Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, do the service, add windshield washer fluid, or change your auto battery, it’s important to maintain your engine in good conditions. But, it can appear that the bonnet of your Honda Fit doesn’t want to open, in such a case, what can you do? This is exactly the concern we will answer in this article and help you get out of this irritating situation. To accomplish this, we are going to see what can be the causes of a stuck bonnet on your Honda Fit and then what are the possibilities to cure this problem.
Why is my bonnet stuck on my Honda Fit? What are the possibilities to open my bonnet?
As we revealed previously, we will alternately see the reasons for a bonnet stuck on your Honda Fit, and what possibilities are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.
Broken Honda Fit bonnet opening cable
1st case situation. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Honda Fit because of the opening cable. Indeed, with wear and tear, or because of a failure, the cable that goes from your passenger compartment to your engine may crumble with time or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Even though this is quite unusual on newer vehicles, it is not unimaginable that you could be the victim of this problem, especially when there is extra humidity in the location where you use your Honda Fit. If this is the case, there are couple of choices existing to you and going to your auto technician seems to be the simplest and most practical approach. You will have to remove the front grille of your Honda Fit 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 identify the broken portion of the bonnet cable of your Honda Fit, remove it from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and replace it.
How to open the bonnet of my Honda Fit, regardless if I have a twisted opening lever?
Second possibility which can provoke a bonnet stuck on Honda Fit. It is this time at the level of the secondary lever which is used to end the action 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 treatment is to use multi-function clamps and in the gap between the hood and the grille, grab the rest of the lever or the untwisted portion of your lever and pull it with force. This will open the locked hood of your Honda Fit. 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 Honda Fit
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Before last justification of a bonnet stuck on Honda Fit, you may be victim of a cable that is starting to have some play. In fact, the bonnet opening mechanism of your car is equipped with a cable that goes from the passenger compartment of your Honda Fit to the opening locker. This cable might become loose with time. To solve this problem forever, there is only one solution, replace the hood opening cable of your Honda Fit. 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 somebody to help you. Position the person at the front of your Honda Fit 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 work, you can always try to do as in the case of a broken cable with a pair of clamps. Otherwise go to your garage.
Bonnet of my Honda Fit stuck
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Finally, the last situation is when the bonnet gets stuck when the passenger compartment handle is operated. In this case, to unlock the hood of your Honda Fit, position someone at the front of your motor vehicle. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Honda Fit, it will have the consequence of releasing some play so that the lock will be unlocked when you activate the interior handle.
If you need more guides on the Honda Fit, go to our Honda Fit category.
