pats67copo

Anyone else having a problem getting their hood to close?

Edge556

I've noticed that it takes more force than on most other vehicles I've owned to close mine.

pats67copo

I can drop the hood from about 6 inches or really push on it with no luck

SpectreH

If you haven't been able to close the hood at all and it's still stuck open, is there and chance the latch snapped back shut? If so, pull the hood release again and then try to shut it.

fusion37

Took delivery on my Ecoboost last week and it has the hood problem. Mine is out of alignment on the sides and is much lower in the middle, at the nose piece. Dealer sent me to a body shop, and bottom line, it's not a quick fix. Surprised/disappointed Ford let these through inspection, particularly after nearly a full build-year.


When someone has the "fix," share time it took and details.

pats67copo

thanks for the replies my hood lines up fine it almost seems like the lock is staying in the locked position instead of in the position required for the hood being open

pats67copo

thanks for the rely i worked the release latch and the under the hood release and it still is a problem maybe the lock and the latch aren't lined up correctly

pats67copo

thanks for the reply i tried dropping and pushing down and it still gives me a problem

JMan69

Hey all... I don't have pictures, but I had the same problem on my GT. The first time I opened the hood, I couldn't get it to close, so I simply did this:
Remove the plastic trim piece above the grill by popping out the 8-10 plastic rivets. This is the piece that the hood latch sticks through. From there, you will see 2 little red alignment marks that they made for lining up the hood latch on either side of the latch above the 2 bolts. I just loosened up the bolts and slid the latch up about 1/8" and re-tightened the latch.

Hood closes on its own when dropping it from about 10". and now it lines up better in the middle.
Took about 10 minutes total.

fusion37

Thanks! Will try this tomorrow.

fusion37

Worked for me. Easy fix. Thanks again for posting the "how-to."

pats67copo

should you have to drop your hood from ten inches up to get it to close properly?
i would think that's a lot of unnecessary wear and tear on the hood and the latches

pats67copo

Took car to dealer and the adjusted the hood all is good now
Thanks