02 Toyota Tundra Hood Won't Latch

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02 toyota tundra hood won't latch. Only looked at the secondary latch is fine - Answered by a verified Toyota Mechanic We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our website. So my question is. Sometimes the hood on Toyotas gets stuck and wont pop up after the interior latch is released.

Also the hood wont close it. Is it possible that the release cable is stuck in. The lever inside the cab of the truck works however it looks like the cable for the lever behind the grill is broken.

Discussion Starter 1 Nov 30 2005. A Toyota rep gave me an unofficial estimate of what it would have cost me if THEY had tried to fix it. Then skin the outer.

My 05 did this and Id have to virtually peel back my fingernails to get under the edge of the hood to pop it up to get to the secondary latch. If this occurs on your Tundra simply pull up on the hood and it should pop up for you to release the second latch. Hood latch wont release hood how do I access from outside car.

If faulty or damaged hood components are reused after a collision a new replacement hood may not appear or function properly. Sometimes especially on older Tundras you may. Using a screwdriver carefully pry the cable out of the slot.

After that unhook the ball end of the cable from the keyway. All hood latches will feature a two-stage release. I pulled the hood release from inside the car and it seems to have pulled to far and now it wont retract back.