So I'm driving along on my way to work, travelling about 60-70 MPH when all of a sudden I hear a bang and can't see the road in front of me. Turns out my hood popped open, snapping the passenger side hinge in the process, hits the windshield, falls off to the driver's side bending my mirror as it scrapes against the road and then somehow pops back up and finally rests on my windshield. I had to bungee the damn thing down once I pulled over to keep it from flying off and hitting another car. Luckily there are numberous 88-91 Civics at the local U-Pull-It that I can get a hood from and my dad has a friend that can get me a windshield for $120 installed. But damn...I'm lucky I didn't run off the road or have the hood fly off and hit someone else. Take this as a warning to make sure your hood is secure. I know I will. If anyone wants to see pics, I can post em once I download from my camera.

 

Had that happen to me in a Subaru. Woke me up pretty damn quick. At least you did not wreck bad or anything

 

Same thing happened to me 2 week ago. I was driving down the road shifting into third gear and whammmm! My damn hood flew open. Smashed my windshield and messed up my hood. I bought a new windshield+molding+installed for $205 Then I come to find out my friend could of got me the same deal for $150
My hood looks like this now. The big dents are from me and my friend trying to kick the damn hood closed, unfortunately I bent my new valance in the process. My friend missed my hood and kicked the valance

 

didn't lock my hood locks and now need a windsheild hood and bodywork. Happened end of august, night before a race at e-town i was pissssssed

 

hood pins are your best friend. u cant trust a 15+ year old latch.

 

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dam that sucks sorry for your lost but your in luck i have a hood for sale if you dont find one, its in perfect shape all its missing is the honda emblem

 

I have a set of brand new Sparco pins laying around that i will probably end up installing soon now...

 

Yeah the dent in my roof is from my hood flying open about a month ago. Wish EF hoods opened oposite direction like some other hondas. I think old preludes or accords have reverse latched hoods.

 

yea that sucks its happened to me in my corolla that i used to have and it happened on a on ramp and im glad i didnt go over the edge when i pulled over.... i just sold my stock hood to some guy that happened to him too... hood pins are always worth it

 

CRXBart had someone mess with his car and when he took off and was cruising down the road his hood came up into the windshield also.

 

I replaced a sun roof for a kid on his DA because his hood flew up and broke his windshield then bent and also broke his sunroof because of improperly installed hood pins.