Hood Will Not Lock

[imtheking]

front hood will not lock. used wd40 and another product and no luck. i must have pushed the hood down 100+ times and it just wont lock. The unlock thing you push out to open the hood is hanging down a bit. Dad said the wire going to the part that locks the hood when you push it down has been damaged or "cut".

Any idea of what this part might go for? What should I try to do myself before taking to a mechanic....looked pretty hard to take apart.

[wannaboostbad]

Your Hood latch cable is busted, u can do something to close it temporarily but you would have to do it everytime u open the hood. (its really really hard to explain cuz i dont know the exact words, i learned it at lexus when i was a tech helper.)

[imtheking]

yea cause i finally got it to close. Had to play with the hood latch a bunch of times and then it just snapped back to its original location and the hood finally locked into place.

Like you said, the wire is busted. Its not snapping into place. Any idea of what it costs to fix this?

is this something i should go to dealer to fix or can a regular mechanic fix it?

[SKperformance]

It can be the latch or the cable.

I would use PB blaster and let it sit as well as spraying as much up the cable as possible.

That should keep it from reoccuring.

[imtheking]

boost,

any idea of what it cost to replace the busted wire at the dealer since you use to be a tech helper??

SK- the only part of the wire I see is below the latch (in the car)...i cant see it under the hood etc....

[SKperformance]

The cable should run under the rad support and inside the fender to inside the car.

[imtheking]

it was busted cable wire...replaced cable

labor 70 part 35

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