JBMB Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Does anyone have their hood latch (inside car) disengaged. Mine does nothing. Only have to remove hood pins to access engine. Is this normal on GT-H? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socalwrench Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Whoa. That's not normal on any modern car, let along a GT-H. When you pull the release level inside the car you should feel a little pop as the cable moves and the hood unlatches. Then you should have to push the safety catch over to pull the hood up. This entire procedure is done AFTER the pins are removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikbuckland Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 I would agree. If I pull the latch from the inside the hood pops up to the hood latches if they are not undone first. Then I have to push the hood back down, disengage teh hood latches, then disengage the latch at th front of the hood above the grill to open the hood. I would get yours looked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffJ Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Agreed, that is not a good thing! You do have a problem with your mechanism. While the hood pins will probably hold your hood temporarily, I don't think that they are built to take that level of stress. I would get that fixed ASAP! If those metal plates that the pins are attached to stresses enough and breaks with you doing any speed at all, you will have a very big problem. I would very much advise not to drive the car much until that is resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07SGT4578 Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 ^ agreed. Sounds like it is time to take your car to see the dr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry T Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Does anyone have their hood latch (inside car) disengaged. Mine does nothing. Only have to remove hood pins to access engine. Is this normal on GT-H? Also, it could cause damage to the hood from stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
07-2937 Posted May 6, 2011 Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 does your hood have a striker bar?? It has to have a striker bar to engage the latch when the hood is closed. if so then the latch is not adjusted correctly. this needs to be fixed soon !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBMB Posted May 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 does your hood have a striker bar?? It has to have a striker bar to engage the latch when the hood is closed. if so then the latch is not adjusted correctly. this needs to be fixed soon !!!!!! OK got it! I just wasn't pushing hard enough and it needed a little lube. It works fine now. Thanks for your input everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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