Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, change your oil, add windshield washer fluid, or replace your battery, it’s vital to maintain your engine unit in good conditions. But, it can appear that the bonnet of your Seat Tarraco doesn’t want to open, in such a case, what can you do? This is precisely the concern we will answer in this article and help you get out of this irritating situation. To do this, we are going to see what can be the triggers of a stuck bonnet on your Seat Tarraco and then what are the solutions to solve this issue.

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Why is my bonnet stuck on my Seat Tarraco? What are the solutions to open my bonnet?

As we revealed before, we will alternately see the causes for a bonnet stuck on your Seat Tarraco, and what solutions are available to you to get your bonnet open and repaired.

Broken Seat Tarraco bonnet opening cable

1st case scenario. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Seat Tarraco resulting from the opening cable. In fact, with wear and tear, or due to a failure, the cable that goes from your passenger compartment to your engine may fall apart with time or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Although this is quite infrequent on newer automobiles, it is not unimaginable that you could be the victim of this issue, specifically when there is excessive humidity in the place where you use your Seat Tarraco. If this is the case, there are couple of solutions existing to you and going to your auto mechanic seems to be the most simple and most practical technique. You will have to take out the front grille of your Seat Tarraco 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 Seat Tarraco, take it off from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and replace it.

How to open the bonnet of my Seat Tarraco, regardless if I have a twisted opening lever?

Second situation which can cause a bonnet stuck on Seat Tarraco. 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 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 hood and the grille, grab the rest of the lever or the untwisted part of your lever and pull it with strength. This will open the locked hood of your Seat Tarraco. 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 Seat Tarraco

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Before last trigger of a bonnet stuck on Seat Tarraco, 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 Seat Tarraco to the opening locker. This cable may possibly become loose with time. To solve this issue completely, there is only one solution, change the hood opening cable of your Seat Tarraco. 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 Seat Tarraco 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 Seat Tarraco 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 Seat Tarraco, position somebody at the front of your car. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Seat Tarraco, 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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