Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, change your oil, add windshield washer fluid, or change your battery, it’s vital to maintain your engine unit in good conditions. Although, it can happen that the bonnet of your Renault Kadjar doesn’t want to open, in such a case, what are your options? This is exactly the problem we will answer in this article and help you get out of this annoying situation. To do this, we are going to discover what can be the causes of a stuck bonnet on your Renault Kadjar and then what are the possibilities to remedy this problem.
Why is my bonnet stuck on my Renault Kadjar? What are the possibilities to open my bonnet?
As we explained earlier, we will alternately see the causes for a bonnet stuck on your Renault Kadjar, and what possibilities are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.
Broken Renault Kadjar bonnet opening cable
1st case situation. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Renault Kadjar because of the opening cable. Indeed, with wear and tear, or due to a malfunction, the cable that goes from your passenger compartment to your engine may fall apart after a while or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Despite the fact this is quite rare on newer vehicles, it is not unimaginable that you could be the victim of this problem, especially when there is excessive humidity in the place where you use your Renault Kadjar. If this is the case, there are couple of possibilities existing to you and going to your motor mechanic seems to be the easiest and most practical solution. You will have to remove the front grille of your Renault Kadjar 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 locate the broken part of the bonnet cable of your Renault Kadjar, get rid of it from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and swap it.
How to open the bonnet of my Renault Kadjar, even if I have a twisted opening lever?
Second possibility which can provoke a bonnet stuck on Renault Kadjar. 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 section of your lever and pull it with strength. This will open the locked hood of your Renault Kadjar. 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 Renault Kadjar
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Before last justification of a bonnet stuck on Renault Kadjar, 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 Renault Kadjar to the opening locker. This cable may possibly become loose after a while. To fix this problem once and for all, there is only one method, replace the hood opening cable of your Renault Kadjar. 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 Renault Kadjar 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 Renault Kadjar stuck
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Finally, the last case is when the bonnet gets stuck when the passenger compartment handle is operated. In this instance, to unlock the hood of your Renault Kadjar, position someone at the front of your motor vehicle. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Renault Kadjar, 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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