so here i am at about 4 pm today doin a good clip on the highway 90 or so and my hood unlatched popped up into the open me position i noticed before it wiggles and wobbles at about 75 80 but wtf at 90 its ready to rip off ? any one else have anything like this happen ? mabey theres a seal or something i can get ?

 

something is not right with your hood latch, car been hit before?

 

yea it latches tight to were i cant pull it open i think its the wiggle and jiggle it does at higher speeds
front passenger side got nailed before i bought it

 

My guess would be that the loop on the hood does not come down dead center in the latch machanism. I may be wedging in the slot and the finger that closes through the loop isn't moving all the way into latched position.

 

Have you tried wiggling and jiggling it after closing to see if it would eventually start coming open? That's some scary shieeet btw. Cracked windscreen next.

 

replace hood latch, make sure hood is dead center

 

Check your lower radiator support mite be rusted out my does the same thing fixing it next week

 

ummm what??? its not attached to that so wtf are you talking about???

 

You can try and adjust your hood standoffs at each of the front corners to make sure the hood is flush/even with the front quater panels. You just srew them up or down to get it to align, they are just rubber bumpers. This should help with the wiggle giggle and the effort it takes to open the hood once the release has been pulled.

 

I always had issues with my hood moving around but fortunately it never flew open. One could always throw hood pins on the stock hood if you can't get it to stay closed any other way.

 

i guess he meant that the rad support is saggin causing issues with closing the hood maybe???

 

my 5.5 gen does the same thing...really scary around 135 or so...

 

I had a P10 where the hood latch got all rusted up and when it was in for a service it popped open when the mechanics had to test drive it. They ponied up for the repair as it happened while they had the car.
So grease the whole latch mecahaism with coppaslip and open and shut quite a few times, it might stay shut then.

 

thats happened to me in past cars after i had front end accidents. he did'nt say that, i just replaced my hood release cable cause it was frayed and rusted. sounds like he needs to clean and re-grease the release hook assembly if its rusted. if its even a little bent, then its not gonna close all the way. stupid to drive around knowing it does that.

 

i would tighten the bolts on the hood if they are loose or check your hood latch

 

tighten the bolts on the hood dude? really?