I have my sedan and the hood locks and stays locked but is not al the way down I hate that gap, has anyone gone through this, ill post a pic tomorrow, thanx for any input...

Milo.

 

is your interior hood lever broken?

if the cable isn't pushed back all the way, it wont let the latch lock the hood down.

 

The lever is good the hood locks perfectly but still with the gap...

 

Heres a pic

 

i would check the rubber hood bumpers on the radiator support. if they aren't too far up, the latch may be too far up/or over to one side.

 

Looks like it has been in a small accident. Mine was, and looked exactly the same before I fixed it. I got a whole new core support.

This is with the latch and everything moved/tight as possible and it still had a huge gap on the driver side.


This is after I fixed it, and during primer, I still didn't finish the hood.

 

Rubbers are good I already tried to raise or lower them and nothing...

 

No accident at all, I took the bumper off a couple of times and its the original core support and theres nothing to lead us to that...

 

give this a try.

the striker pin that goes into the lock plate. you can tighten/shorten it. remove it from your hood. use a 14mm open ended wrench and loosen the nut that keeps the striker from spinning. you're gonna have to squeeze through the spring. once it's loose, you can screw in the striker to shorten it. this will then close the gap. just don't make it too short, or else the striker won't go in far enough into the lock plate, which would then lead to you not being able to close the hood.

try this, see how it goes.

 

I will try this today!!

 

x2 on the striker pin i had the same problem and adjusted it and it fits like a glove! hope u dont have a hatch hood on ur sedan as i heard they were different

 

Found the problem is bent this is not the original one I never paid attention to it since this is a canadian EX model that piece has an american made sticker. ..

 

Still has a lul gap on the front but the sides are flushed now, thanx for all the help guys...

 

you need a new center trim piece. both the metal and the plastic piece.

also you can take that that part off (in your pic)and bend it. or just go to a junk yard and buy a cleaner piece.

 

Yea I was thinking on going to the yard and just get another one ;-)

 

T-bars are cheap. Told you it seemed accident related haha. Looks a lot better now btw.

 

Hehehe yea u were right but thats the only part damaged I guess cus theres no other items repleaced on the front end, thanks man...