About a year ago, I suddenly can't open the hood. After several methods, I finally opened the hood and found the hood cable is loose about half a inch so that I have to turn the handle extra 1/4 turn in order to open the hood.
There was a broken enclosure to the cable near the grill. It was a bit rusty but nothing wrong with threads so I just patched the enclosure and seal it with some sealant.
I greased the hood latch and was planning to replace the cable until I found the easiest way is to remove the front bumper and it's quite expensive from my mechanic.
My questions are:
1. Since nothing wrong with handle side, I suspect it's loose on the latch side. Is broken cable thread the most common issue here?
2. Even I don't feel issue opening the hood now, I don't want to deal with stuck hood in the future, must I replace the cable, right? I was thinking of shortening the cable with some cable stop, but afraid that just mask the underlying issue.
3. Is the easy route to remove front bumper in order to replace the hood cable?
Thanks.
Last edited by yxd0018; 04-05-2020 at 02:07 PM.
Replace the cable, both of them. The out jackets rust up and/or escape the sockets that they seat into. They really aren't that expensive or technical to replace. Just tedious and awkward.
as I can't see the condition of latch, do I need to order the latch (L + R) upfront?
Find some steps at https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...(the-easy-way)
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYWKL_5sAaI
Last edited by yxd0018; 04-12-2020 at 01:51 AM.
Bumper has nothing to do with it. The grille and headlights, yup. Latches are easy. Alihning the grille can be a pita tho.
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