsing and thus couldn't properly close. It would be worth a check.

 

I will check it out, I appreciate it. Thanks

 

That solved the problem thanks for the unhinged solution!

 

I had been searching under" cup holder" until I found this thread!