Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, change your oil, add windshield washer fluid, or replace your auto battery, it’s necessary to keep your engine motor in good conditions. Although, it can occurs that the bonnet of your Ds Ds 5 doesn’t want to open, in this instance, what can you do? This is exactly the problem we will answer in this article and help you get out of this frustrating position. To do this, we are going to discover what can be the triggers of a stuck bonnet on your Ds Ds 5 and then what are the possibilities to cure this trouble.

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Why is my bonnet stuck on my Ds Ds 5? What are the possibilities to open my bonnet?

As we revealed previously, we will alternately see the reasons for a bonnet stuck on your Ds Ds 5, and what possibilities are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.

Broken Ds Ds 5 bonnet opening cable

First case scenario. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Ds Ds 5 as a consequence of the opening cable. Indeed, with wear and tear, or because of a failure, the cable that goes from your passenger compartment to your bonnet may crumble as time passes or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Although this is quite infrequent on newer vehicles, it is not improbable that you could be the victim of this trouble, especially when there is excessive humidity in the place where you use your Ds Ds 5. If this is the case, there are couple of choices existing to you and going to your motor mechanic seems the simplest and most practical technique. You will have to take out the front grille of your Ds Ds 5 to access the lock on your stuck bonnet. Using a large flat screwdriver you will be able to open your car’s bonnet lock by exerting a force on the lock to release it from the spring. Once open, you can try to find the broken part of the bonnet cable of your Ds Ds 5, take it off from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and replace it.

How to open the bonnet of my Ds Ds 5, even if I have a twisted opening lever?

Second possibility which can generate a bonnet stuck on Ds Ds 5. It is this time at the level of the secondary lever which is used to finish the procedure of opening the cover of your car. With time, this lever may break or twist, and thus prevent you from completing the opening of your engine compartment. You should still be able to open the bonnet from inside your car, but not fully open it. In this scenario, a remedy is to use multi-function clamps and in the gap between the bonnet and the grille, grab the rest of the lever or the untwisted part of your lever and pull it with force. This will open the locked bonnet of your Ds Ds 5. Then if it is twisted, try to straighten it with your pliers. Or replace it with a new one.

Play in the cable to open the stuck bonnet of your Ds Ds 5

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Before last trigger of a bonnet stuck on Ds Ds 5, you may encounter a cable that is starting to have some play. In truth, the bonnet opening mechanism of your car is equipped with a cable that goes from the passenger compartment of your Ds Ds 5 to the opening locker. This cable may become loose as time passes. To resolve this trouble once and for all, there is only one method, replace the hood opening cable of your Ds Ds 5. However, you will need a one-off solution in order to be able to open the cover of your car, you will have to ask someone to help you. Position the person at the front of your Ds Ds 5 who holds the lever down as if they wanted to finish opening the bonnet. And position yourself in the passenger compartment to pull the hood release handle on your car. If this doesn’t function, you can always try to do as in the case of a broken cable with a pair of clamps. Otherwise go to your service garage.

Bonnet of my Ds Ds 5 stuck

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Finally, the last case is when the bonnet gets stuck when the passenger compartment handle is operated. In this instance, to unlock the hood of your Ds Ds 5, position someone at the front of your car. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Ds Ds 5, it will have the consequence of releasing some play so that the lock will be unlocked when you activate the interior handle.

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