Oops....I broke something

Mine did the same thing and I lived with it for years because the only way to fix it is to get another armrest lid from a junkyard or something. You can't buy any part of the center console from Toyota. They sell it all as one piece for 800+ dollars. There's a thread on here somewhere about how to fix it with some little set screws, but I'm on my phone and can't search.

Edit:
Here it is on tacomaworld:
http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/65554-center-compartment-latch-repair.html

 

Same thing happened to me and it's an easy fix

 

yep, sam ehappened to me and cost me an new armwrest as spring whent who knows where

 

You could've just taken a spring from a click pen

 

how does this happen?

 

Yeah exactly, the little hooks that keep the switch from coming out wear down and this happens. It's kind of stupid though how easy it is to make cheap little plastic parts like that, yet you can't go to the dealership and buy that part.

 

It's the simple things. .. lol

I'll keep this in mind when that happens

 

Lol it's a really simple fix with 2 set screws and some lock-tite. I made a write up for XRU when I did mine

 

I had this same issue. After fixing it with some tiny screws, I found this part you can 3d print.

There are companies that will print stuff for you also.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2995452

 

Rockauto has the piece for less than $15 bucks too.