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This morning I went topen my hood, and the hood would not "pop" up. When I pull on the lever I here "tink" noise, when I got to work I look at the bonnect to find it had poped up!!

When I get some one to pull the lever I can not see anything move and well I don't want to close it if I can not open it again..

Any ideas?

oregano

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u can buy hood pins dirt cheap. that is, if u dont mind drilling holes in your hood.

Rattaan

You probably broke the release cord somewhere between the latch itself and the release handle. I would try to find where before closing the hood again. You might want to get a new one before driving at highway speeds though, I'm not sure if the hood would fly up in your face or not.

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Thanks I'll have a look at lunch time.

daviddeep

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Could also just be a sticking latch. Mine did this once. Clean off all the old hardened grease and re-lubricate it with fresh grease.

rotard

Ditto what daviddeep said. Similar to my new Toyota yesterday -- it was cold, and I think the grease used by the manufacturer hardened so the hood first wouldn't open, then wouldn't close properly. Gonna relube it.

assman20a

it could be malajusted cuasing it to stick . mine did the same thing

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I used some WD40 and all is well now

SpeedFreak03

thats good, the grease prolly hardened or something. Man I snapped the hood release on my old benz and that was a bitch to get back open, I had to use needle nose pliers to pull on this lever while somebody pulled the hood up...lol benzs suck