Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, change your oil, add windshield washer fluid, or replace your battery, it’s important to maintain your engine unit in good conditions. Nevertheless, it can occurs that the bonnet of your Opel Astra 5 doesn’t want to open, in cases like this, what can you do? This is exactly the concern we will answer in this article and assist you to get out of this annoying situation. To do so, we are going to discover what can be the causes of a stuck bonnet on your Opel Astra 5 and then what are the solutions to remedy this problem.
Why is my bonnet stuck on my Opel Astra 5? What are the solutions to open my bonnet?
As we revealed earlier, we will alternately see the reasons for a bonnet stuck on your Opel Astra 5, and what solutions are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.
Broken Opel Astra 5 bonnet opening cable
First case situation. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Opel Astra 5 resulting from 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 fall apart after some time or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Although this is quite unusual on newer automobiles, 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 Opel Astra 5. If this is the case, there are couple of solutions existing to you and going to your motor mechanic appears to be the most simple and most practical strategy. You will have to take off the front grille of your Opel Astra 5 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 portion of the bonnet cable of your Opel Astra 5, take it off from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and swap it.
How to open the bonnet of my Opel Astra 5, even if I have a twisted opening lever?
Second possibility which can provoke a bonnet stuck on Opel Astra 5. It is this time at the level of the secondary lever which is used to complete the procedure of opening the cover of your car. After some 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 bonnet and the grille, grab the rest of the lever or the untwisted section of your lever and pull it with strength. This will open the locked bonnet of your Opel Astra 5. 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 Opel Astra 5
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Before last justification of a bonnet stuck on Opel Astra 5, you may encounter a cable that is starting to have some play. Indeed, the bonnet opening system of your car is equipped with a cable that goes from the passenger compartment of your Opel Astra 5 to the opening locker. This cable may become loose after some time. To resolve this problem completely, there is only one option, change the hood opening cable of your Opel Astra 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 a friend or relative to help you. Position the person at the front of your Opel Astra 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 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 Opel Astra 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 case, to unlock the hood of your Opel Astra 5, position someone at the front of your car. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Opel Astra 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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