Well i close my hood taday and go to reopen it and only the driver side latch releases. Anyone know a quick fix before I call my dealer and have to freeze my ass off, driving it all the way there?
Hood Latch
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sam owens videos on YouTube ..... here's one but watch the others as well
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I learned something about hood releases and opening. One thing to check is the four bolts on hood hinge to frame. If they get loose all adjustments won’t do any good. Learned after bout 45 minuets of adjusting with no results. Just check the four bolts first. Just Sayin
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I don't need to adjust the hood. I can't even get the hood open.
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I don't need to adjust the hood. I can't even get the hood open.
I had this happen once on my 15. Took two people and about 10 min to get it open. One to press lightly in the area of the latch that wouldn’t release and one to work the release lever. We were finally able to get all the latches to release. Then used white lithium grease on the latches and did some minor adjusting. Checked the latches every time I opened the hood after that. Still hung occasionally on the passenger side and would have to have someone lift lightly on that side to get it to release.
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I don't need to adjust the hood. I can't even get the hood open.
Yeah, me too. Kinda embarrassing when strangers want a peek underneath. Then, again, they are strangers and I don't care anymore. Dealer seems to get it open just fine. Maybe they do the three man lift too. One on the left, one on the right, one at the latch - pulling at an odd angle.
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All I was sayin was check the four bolts to make sure tight
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Thanks Ross for the Sam Owens videos. The videos really helped me understand how the hood latch operates. I was able to get the hood open by manually pulling the hood latch cable on passenger side. Once the hood was open I noticed the forward driver's side hood latch cable managed to over extend. I reseated the end of the cable in the latch release properly and now both sides unlatch no problem. Now I can get some good pictures of my new QA1 shocks that I installed!
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glad you were able to get it fixed
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@Trickle007. Sorry for chiming in so late. Next time your hood won’t open, get yourself a long ass flat screw driver and you can release each of the corners by reaching behind and around each wheel. The latches are accessible from there. You can use the screw driver to push the latches open.