There is this 6th gen accord sitting outside my apt. It has been there awhile, like 3 months at least. I have never seen the owner. When I woke up this morning, I noticed the hood was popped. It is a 6th gen sedan, I'm not sure of the year. Its the one with the single crossbar in the front grille. There were no signs of a break-in. So, My questions are:

1. can the hood be popped from behind the grille outside the vehivle (since its a honda I assume yes)
2. is it normal for the hood latch mechanism to be visible from the front?
I thought there was supposed to be a piece of plastic blocking the latch, like behind the emblem in this pic:



I am probably going to stay up and see what happens tonight, but I would like to confirm that the car has actually been broken into so i have some idea of what to expect.

 

the car has sat in the same spot for 3 months? i would have called it it to see if it was stolen and if not see if your apt complex manager or lanlord or whatever keeps a record of what his/her tenants drive ( some do this to prevent random cars from being parked in the lot ) if its somebodys car maybe you might wanna check on them?