Jewsol

i cant close my hood properly and its pissing me off, it takes like 15 tries to get it to shut. i go to close and it just hits the latch it wont close, if i keep trying for a while it finally closes. i have to play with the release too sometimes cause the latch will lock, with the hood still open. im afraid im going to dent the hood so is there anything i can check ? or can i buy a new latch and install it. i went to honda a while ago and they said its cause the car was in an accident before and blah blah blah i need a whole new front end. anyone ever have this problem ? if so howd you fix it ?
oh yea its a del sol if that makes any difference

B18C1-ED8

sounds like u need a new latch/cable