Thread: Hood release lever broken - replacement
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Old Feb 25, 2023 | 06:06 PM
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Default Re: Hood release lever broken - replacement
Originally Posted by nickwe21
Hi everyone!

Wanted to clean my engine bay and the red handle has been pretty hard to pull since I bought this car 6 months ago.
I just figured it's harder moving than on my old Coupe. Today I noticed the handle doesn't work at all anymore.
Looked at it and the mechanism seems to be a wire with a metal ball on the end that slides right into the red handle under the dash.
That red handle seems to have cracked.
Does anyone know where to get a replacement and how to install it? Also, is there a way to adjust that wire so it isn't so hard to pull on it to release the hood mechanism? On my old Coupe it was very easy to pull on the SRT it's very difficult to pull which I think led to it cracking.

Thanks for any advise!

Nick



Nick
Look at your 2nd photo, looks like a simple fix:
  1. The RED handle has a hole approximately half way down the handle, on the side
  2. In that same photo, there is a small silver cylinder attached to a wire, jammed behind the RED handle
  3. that cylinder belongs in that hole in the RED lever
  4. Get your needle nose pliers out and "grab" the cylinder and push it into the hole in the RED handle
  5. make sure you push it into the hole fully, should not stick out, must be flush
  6. the silver cylinder was partially, causing the difficulty in opening your hood.
  7. make sure the WIRE slips thru the notch near the whole
Cheap fix....

Dennis
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