Interior hood Release latch

[OR VietVet]

Lube up the latch and adjust if needed. Old cable with frozen inside the conduit.

 

[Doubeleive]

Spring on latch has strong tension. Just too tight to push down all the way into fully latched position

maybe the latch is fubar, have you been in a accident? does it look bent anywhere? it should latch easily.

 

[2012z61]

going to be a lot easier to just have someone hold the hood latch open and just change the handle inside, holding the latch open allows you to disconnect the cable easily.

Yeah I was going to just the change plastic part, but seems like the plastic piece isn’t sold by itself

 

[Scrappycrow]

How often do these handles fail? Would it be worthwhile to keep one on hand during road trips? I suppose if it came to it, a Vise-Grip levering against something else would work.

 

[Doubeleive]

How often do these handles fail? Would it be worthwhile to keep one on hand during road trips? I suppose if it came to it, a Vise-Grip levering against something else would work.

for as little as it comes up on here it's not very common but can happen, I think I have seen a handful of post's since 2017

 

[GMCChevy]

Yeah I was going to just the change plastic part, but seems like the plastic piece isn’t sold by itself

Do search for hood release handle. It looks like you can get just that part for under $20.