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#1 User is offline   xNEXT LITEx 

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Posted 16 April 2010 - 05:44 AM

My damn hood won't open...whats can be the problem?
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Posted 16 April 2010 - 06:00 AM

Sooo, somebody has to ask... are you pressing the latch after you pop the hood ;)

Anything different since the last time you opened it? Get any front end damage that could have bent the latch? Does the hood pop at all? If not the cable could have snapped.
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Posted 16 April 2010 - 06:25 AM

You can jack the front up clime under and reach up and unlatch it the hard way.
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Posted 16 April 2010 - 09:20 AM

make sure the cable hasnt snapped.
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Posted 17 April 2010 - 06:13 AM

View PostCully77, on 16 April 2010 - 06:00 AM, said:

Sooo, somebody has to ask... are you pressing the latch after you pop the hood ;)


beat me to it, but i was gonna ask if he pulled the lever in the car. by bet is on a broken cable
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