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Old 5th March 2020, 09:33 AM
HPsauce HPsauce is offline
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Default Bonnet catch pops occasionally, drivers side.

This is a bit weird, but occasionally I notice that the drivers side bonnet has popped up, so is a few mm ajar. Usually I just push it down firmly and it latches properly - or seems to.

Occasionally, if the weather is good, I open it up have a look for anything unusual, give it a squirt of lubricant and make sure it's closing, securing and releasing properly. Always seems fine.

Something presumably isn't quite adjusted right so it springs open when driving (vigorously?), but what? Where would you start? Could it be something as trivial as a bit of wear on the catch or the rod that pokes down into the mechanism. Can those be rotated or swapped L to R?
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
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1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
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1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
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