Well, in order to open my hood, I have to have one preson pressing on the hood, while another pulls the interior-latch. Once the person lets the pressure go, then the hood will pop back up. I think it's that little wire on the interior-latch -- it has too much travel, maybe. Anyone know how to resolve this?

 

i'm interested in this too...

 

Lower the latch unit to preload the spring . There are 10 mm bolts holding it on and the holes are slotted to adjust it .

 

Do you have a pic?

 

On page S-6 of the Factory Service Manual found at www.iluvmyrx7.com it shows the latch and how to adjust as duboisr mentioned.

 

Thanks for the link, but I still can't figure out which bolt adjusts it up and down... does anyone have a digital pic? (Sorry, the diagram looks too blurry)

Do I loosen all of the nuts holding the door latch mechanism to the body (3 of them?), then adjust the big spring or the little one?

 

Should I lower just the latch, or do I need to adjust the spring as well?

 

Well, I tried lowering it -- no luck.

I also tried adding more tension on the line by using a zip-tie to anchor it to the chasis -- no luck.

It still requires two people to open it. Does anyone know where I should go from here?