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Old 5th March 2020, 10:33 AM
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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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Old 5th March 2020, 10:38 AM
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The cable may be too tight, or the bonnet pin is too short. Both can be adjusted, although when fiddling with the cable it's prudent to take the headlights out in case anything goes wrong!
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Old 5th March 2020, 11:07 AM
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Thanks MJ, I don't think it's the cable as that always seems to have a little slack in it. I didn't know the pin length was adjustable so I'll have a look at that.
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Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 6th March 2020, 10:46 AM
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They get sticky, I used to have to flick the quadrant thingy the cable is attached to on the drivers side one to get it to unstick before closing the bonnet.

have a look down the holes the bonnet pins go in when you pick the bonnet up see if its sticking slightly. Try a good clean up and a bit of wiggling
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