Does anyone know how to open this connector?

[TheGenesis]

Hi everyone,

i have some trouble with the Cockpit-Display of my new chinese EV. It produces vertical stripes instead of a the fancy graphics.
The picture now look like a defective T-Con-Board on a LED TV.
I have already disassembled the unit but i cannot remove the flat flex cable because i never see a connector like this.

Can someone tell the trick to unlock this thing or did i just need to pull the cable hard enough?

Thx in advance
Thom

[Renate]

Dunno. Does the white part pull straight back (away from the flex)?

[grumpydoc]

Does the metal part move away from the flex to unlock it?

[Nusa]

Never seen that before, but my guess is that metal bar on the back gets pushed, pulled, or flipped to unlock.

[MikeK]

Yeah, the metal part looks like it was pushed in onto the plastic part to lock everything.  So it looks like the metal part gets pulled straight back (not up).

[Vovk_Z]

It seems to me the metal part can be flipped. If it moves - it usually moves pretty easily, so it has to be easy to check it.

[TheGenesis]

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

The metal bar has to be pushed towards the ribbon cable.
It releases a locking mechanism wich locks the two outer indents at the end of the cable.
You also have to push it when re-inserting the cable.
This is a very solid connection. But the connector itself is weak, so you are at risk of tearing it apart when pulling the metal bar into the wrong direction.

[MikeK]

I would not have guess that, given that it doesn't look like there is any room in that direction.