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 unit in good conditions. Although, it can occurs that the bonnet of your Infiniti QX50 doesn’t want to open, in this case, what can you do? This is specifically the query we will answer today and help you to get out of this annoying position. To do so, we are going to see what can be the causes of a stuck bonnet on your Infiniti QX50 and then what are the possibilities to cure this problem.

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Why is my bonnet stuck on my Infiniti QX50? What are the possibilities to open my bonnet?

As we revealed previously, we will alternately see the explanations for a bonnet stuck on your Infiniti QX50, and what possibilities are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.

Broken Infiniti QX50 bonnet opening cable

First case situation. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Infiniti QX50 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 hood may fall apart after some time or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Despite the fact this is quite uncommon on newer cars, it is not improbable that you could be the victim of this problem, specifically when there is excess humidity in the area where you use your Infiniti QX50. If this is the case, there are couple of possibilities existing to you and going to your mechanic appears to be the easiest and most practical technique. You will have to take off the front grille of your Infiniti QX50 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 the broken part of the bonnet cable of your Infiniti QX50, take it off from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and replace it.

How to open the bonnet of my Infiniti QX50, even if I have a twisted opening lever?

Second situation which can provoke a bonnet stuck on Infiniti QX50. 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. 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 unlock the bonnet from inside your car, but not fully open it. In this situation, a treatment 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 portion of your lever and pull it with force. This will open the locked bonnet of your Infiniti QX50. 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 Infiniti QX50

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Before last cause of a bonnet stuck on Infiniti QX50, you may encounter a cable that is starting to have some play. Indeed, the bonnet opening mechanism of your car is equipped with a cable that goes from the passenger compartment of your Infiniti QX50 to the opening locker. This cable may possibly become loose after some time. To fix this problem forever, there is only one solution, change the hood opening cable of your Infiniti QX50. However, you will need a one-off solution in order to be able to open the cover of your car, you will have to request somebody to help you. Position the person at the front of your Infiniti QX50 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 Infiniti QX50 stuck

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Finally, the last situation is when the bonnet gets stuck when the passenger compartment handle is operated. In such a case, to unlock the hood of your Infiniti QX50, position someone at the front of your motor vehicle. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Infiniti QX50, it will have the consequence of releasing some play so that the lock will be unlocked when you activate the interior handle.

If you have any additional questions about the Infiniti QX50, do not hesitate to consult our Infiniti QX50 category.