Missing hood release lever & sticky spring

[LuvHydro]

Anyone else keep reaching inside to unlatch the hood? DOH
Hard habit to break.

Also, when I do raise the hood, the rubber bumper on the hood spring sticks then comes free and goes "Sproonngg" (think Don Martin)

Anyone else's stick?

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[JasonInDLH]

My spring does the same. I’ve had it in the back of my mind to fix it one of these days.

 

[mdkautzman]

Yep. Mine too. It seems to get caught in the plastic trim towards the engine side because the round cut out is to small.

 

[LuvHydro]

Yep. Mine too. It seems to get caught in the plastic trim towards the engine side because the round cut out is to small.

That's what I thought at first on mine. On mine the rubber bumper actually sticks to the place it rests on.

The reason I know that on mine, is was stuck so bad after I cleaned it off, that it stretched the spring way out and wouldn't let go.

 

[AFD]

Is there any recommended way to adjust the hood spring by the release lever?

Mine always catches on the front trim piece attached to the grille and eventually "boings" loose once I get it pushed out of the way. Just afraid of eventually stretching out the spring too much or breaking it off the hood. Just bend it maybe?

 

[mini4mw]

I thought it was catching on the lever to push sideways.. the safety latch. Guess I need to investigate now.

 

[AFD]

I thought it was catching on the lever to push sideways.. the safety latch. Guess I need to investigate now.

That might be how mine's catching too, I'm not 100% sure. Just felt like it was getting hung up somewhere at the front of the spring.

 

[mdkautzman]

It's not catching. It's getting stuck. I added a black adhesive sticker to the bottom of the rubber and fixed!

 

[AFD]

It's not catching. It's getting stuck. I added a black adhesive sticker to the bottom of the rubber and fixed!

The bottom of the rubber pad is getting sticky and sticking to metal of the body/engine bay? That would make sense, but I seem to recall that even after it's loose, the rings of the spring still catching a bit on something.

Wonder if coating the bottom of the pad with a grease would also keep it from sticking or if that would make it worse?

 

[Opus]

That might be how mine's catching too, I'm not 100% sure. Just felt like it was getting hung up somewhere at the front of the spring.

Mine does. The spring actually makes a noise every time the latch catches it.

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