Hood shakes while on highway

[grecoroman]

Mine does the same thing if I don't SLAM the hood after I'm in there. Doesn't happen every time, but it always seems closed up fine until I'm on the highway and see the vibration. A good hood slam takes care of it every time. Good luck!

Hey there- reviving an old thread.

I tried lubricating the driver-side hood latch, but It's still not catching, even after a SERIOUS slam down on the hood. Anyone else have any ideas to fix this? Shakes like crazy on the highway.

 

[Biagetti]

Besides the lubrication there are also rubber stops on each side of the bay at the front that the hood rests on. I had this issue and I twisted to lower the stop so that it didn't prevent the hood from closing and latching all the way on the outer latch.

 

[grecoroman]

Besides the lubrication there are also rubber stops on each side of the bay at the front that the hood rests on. I had this issue and I twisted to lower the stop so that it didn't prevent the hood from closing and latching all the way on the outer latch.

Thanks for that idea -- i just tried that. it was a little bit loose, but the latch still isn't catching. tried wd-40, nada...

 

[Rubber Cow]

Wd40 is not a good lubricant- as others have mentioned, the dry graphite sprays work pretty well and don't make a total mess.

 

[grecoroman]

Wd40 is not a good lubricant- as others have mentioned, the dry graphite sprays work pretty well and don't make a total mess.

Gotcha. The latch itself moves down, so I'm not quite sure what the purpose of the lubricant would be. Seems unlikely that I would need to replace a latch, I'll try to pick up some dry graphite spray tomorrow to see if that works.

 

[bbyer]

largest single sheet of pressed aluminum

The bonnet on your 3 back in 2005 was the largest single sheet of pressed aluminum in automobile production. As such, it is priced that way.

Hence, if you have to spring for a new latch, it may be worth it.

There are two latches for a reason - both are needed.