hood release problem?
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hood release problem?
hey guys,
whenever i pull the switch to release my hood, my hood doenst pop up at all. i need pull it up a little before it pops up and is stopped by the latch. then i can pull the latch to release it. is this how your car is too? thanks!
whenever i pull the switch to release my hood, my hood doenst pop up at all. i need pull it up a little before it pops up and is stopped by the latch. then i can pull the latch to release it. is this how your car is too? thanks!
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you know, if you guys actually read his post before you instantly belittled him for posting something you'd understand how dumb the last 10 replies were
what he's saying is he pulls the lever and it unlocks, but doesn't spring up to the point of being held down by the latch guard that prevents it from opening completely on accident
truthfully I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a pain to get your fingers under there and lift it, and it *could* maybe, in a hundred years, if the moon sets right, cause it to be more of a hazard... see, if it's popped open but not noticeably open and you're driving on the highway doing 70, air could get under there and violently yank the hood up that 2 inches before it locks against the latch, and with enough force, could unhook the latch, or even break it if it's really that much lift because it wouldn't be a constant stopping force, but rather like the force of a car hitting a wall doing 30, rather than a car trying to shove itself into a wall with the force of doing 30mph.....
BTW, my hood pops up about an inch, and there's about another half an inch, maybe three-quarters till it hits the latch
just take it to the dealer and see what they have to say about it, walk around with them and start popping up hoods on all their cars like vans, sedans, trucks etc and see if it's normal, because they'll probably look at you like you just jammered on with the meaning of life
not sure what aggravates me more, people who post seemingly dumb questions, or people who knee-jerk flames on topics ever-so-blindly, but it's a close race.....
what he's saying is he pulls the lever and it unlocks, but doesn't spring up to the point of being held down by the latch guard that prevents it from opening completely on accident
truthfully I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a pain to get your fingers under there and lift it, and it *could* maybe, in a hundred years, if the moon sets right, cause it to be more of a hazard... see, if it's popped open but not noticeably open and you're driving on the highway doing 70, air could get under there and violently yank the hood up that 2 inches before it locks against the latch, and with enough force, could unhook the latch, or even break it if it's really that much lift because it wouldn't be a constant stopping force, but rather like the force of a car hitting a wall doing 30, rather than a car trying to shove itself into a wall with the force of doing 30mph.....
BTW, my hood pops up about an inch, and there's about another half an inch, maybe three-quarters till it hits the latch
just take it to the dealer and see what they have to say about it, walk around with them and start popping up hoods on all their cars like vans, sedans, trucks etc and see if it's normal, because they'll probably look at you like you just jammered on with the meaning of life
not sure what aggravates me more, people who post seemingly dumb questions, or people who knee-jerk flames on topics ever-so-blindly, but it's a close race.....
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Originally Posted by Otocan
you know, if you guys actually read his post before you instantly belittled him for posting something you'd understand how dumb the last 10 replies were
what he's saying is he pulls the lever and it unlocks, but doesn't spring up to the point of being held down by the latch guard that prevents it from opening completely on accident
truthfully I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a pain to get your fingers under there and lift it, and it *could* maybe, in a hundred years, if the moon sets right, cause it to be more of a hazard... see, if it's popped open but not noticeably open and you're driving on the highway doing 70, air could get under there and violently yank the hood up that 2 inches before it locks against the latch, and with enough force, could unhook the latch, or even break it if it's really that much lift because it wouldn't be a constant stopping force, but rather like the force of a car hitting a wall doing 30, rather than a car trying to shove itself into a wall with the force of doing 30mph.....
BTW, my hood pops up about an inch, and there's about another half an inch, maybe three-quarters till it hits the latch
just take it to the dealer and see what they have to say about it, walk around with them and start popping up hoods on all their cars like vans, sedans, trucks etc and see if it's normal, because they'll probably look at you like you just jammered on with the meaning of life
not sure what aggravates me more, people who post seemingly dumb questions, or people who knee-jerk flames on topics ever-so-blindly, but it's a close race.....
what he's saying is he pulls the lever and it unlocks, but doesn't spring up to the point of being held down by the latch guard that prevents it from opening completely on accident
truthfully I wouldn't worry about it unless it's a pain to get your fingers under there and lift it, and it *could* maybe, in a hundred years, if the moon sets right, cause it to be more of a hazard... see, if it's popped open but not noticeably open and you're driving on the highway doing 70, air could get under there and violently yank the hood up that 2 inches before it locks against the latch, and with enough force, could unhook the latch, or even break it if it's really that much lift because it wouldn't be a constant stopping force, but rather like the force of a car hitting a wall doing 30, rather than a car trying to shove itself into a wall with the force of doing 30mph.....
BTW, my hood pops up about an inch, and there's about another half an inch, maybe three-quarters till it hits the latch
just take it to the dealer and see what they have to say about it, walk around with them and start popping up hoods on all their cars like vans, sedans, trucks etc and see if it's normal, because they'll probably look at you like you just jammered on with the meaning of life
not sure what aggravates me more, people who post seemingly dumb questions, or people who knee-jerk flames on topics ever-so-blindly, but it's a close race.....
so noone elses car has this problem?
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