Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, do the service, add windshield washer fluid, or swap your car battery, it’s necessary to keep your engine unit in good conditions. But, it can occurs that the bonnet of your Porsche 911 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 to get out of this irritating position. To accomplish this, we are going to see what can be the triggers of a stuck bonnet on your Porsche 911 and then what are the solutions to remedy this problem.
Why is my bonnet stuck on my Porsche 911? What are the solutions to open my bonnet?
As we described earlier, we will alternately see the explanations for a bonnet stuck on your Porsche 911, and what solutions are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.
Broken Porsche 911 bonnet opening cable
1st case situation. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Porsche 911 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 over time or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Nevertheless this is quite unusual on newer automobiles, it is not improbable that you could be the victim of this problem, especially when there is excessive humidity in the area where you use your Porsche 911. If this is the case, there are couple of solutions existing to you and going to your auto mechanic seems to be the most effective and most practical solution. You will have to take off the front grille of your Porsche 911 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 part of the bonnet cable of your Porsche 911, take it off from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and replace it.
How to open the bonnet of my Porsche 911, even if I have a twisted opening lever?
Second situation which can generate a bonnet stuck on Porsche 911. It is this time at the level of the secondary lever which is used to complete 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 solution 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 force. This will open the locked bonnet of your Porsche 911. 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 Porsche 911
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Before last cause of a bonnet stuck on Porsche 911, you may encounter a cable that is starting to have some play. In fact, the bonnet opening system of your car is equipped with a cable that goes from the passenger compartment of your Porsche 911 to the opening locker. This cable may possibly become loose over time. To solve this problem once and for all, there is only one solution, replace the hood opening cable of your Porsche 911. 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 someone to help you. Position the person at the front of your Porsche 911 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 Porsche 911 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 Porsche 911, position someone at the front of your motor vehicle. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Porsche 911, 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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