I have a 2001 Honda civic 2 door LX, the “T” bracket holds the hood latch has broke on 1 side. I was able to put a washer on one side and reattach the hood latch to the bracket. How ever this has came loose and I'm afraid of the hood being ripped off and braking my window. I wanted to see if any one has had this problem and how to go about fixing it. Also wondering if this is the correct name for the bracket.



Thank you for your time

 

so the radiator support bracket is broken? i would say weld it back on but idk what really broke.

 

It ripped out the whole piece on one side. It is also super thin I myself can't weld. I'd rather just have the piece replaced. Also really tight spot probably have to remove it to weld.

 

Take it to a body shop and have them weld it.

 

weld it.

 

 

I'll call some body shops tomorrow I'll try to take a pic so you can see the exact part. Hope its not too expensive but safety comes 1st. I didn't think about them being able to add more metal to bring up the structural integrity. Thank you for your time guys.

 

Yeah man I have the same problem My latch is ****ed and like everything got bent out and now it moves and i have to slam my hood down like 10 times and move the hood latch to get it to bite.
it blows I gotta get it fixed, plus the hood latch is ****ed as well

ugh always problems

 

This happened to me , quick weld will do.

 

I had the same problem. The radiator support needs to be replaced, I took my car to a body shop and for $70 they did a light weld and used big *** screws to secure the hood latch, its been fine for 2 years.

In the meantime get some cable hooks and secure your hood with that so it dont come off.

 

yeah i have this thing happen to me also but all i did was put on hood pins. both side came out so that what i did to it so the hood wont hit the window

 

Well I took it to one body shop today, they didn't want to weld it. They want to replace it. For only $600 ! I'm gonna check another body shop, I think I will go with pins before this. Who could I have do pins for me? I'm sure its not that hard but I don't have tools and don't want it looking like crap. (so I shouldn't do it)!