Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, change your oil, add windshield washer fluid, or swap your battery, it’s essential to keep your engine in good conditions. Nevertheless, it can appear that the bonnet of your Hyundai Kona doesn’t want to open, in cases like this, what can you do? This is precisely the question we will answer today and help you get out of this frustrating situation. To do this, we are going to discover what can be the causes of a stuck bonnet on your Hyundai Kona and then what are the possibilities to remedy this problem.
Why is my bonnet stuck on my Hyundai Kona? What are the possibilities to open my bonnet?
As we described before, we will alternately see the explanations for a bonnet stuck on your Hyundai Kona, and what possibilities are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.
Broken Hyundai Kona bonnet opening cable
1st case scenario. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Hyundai Kona because of the opening cable. In fact, with wear and tear, or due to a malfunction, the cable that goes from your passenger compartment to your engine may fall apart as time passes or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Though this is quite uncommon on newer cars, it is not improbable that you could be the victim of this problem, especially when there is extra humidity in the region where you use your Hyundai Kona. If this is the case, there are few choices existing to you and going to your auto technician appears to be the easiest and most practical method. You will have to remove the front grille of your Hyundai Kona to gain access to 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 out the broken portion of the bonnet cable of your Hyundai Kona, take it off from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and swap it.
How to open the bonnet of my Hyundai Kona, even if I have a twisted opening lever?
Second possibility which can cause a bonnet stuck on Hyundai Kona. It is this time at the level of the secondary lever which is used to finish the action of opening the cover of your car. Over 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 hood 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 hood of your Hyundai Kona. Then if it is twisted, try to straighten it with your pliers. Or swap it with a new one.
Play in the cable to open the stuck bonnet of your Hyundai Kona
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Before last cause of a bonnet stuck on Hyundai Kona, you may be victim of a cable that is starting to have some play. In truth, the bonnet opening system of your car is equipped with a cable that goes from the passenger compartment of your Hyundai Kona to the opening locker. This cable may become loose as time passes. To solve this problem permanently, there is only one alternative, change the hood opening cable of your Hyundai Kona. 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 Hyundai Kona 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 mechanic.
Bonnet of my Hyundai Kona stuck
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Finally, the last circumstance is when the bonnet gets stuck when the passenger compartment handle is operated. In this case, to unlock the hood of your Hyundai Kona, position someone at the front of your car. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Hyundai Kona, it will have the consequence of releasing some play so that the lock will be unlocked when you activate the interior handle.
If you want more guides on the Hyundai Kona, go to our Hyundai Kona category.
