hood wont stay closed

[Jmells93]

My hood wont stay closed i changed the hood latch but its still wont close i culd it be the cord its self?

[James Matteu]

When you changed the latching mechanism at the radiator core support, did you grab the cable and try to move it to check for smooth action? I guess the cable could be kinked-up somewhere, but I don't see how nor do I see why that would make cable open your hood latch, unless you're trying to say your hood never really latches down to begin with. The mechanism at the core support is where the tension in the cable comes from. What exactly did you change?

[deevergote]

Adjust the latch to make sure it's catching completely. Even though it just seems like it bolts right on there, there's actually quite a bit of room for adjustment.

[HATCHing]

Make sure your cable did not stuck on OPEN.
You can also spray some wd40 on the moving parts on the latch and using a flat screwdriver to help push back and forth motion on the moving bracket where the hood cable attached to. It can help to loosen and smooth out the dirty latch and un-seized moving parts.

[James Matteu]

I agree with all stated above, but must add this. After cleaning/lubricating the mechanism with WD-40, let it dry and apply white lithium grease.

[Jmells93]

i sprayed the whole thing down wit wd-40 and b4 i took it from the donor car i made sure it worked where wuld the cable get caught up at

[ikayto]

move the latch up an inch.

[megarock15]

does your hood not latch at all? my hood latches but the secondary latch does not. its latched but the "popping latch" does not catch i think it is due to the way i routed my cable. this might have something to do with your latch problem.

[199Dakord]

I had the same problem with my latch and I had to move it up about a half a inch

[Jmells93]

does your hood not latch at all? my hood latches but the secondary latch does not. its latched but the "popping latch" does not catch i think it is due to the way i routed my cable. this might have something to do with your latch problem.

yeah it will latch on the first on but it wont go all the way down

[EJX_Michael]

Try that, Its usually what I have to do to get my hood to latch all the way.

[sadkos]

to mirror eveyone's responses, check the latch!

[sin2k5]

If moving the latch up an inch doesn't work as others have suggested, then use some washers to move the latch forward (if the radiator support had been pushed in from previous damage).

I also added a second spring and hooked it onto the mechanism. There wasn't enough force on my civic latch and the extra tension allowed it to latch and unlatch properly. (Same spot as image above with the arrow)

[92cb7h22a]

My friend has the same problem with his car, a Sebring and it was cause the support the latch was mounted to was bent, and that will cause it to not close if the latch is off just the smallest bit. The metal the latch is attached to to cheap flimsy metal and if you slam it to hard it will knock it out of place and that all it takes, and sometimes it hard to get it aligned back up. I seen a few people just take the latch off and put hood pins on cause they couldn't get it to properly align right.