The hood of my 2001Mustang wont close. It locks on to the first latch but it wont lock on to the last.Help!?

Question

My car hood hooks on to the first latch but not the last latch which is the latch that makes it completely closed. Any solutions?

Answer 1

It either needs a small dab of white grease, or you can adjust the pin the hood latches on to so it raises up a VERY LITTLE BIT. Adjustment should be the very last resort though. I don't know why it would have stopped latching. unless the sliding latch on the hood itself is stuck. Also, make sure you manually push the hood release lever in the car back in all the way. I know it returns automatically, but pull it out again, and push it in all the way. This is a simple mechanism. A dealer can fix it in literally 5 minutes unless the cable physically broke. Even then its not a big job.

Answer 2

Slam it a little harder.