Whether it’s to check your car’s fluid levels, change your oil, add windshield washer fluid, or swap your battery, it’s important to maintain your engine motor in good conditions. Although, it can appear that the bonnet of your Vauxkhall Astra doesn’t want to open, in cases like this, what are your options? This is exactly the question we will answer in this article and assist you to get out of this annoying position. To do this, we are going to see what can be the triggers of a stuck bonnet on your Vauxkhall Astra and then what are the solutions to solve this trouble.
Why is my bonnet stuck on my Vauxkhall Astra? What are the solutions to open my bonnet?
As we described before, we will alternately see the causes for a bonnet stuck on your Vauxkhall Astra, and what solutions you can execute to get your bonnet open and repaired.
Broken Vauxkhall Astra bonnet opening cable
1st case situation. You may not be able to open the bonnet of your Vauxkhall Astra because of the opening cable. In fact, with wear and tear, or as a result of a malfunction, the cable that goes from your passenger compartment to your hood may fall apart after a while or get stuck in the shell that protects it. Although this is quite uncommon on newer cars, it is not unimaginable that you could be the victim of this trouble, especially when there is excessive humidity in the area where you use your Vauxkhall Astra. If this is the case, there are couple of possibilities available to you and going to your motor mechanic seems the most effective and most practical approach. You will have to take out the front grille of your Vauxkhall Astra to access 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 Vauxkhall Astra, remove it from the passenger compartment and engine compartment side and change it.
How to open the bonnet of my Vauxkhall Astra, regardless if I have a twisted opening lever?
Second situation which can provoke a bonnet stuck on Vauxkhall Astra. It is this time at the level of the secondary lever which is used to end the procedure 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 bonnet and the grille, grab the rest of the lever or the untwisted part of your lever and pull it with force. This will open the locked bonnet of your Vauxkhall Astra. Then if it is twisted, try to straighten it with your pliers. Or change it with a new one.
Play in the cable to open the stuck bonnet of your Vauxkhall Astra
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Before last trigger of a bonnet stuck on Vauxkhall Astra, 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 Vauxkhall Astra to the opening locker. This cable might become loose after a while. To solve this trouble forever, there is only one option, replace the hood opening cable of your Vauxkhall Astra. 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 Vauxkhall Astra 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 Vauxkhall Astra 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 Vauxkhall Astra, position someone at the front of your motor vehicle. And whoever presses moderately on the bonnet of the Vauxkhall Astra, 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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